Awards and Recognition

Fengqi You, the Roxanne E. and Michael J. Zak Professor of Energy Systems Engineering, had his study “Perspectives for sustainability analysis of scalable perovskite photovoltaics ↗” featured on the cover ↗ of the Energy & Environmental Science.

Zhiting Tian, associate professor, was one of six Cornell faculty members to be receive 2025 Presidential Early Career Awards for Scientists and Engineers ↗ (PECASE), the White House announced Jan. 14. Director of the ZT Research Group, Tian is known for her innovative research on polymer-based thermal diodes, hybrid organic-inorganic material thermal conductivity, and advanced thermal management in semiconductors.

Allison Hutchison, senior lecturer, won the 2024 Region 1 Outstanding Teaching in an IEEE Area (University or College) Award. The IEEE Region 1 includes Maine, Vermont, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, New York, some of New Jersey, and Rhode Island.

Fengqi You, the Roxanne E. and Michael J. Zak Professor of Energy Systems Engineering, has received an Amazon Research Award for Sustainability ↗ for his proposal “Large Language Model Co-Pilot for Transparent and Trusted LCA.” You is one of only 10 researchers across the country to receive at ARA and will have access to Amazon public datasets, along with AWS AI/ML services and tools.

Raaz Dwivedi, assistant professor, won the 2024 Blackwell-Rosenbluth Award, which is given to outstanding junior researchers in Bayesian statistics.

Fengqi You, the Roxanne E. and Michael J. Zak Professor of Energy Systems Engineering, had his paper his paper “Interpretable Surrogate Learning for Electronic Material Generation ↗” featured on the cover ↗ of ACS Nano.You also had his paper “GenAI for Scientific Discovery in Electrochemical Energy Storage: State-of-the-Art and Perspectives from Nano- and Micro-Scale ↗” featured on the frontispiece ↗ of Small, renowned for its focus on cutting-edge research in nanoscience. Additionally, You’s paper, “Perspectives for sustainability analysis of scalable perovskite photovoltaics ↗”, was featured on the cover ↗ of Energy & Environmental Science.

Marcos López de Prado, visiting professor (ORIE, CFEM), received the Officer’s Cross of the Royal Order of Civil Merit ↗, which represents a knighthood and one of Spain’s highest honors, for his distinguished services to science.

Richard Rand, professor emeritus (MAE), has been awarded the 2025 ASME J.P. Den Hartog Award ↗, which is the ASME society level recognition for lifetime contributions to the teaching and practice of vibration engineering. Rand was honored for his “lifetime contributions to vibration engineering through pioneering research at the intersection of mathematics and engineering, with emphasis on the complexity arising in the response of nonlinear structural systems.”

Three members of the Cornell Engineering faculty have been named Stephen H. Weiss Presidential Fellows ↗, Cornell’s highest honors for graduate and undergraduate teaching. The Stephen H. Weiss Teaching Awards honor teaching faculty in three categories who have a sustained record of commitment and excellence in the teaching and mentoring of undergraduate students.

• Mark Campbell, the John A. Mellowes ’60 Professor (MAE, Systems)
• David Shmoys, the Laibe/Acheson Professor of Business Management & Leadership Studies (ORIE)
• Aaron Wagner, professor (ECE)

At its recent meetings, the Cornell University Board of Trustees elected the following professors to appointment with indefinite tenure, effective November 1, 2024:

• Krystyn J. Van Vliet, Professor, (BME, MSE), was elected Professor with indefinite tenure. 
• Qi Li, Assistant Professor (CEE), was elected Associate Professor with indefinite tenure.
• Andreas A. Malikopoulos, Professor (CEE, Systems), was elected Professor with indefinite tenure.