MNTL values the hard work of our faculty and recognizes the importance of awards in developing and sustaining excellence across the wide range of activities involved in teaching, research, and public service. Here are just a few examples of MNTL faculty achievements and recognition for 2017:
- 2017 Benjamin Franklin Medal in Electrical Engineering—Nick Holonyak Jr.
- 2017 Distinguished ECE Alumni Award—Milton Feng
- NSF CAREER Award 2017—Wenjuan Zhu; Can Bayram
- 2017 Dean’s Award for Excellence in Research—Jean Paul Allain
- 2017 NASA Early Career Faculty Award—Songbin Gong
- 2017 Fellow of American Institute for Medical & Biological Engineering—Kim Kyekyoon
- Faculty Entrepreneurial Fellow (2016-2017)—Jean Paul Allain
- President, IEEE Photonics Society—Kent Choquette
- Sandia National Labs Faculty Fellow—Kent Choquette
- IEEE Fellow 2017—Xiuling Li
- 2017 Power List (published by The Analytical Scientist)—Shuming Nie
In addition to industry and professional recognition, scholarly output points to faculty who are highly engaged in research activities and disseminating their insights and knowledge in productive ways, throughout academia and society. MNTL faculty had a busy 2017, as evidenced by this data:
- Citations 10,318
- Articles Published 147
- Book Chapters 5
- Invited Talks 46
- Conference Presentations 61
- Issued Patents 10