Awards and Honors

• 2000 Nobel Prize in Physics
  Herbert Kroemer¹

• 2014 Nobel Prize in Physics
  Shuji Nakamura

• 1999 National Medal of Technology and Innovation

  Glenn Culler³

• 2015 National Medal of Technology and Innovation

  Arthur C. Gossard¹

• National Academy of Sciences (see gray highlight box on top right)
• National Academy of Engineering (see gray highlight box on top right)
• Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (see white highlight box on right)
• American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
  Venkatesh Narayanamurti¹ (1983)
  David Auston¹
  Evelyn Hu¹ (1998)
  Sanjit Mitra¹
  Pierre Petroff¹ (2009)
  Arthur Gossard¹ (2010)
  Kaustav Banerjee (2016)
  Yuan Xie (2019)
• National Academy of Inventors (NAI)
  Steven DenBaars (2014)
  Umesh Mishra (2015)
  John Bowers (2015)
  Larry Coldren¹ (2016)
  Dan Blumenthal (2017)
  Rod Alferness (2018)
  Sanjit Mitra¹ (2019)
• American Academy of Arts & Sciences
  David Auston¹ (1992)
• Russian Academy of Sciences (Foreign Member)
  Petar Kokotovic¹ (2012)
• American Physical Society (APS)
  Pierre Petroff¹ (1989)
  Venkatesh Narayanamurti¹
  Herbert Kroemer¹
  David Auston¹ (1990)
  Evelyn Hu¹ (1995)
  John Bowers (1996)
  Arthur Gossard¹
  Chris Palmstrom (2001)
  Atac Imamoglu² (2002)
  Elliott Brown² (2007)
  Kaustav Banerjee (2014)
  

• The Optical Society (OSA)
  Rod C. Alferness (1984)
  David Auston¹
  Larry Coldren¹ (1992)
  Atac Imamoglu² (2002)
  John Bowers (2003)
  Dan Blumenthal (2006)
  Clint Schow (2016)
  Nadir Dagli (2019)
• Acoustical Society of America (ASA)
  Lawrence Rabiner¹ (1970)
  Hua Lee
• Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)
  B.S. Manjunath (2018)
  Yuan Xie (2019)
• Materials Research Society (MRS)
  Chris Palmstrom (2012)
• American Vacuum Society (AVS)
  Chris Palmstrom (1999)
• British Computer Society (BCS)
  Behrooz Parhami (Chartered fellow – 2004)
• The World Academy of Science (TWAS)
  Venkatesh Narayanamurti¹ (1996)
• International Federation of Automatic Control (IFAC)
  Petar Kokotovic¹ (2005)
  Andrew Teel (2010)
  Joao Hespanha (2017)
• The Institution of Engineering & Technology
  Behrooz Parhami (2010)

• Charles Stark Draper Prize

  Shuji Nakamura (co-recipient – 2015)

• Newcomb Cleveland Prize
  Arthur Gossard¹ (2005 & 2006)

IEEE MEDALS

• Medal of Honor
  Herbert Kroemer¹ (2002)
• Jack S. Kilby Signal Processing Medal
  Lawrence Rabiner¹ (1999)
  
• James H. Mulligan, Jr. Education Medal
  Petar Kokotovic¹ (2001)
  Sanjit Mitra¹ (2006)

OTHER IEEE AWARDS

• Centennial Medal (1984)
  Allen Gersho¹
  Behrooz Parhami
  Lawrence Rabiner¹
• Millennium Medal (2000)
  Rod C. Alferness
  Lawrence Rabiner¹
  Allen Gersho¹
  Nikil Jayant
  Sanjit Mitra¹
  Glen Wade³
• IEEE Region 6 Outstanding Engineer Award
  Yasamin Mostofi (2013)
• IEEE Educational Activities Board (EAB) Vice-President's Recognition Award
  Sanjit Mitra¹ (2017)

IEEE TECHNICAL FIELD AWARDS

• Photonics Award
  Rod C. Alferness (2005)
  John Bowers (2017)
• Emanuel R. Piore Award
  Lawrence Rabiner¹ (co-recipient 1980)
• Control Systems Award – IEEE Control Systems Society
  Petar Kokotovic¹ (1995)
• Jack A. Morton Award (renamed Andrew S. Grove Award in 2000) – IEEE Electron Devices Society
  Herbert Kroemer¹ (1986)
  Shuji Nakamura (co-recipient 1998)
• James L. Flanagan Speech and Audio Processing Award – IEEE Signal Processing Society
  Allen Gersho¹ (2007)
• David Sarnoff Award – SRI Int'l Sarnoff
  Umesh Mishra (2007)
  Mark Rodwell (2010)
  Larry Coldren¹ (2014)
• Gustav Robert Kirchhoff Award – IEEE Circuits and Systems Society
  Sanjit Mitra¹ (2013)
• Kiyo Tomiyasu Award – Dr. Kiyo Tomiyasu, IEEE GRSS and IEEE MTT
  Kaustav Banerjee (co-recipient 2015)

