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Home > Research & faculty > Faculty > Faculty honors and awards

Faculty honors and awards

Berkeley Engineering faculty receive the most prestigious awards and honors bestowed by academic and professional societies, foundations and other civic organizations. Among these are nearly six dozen active and emeriti faculty who hold membership in the National Academy of Engineering.

Portrait shot of Dean Tsu-Jae King Liu, wearing a navy blue jacket over a white shirt with trees in the background.

Dean Tsu-Jae King Liu nominated for NAE presidency

September 25, 2024
Voting to take place in March 2025 for the six-year term beginning July 1
Michael Yartsev in his lab with blue and yellow light simulating bat flight paths.

Michael Yartsev named Howard Hughes Medical Institute Investigator

July 23, 2024
Honor comes with significant research investment that enables investigators to “push the boundaries of science”
Arpad Horvath, Ravi Prasher and Ion Stoica

Three professors elected to NAE

May 31, 2024
Arpad Horvath, Ravi Prasher and Ion Stoica — as well as nine Berkeley Engineering alums — were inducted by the organization.
Five engineers among 2024 Spark Award winners: (top row, from left) Adam Yala, Jennifer Listgarten, Liana Lareau; (bottom row, from left) Zakaria Al Balushi, Robert Pilawa-Podgurski.

Five engineering professors among 2024 Spark Award winners

May 22, 2024
Bakar Fellows Program: Recipients embody the spirit of innovation and collaboration that defines UC Berkeley’s entrepreneurial ecosystem
Materials scientist Ramamoorthy Ramesh, a UC Berkeley professor now on leave at Rice University.

Ramamoorthy Ramesh elected to National Academy of Sciences

May 2, 2024
Materials scientist recognized for his distinguished and continuing contributions in original research
Teresa Head-Gordon, Chancellor's Professor of Chemistry, Bioengineering, and Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering.

Teresa Head-Gordon named recipient of the Humboldt Research Award

May 1, 2024
College of Chemistry: Berkeley professor honored for groundbreaking discoveries and insights in chemistry, bioengineering, and chemical and biomolecular engineering

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