{"id":574489,"date":"2025-09-28T16:10:09","date_gmt":"2025-09-28T20:10:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/engineering.jhu.edu\/ece\/?page_id=574489"},"modified":"2026-05-15T14:45:21","modified_gmt":"2026-05-15T18:45:21","slug":"awards","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/engineering.jhu.edu\/ece\/awards\/","title":{"rendered":"Awards"},"content":{"rendered":"

FACULTY <\/strong>(Listed by calendar year)<\/em><\/span><\/span><\/h2>\n

2026<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Yu Sun<\/strong> \u2014 National Science Foundation<\/span><\/span> CAREER Award \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 <\/span><\/em><\/span>Muyinatu (Bisi) Bell<\/strong> \u2014 Senior Member of the\u00a0National Academy of Inventors<\/span><\/em>
\n<\/em><\/span>Tinoosh Mohsenin<\/strong> \u2014 WSE Excellence in Mentoring and Advising Award<\/span>
\n<\/em><\/span>Sathappan Ramesh<\/strong>\u00a0\u2014 WSE Excellence in Teaching Award<\/span><\/em>
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

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Tinoosh Mohsenin and Sathappan Ramesh display their WSE Excellence awards.<\/p><\/div>\n

2025<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Michael I. Miller<\/strong> \u2014 2025 Fellow of the\u00a0<\/span>American Association for the Advancement of Science \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 <\/span><\/span><\/em><\/span>Muyinatu (Bisi) Bell<\/strong> \u2014 Benjamin Franklin NextGen Award
\n<\/em><\/span>Lucas Buccafusca<\/strong> \u2014 Robert B. Pond, Sr. Excellence in Teaching Award
\n<\/em><\/span>Rama Chellappa<\/strong> \u2014 2025 Azriel Rosenfeld Lifetime Achievement Award<\/em>
\n<\/span>Kamal Choudhary <\/strong>\u2014 Fellow, American Physical Society in the Topical Group of Data Science<\/em><\/span>
\nSanjeev Khudanpur<\/strong> \u2014 Papers selected by ICASSP as among the most impactful in the conference\u2019s 50-year history.<\/em><\/span>
\nVishal M. Patel<\/strong> \u2014 <\/span>Clarivate Highly Cited Researcher for 2025<\/em>; <\/span>Fellow, IEEE; <\/em><\/span>Senior Member of the Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence (AAAI)<\/span><\/em>
\nJerry Prince<\/strong> \u2014 2025 Data Science and AI Institute Demonstration Projects Award<\/em><\/span>
\nBerrak Sisman<\/strong> \u2014 2025\u20132026 Faculty Research Award from the Johns Hopkins University + Amazon Initiative for Artificial Intelligence (AI2AI)<\/em><\/span>
\nLaureano Moro Velazquez <\/strong>\u2014 Whiting School of Engineering Excellence in Teaching Award<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

2024<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Muyinatu (Bisi) Bell<\/strong> \u2014 Alan T. Waterman Award
\n<\/em><\/span>Rama Chellappa<\/strong> \u2014 Edwin Land Medal; <\/em>Foreign Fellow of the Indian National Academy of Engineering
\n<\/em><\/span>Vishal Patel<\/strong> \u2014 Fellow, International Association for Pattern Recognition
\n<\/em>Ed Schlesinger<\/strong> \u2014 Singapore Public Service Medal<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

2023<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Muyinatu (Bisi) Bell<\/strong> \u2014 Fellow, Optica; \u00a0Fellow, SPIE
\n<\/em>Rama Chellappa<\/strong> \u2014 PAMI Distinguished Researcher Award; National Academy of Engineering<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n


\n<\/em><\/span>STUDENTS <\/strong><\/span>(Listed by academic\u00a0year)<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