Photonics Society (IPS)

• Aron Kressel Award
  Larry Coldren¹ (2009)
  Steven DenBaars (2010)
• William Streifer Scientific Achievement Award
  John Bowers (1996)
• John Tyndall Award
  Larry Coldren¹ (2004)
  John Bowers (2012)
• Engineering Achievement Award
  Nakamura (co-recipient 1996)

Electron Devices Society (EDS)

• J. J. Ebers Award
  Herbert Kroemer¹ (1973)
• Distinguished Lecturer Award
  Kaustav Banerjee (2008)

Microwave Theory and Techniques Society (MTT-S)

• Distinguished Educator Award
  Umesh Mishra (2017)
• Microwave Prize
  Mark Rodwell (1997)
• Outstanding Young Engineer Award
  Bob York (2004)
  Jim Buckwalter (2015)

Education Society Awards

• McGraw-Hill / Jacob C. Millman Award
  Sanjit Mitra¹ (2001)

Control Systems Society (CSS)

• Hendrik W. Bode Lecture Prize
  Petar Kokotovic¹ (1991)
• Antonio Ruberti Young Researcher Prize
  Joao Hespanha (2009)
  Yasamin Mostofi (2016)
  

Computer Society

• Seymour Cray Computer Engineer Award
  Glen Culler (2000)³
• Edward J. McCluskey Technical Achievement Award
  Yuan Xie (2020)
  B.S. Manjunath (2020)

Signal Processing Society (SPS)

• Technical Achievement Award
  Lawrence Rabiner¹ (1978)
  Sanjit Mitra¹ (1996)
• Society Award
  Lawrence Rabiner¹ (1980)
  Sanjit Mitra¹ (2001)
• Education Award
  Sanjit Mitra¹ (1989)
  

Circuits and Systems Society (CAS)

• Mac Van Valkenburg Award
  Sanjit Mitra¹ (1999)

• Holonyak Award
  John Bowers (2009)
  Larry Coldren¹ (2017)

• Robert E. Hopkins Leadership Award
  Rod C. Alferness (2010)
  
• Frederic Ives Medal/Jarus W. Quinn Prize
  Rod C. Alferness (2018)
• C.E.K. Mees Medal
  Daniel Blumenthal (2002)

• Oliver E. Buckley Condensed Matter Prize
  Arthur Gossard¹ (co-recipient 1984)
• James C. McGroddy Prize for New Materials
  Arthur Gossard¹ (2001)

• David Adler Lectureship Award in the Field of Materials Physics
  Chris Palmstrom (2018)

• Georgio Quazza Medal
  Petar Kokotovic¹ (1990)

• Richard E Bellman Control Heritage Award
  Petar Kokotovic¹ (2002)

• Donald P. Eckman Award
  Andrew Teel (1999)
  Jason Marden (2012)

• Activity Group on Control and Systems Theory (SIAG/CST) Prize
  Andrew Teel (1998)
  

• R. Bruce Lindsay Award (formerly the Biennial Award)
  Lawrence Rabiner¹ (1974)
  

• Outstanding Faculty Leadership in Presidential Initiatives
  David Auston¹ (2015)
  

• Faculty Research Lecture Award
  Herbert Kroemer¹ (1984-1985)
  Evelyn Hu¹ (2004-2005)
  John Bowers (2012-2013)
  Umesh Mishra (2017-18)

• Distinguished Teaching Award
  Glen Wade³ (1978)
  John Skalnik³ (1986)
  Hua Lee (1988)
  Roger Wood³ (1989)
  Nadir Dagli (1990)
  John Shynk¹ (1992)
  Alan Laub¹ (1993)
  Evelyn Hu¹ (1999)
  Steve Butner¹ (2007)
  

• National Science Foundation (NSF) – Faculty Early CAREER Development Award
  Louise Moser¹ (1990)
  Andrew Teel (1995)
  Bob York (1995)
  U. Madhow (1996)
  Shiv Chandrasekaran (1998)
  Atac Imamoglu² (1995)
  Joao Hespanha (2001)
  Edward Chang² (2002)
  Volkan Rodoplu² (2007)
  Yuan Xie (2006)
  Peng Li (2008)
  Yasamin Mostofi (2009)
  Pradeep Sen (2009)
  Luke Theogarajan (2011)
  James K. Buckwalter (2011)
  Katie Byl (2013)
  Jason Marden (2014)
  John Schuller (2015)
  Yon Visell (2018)
  Mahnoosh Alizadeh (2019)
  Zheng Zhang (2019)
• NSF Young Investigator Awards
  Hua Lee – NSF / PYI (1985)
  John Bowers – NSF / PYI (1988)
  Mark Rodwell – NSF / PYI (1989)
  Umesh Mishra – NSF / PYI (1989)
  Steven DenBaars – NSF / NYI (1994)
  
