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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.

Photo of Nika Haghtalab, assistant professor of electrical engineering and computer sciences.

EECS professor named Schmidt Sciences AI2050 Early Career Fellow

March 4, 2024
CDSS: Nika Haghtalab among cohort that will conduct ambitious artificial intelligence research to benefit society
Photo of Kristin Persson, Daniel M. Tellep Distinguished Professor of materials science and engineering at UC Berkeley and a senior faculty scientist at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory.

MSE professor Kristin Persson named to Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences

February 26, 2024
Honor recognizes pioneering work and leadership in promoting science in society
Headshots of EECS assistant professors (from left) Nika Haghtalab, Preeya Khanna, Yakun Sophia Shao.

Three EECS professors win prized Sloan Research Fellowships

February 20, 2024
Nika Haghtalab, Preeya Khanna, Yakun Sophia Shao among nine young faculty at UC Berkeley named 2024 Sloan Research Fellows
Headshots of Arpad Horvath, Ravi Prasher and Ion Stoica

Three UC Berkeley professors named to NAE

February 6, 2024
The election of Arpad Horvath, Ravi Prasher and Ion Stoica to the National Academy of Engineering brings the number of engineering faculty members in the NAE to 75
Side-by-side photos of Ashok Gadgil (left), a distinguished professor emeritus of civil and environmental engineering, and Boris Rubinsky, a professor of bioengineering and mechanical engineering.

Two UC Berkeley engineers elected to the National Academy of Inventors

December 12, 2023
Ashok Gadgil and Boris Rubinsky receive highest professional distinction awarded solely to inventors
Photo of Ashok Gadgil, wearing the National Medal of Technology and Innovation, shaking hands with President Biden.

Ashok Gadgil awarded National Medal of Technology and Innovation

October 24, 2023
Distinguished CEE professor’s technological innovations have profoundly benefited low-resource communities worldwide

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