2025\u20132026<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Michael Kruppa <\/strong>(Advisor: Jerry Prince) \u2014 Douglas A. Davids Fellowship<\/em> (Fellowship<\/span>) \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 <\/span>Zachary Sinha <\/b>(mentored by BDP Daniel Kammen) \u2014 The Hopkins Office for Undergraduate Research (HOUR) award \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 <\/em><\/span>Jacob Lombardo<\/strong> (Advisor: Susanna Thon) \u2014 Ferdinand Hamburger, Jr. Fellowship in Electrical Engineering <\/em>(Fellowship)
\n<\/span>Evan Bell<\/strong> (Advisor: Yu Sun) \u2014 Ferdinand Hamburger, Jr. Fellowship in Electrical Engineering<\/em> (Fellowship)
\n<\/span>Wenhan Guo<\/strong> (Advisor: Yu Sun) \u2014 Virginia and Edward Wysocki, Sr. Fellowship in Electrical and Computer Engineering<\/em> (Fellowship)
\n<\/span>Jiarui Wang<\/strong> (Advisor: Mahyar Fazlyab) \u2014 Kewei Yang and Grace Xin Fellowship<\/em> (Fellowship)
\n<\/span>Van Viet Nguyen<\/strong> (Advisor: Vishal Patel) \u2014 Edwin D. and Rachel Lowthian Endowed Fellowship<\/em> (Fellowship)
\n<\/span>Yen-Ju Lu<\/strong> (Advisor: Jesus Villalba Lopez) \u2014 Johns Hopkins University + Amazon Initiative for Artificial Intelligence (AI2AI) Fellowship<\/em> (Fellowship)
\n<\/span>Cyan Siyuan Huang<\/strong> (Advisor: Rama Chellappa) \u2014 Johns Hopkins University + Amazon Initiative for Artificial Intelligence (AI2AI) Fellowship<\/em> (Fellowship)
\n<\/span>Amandeep Kumar<\/strong> (Advisor: Vishal Patel) \u2014 Johns Hopkins University + Amazon Initiative for Artificial Intelligence (AI2AI) Fellowship<\/em> (Fellowship); Amazon AI PhD Fellowships (Fellowship)<\/em>
\n<\/span>Lakshmideepakreddy Manda<\/strong> (Advisor: Mahyar Fazlyab) \u2014 National Defense Science and Engineering Graduate (NDSEG) Fellowship<\/em> (Fellowship)
\n<\/span>Jacob Lombardo<\/strong> (Advisor: Susanna Thon) \u2014 National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship Program (NSF GRFP)<\/em> (Fellowship)
\n<\/span>Alessandro Ascani Orsini<\/strong> (Advisor: Nitish Thakor) \u2014 Rita Levi Montalcini Scholarship (Domp\u00e9 Foundation)<\/em>(Fellowship)
\n<\/span>Jacob Lombardo<\/strong> (Advisor: Susanna Thon) \u2014 Rubenstein Fellowship<\/em> (Fellowship)
\n<\/span>Shigeng Wang<\/strong> (Advisor: Sijia Geng) \u2014 Rubenstein Fellowship<\/em> (Fellowship)
\n<\/span>Agustin Castellano <\/strong>(Advisor: Enrique Mallada<\/span>) – Whiting School of Engineering Teaching Assistant Award
\n<\/em>Amir Hussein <\/strong>(Advisor: Sanjeev Khudanpur<\/span>) – Best Paper Award, International Conference on Spoken Language Translation (IWSLT 2025)
\n<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

2024\u20132025<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Hunter Saylor<\/strong> (Advisor: Susanna Thon) \u2014 AI-Driven Advancements in Microelectronics (ADAM): NSF NRT Trainee Program Fellowship<\/em> (Fellowship)
\n<\/span>Aiden Tomov<\/strong> (Advisor: Amy Foster) \u2014 AI-Driven Advancements in Microelectronics (ADAM): NSF NRT Trainee Program Fellowship<\/em> (Fellowship)
\n<\/span>Zhimeng Wang<\/strong> (Advisor: Enrique Mallada) \u2014 Carl E. Heath Fellowship for the Support of Graduate Women in Engineering<\/em> (Fellowship)
\n<\/span>Natasha Ninan<\/strong> (Advisor: Mark Foster) \u2014 Ferdinand Hamburger, Jr. Fellowship in Electrical Engineering<\/em>(Fellowship)
\n<\/span>Bright Nnadi<\/strong> (Advisor: Ralph Etienne-Cummings) \u2014 Ferdinand Hamburger, Jr. Fellowship in Electrical Engineering<\/em> (Fellowship)
\n<\/span>Amir Hussein<\/strong> (Advisor: Sanjeev Khudanpur) \u2014 Johns Hopkins University + Amazon Initiative for Artificial Intelligence (AI2AI) Fellowship<\/em> (Fellowship)
\n<\/span>Aiden Tomov<\/strong> (Advisor: Amy Foster) \u2014 Kewei Yang and Grace Xin Fellowship<\/em> (Fellowship)
\n<\/span>Zhimin Shao<\/strong> (Advisor: Rama Chellappa) \u2014 Lila May Walkden Flounders Fellowship<\/em> (Fellowship)
\n<\/span>Savannah Hays<\/strong> (Advisor: Jerry Prince) \u2014 National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship Program (NSF GRFP)<\/em> (Fellowship)
\n<\/span>Dylan Poppert<\/strong> (Advisor: Trac Tran) \u2014 National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship Program (NSF GRFP)<\/em> (Fellowship)
\n<\/span>Yijun Zhang<\/strong> (Advisor: Susanna Thon) \u2014 Payback Fellowship<\/em> (Fellowship)
\n<\/span>Anqi Feng<\/strong> (Advisor: Jerry Prince) \u2014 Predoctoral Visiting Fellow, National Institute on Aging (NIH)<\/em> (Fellowship)
\n<\/span>Haben Gebrekidan<\/strong> (Advisor: Emad Boctor) \u2014 Rubenstein Fellowship<\/em> (Fellowship)
\n<\/span>Mikolaj Walczak<\/strong> (Advisor: Tinoosh Mohsenin) \u2014 Virginia and Edward Wysocki, Sr. Fellowship in Electrical and Computer Engineering<\/em> (Fellowship)<\/span><\/p>\n

2023\u20132024<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Thomas Shaddix<\/strong> (Advisor: Ralph Etienne-Cummings) \u2014 APL Graduate Fellowship<\/em> (Fellowship)
\n<\/span>Samuel Schmidgall<\/strong> (Advisor: Rama Chellappa) \u2014 National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship Program (NSF GRFP)<\/em> (Fellowship)
\n<\/span>Aaron Gibbs<\/strong> (Advisor: Amy Foster) \u2014 Percy Pierre Doctoral Fellowship<\/em> (Fellowship)
\n<\/span>Aaron Gibbs<\/strong> (Advisor: Amy Foster) \u2014 Vivien Thomas Scholars Initiative<\/em> (Fellowship)<\/span><\/p>\n

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