• ONR Young Investigator Award
  Bob York – ONR (1996)
  Jason Marden (2015)
  

• Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) Young Faculty Award
  James F. Buckwalter (2007)
  Jonathan Klamkin (2018)
  Loai Salem (2019)
• Air Force Office of Scientific Research (AFOSR) – Young Investigator Award
  Jason Marden (2012)
  John Schuller (2013)
  Galan Moody (2020)
  
• Army Research Office (ARO) Young Investigator Award
  Bob York (1993)
• NSF Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE)
  Dan Blumenthal (1999)
  Yasamin Mostofi (2011)
  Spencer Smith (2019)
  
• National Institutes of Health (NIH) – New Innovator Award
  Luke Theogarajan (2010)
• ACM-Special Interest Group on Design Automation (ACM-SIGDA) – Outstanding New Faculty Award
  Kaustav Banerjee (2004)
• NASA Early Career Faculty Space Technology Research Grant
  Jonathan Klamkin (2014)
  

• National Science Foundation (NSF) – Research Initiation Award
  Jerry Gibson (1974)
  Ali Sayed²
  John Shynk¹ (1993)
  Atac Imamoglu² (1994)
  Roy Smith²
  Andrew Teel (1993)
• Google Faculty Research Award
  Dmitri Strukov (2016)
  Yon Visell (2015)
• Semiconductor Research Corporation – Technical Excellence Award
  Li-C Wang (2010)

• Electrostatic Discharge Association (ESD) Research Grant Award
  Kaustav Banerjee (2005 and 2011)
• Alexander von Humboldt Foundation – Friedrich Wilhelm Bessel Research Award
  Kaustav Banerjee (2011)
• NASA Early Stage Innovation (ESI)
  Jonathan Klamkin (2015)

• Northrop Grumman Excellence in Teaching Award
  Luke Theogarajan (co-recipient – 2011)
  Michael Liebling (co-recipient – 2014)
  Mahnoosh Alizadeh (co-recipient – 2018)

• NSF Director’s Award for Distinguished Teaching Scholars
  Evelyn Hu¹ (2005-06)

• Hellman Fellows Fund
  Michael Liebling (2011)
  Katie Byl (2012)
  Dmitri Strukov (2013)
  Jon Schuller (2014)
  Yon Visell (2017)
• DoD National Security Science and Engineering Faculty (NSSEFF)
  Chris Palmstrom (2015)
• Packard Fellowships for Science and Engineering
  Atac Imamoglu² (1996)
• IBM Ph.D. Fellowship
  James K. Buckwalter (2004)

• Sloan Research Fellowship
  Katie Byl (2011)
• NATO Science Fellowship
  Nadir Dagli
• JSPS Invitation Fellowship (Short-Term), Japan Society for the Promotion of Science
  Kaustav Banerjee (2013-2014)
• Marie Curie Fellowship
  Jonathan Klamkin (2012)

• Zayed Future Energy Prize (ZFEP)

  Nakamura (2018)
• Honorary Professorship – National Chiao Tong University at Hsinchu, Taiwan
  Sanjit Mitra¹ (2017)
  
• Mountbatten Medal – Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET)
  Nakamura (2017)
• Global Energy Prize
  Nakamura (2015)
• Emmy Award (Technology & Engineering) – National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences
  Nakamura (2011)
• Millennium Technology Prize – Technology Academy Finland
  Nakamura (2006)

• John Bardeen Award – The Minerals, Metals and Materials Society
  Arthur Gossard¹ (2005)
• IBM Faculty Award
  Kaustav Banerjee (2008)
  Yuan Xie (2008)
• Technical Achievement Award – International Symposium on Acoustical Imaging
  Hua Lee (2011)
• Heinrich Welker Award – Siemens AG
  Umesh Mishra (2012)

• The Int'l. Conf. on Indium Phosphide and Related Materials (IPRM) Award
  Mark Rodwell (2009)
  Larry Coldren¹ (2015)

• Photonics & Electromagnetics Research Symposium (PIERS) Conf. Young Scientist Award
  Jonathan Klamkin (2019)

¹ Emeritus

² No Longer at UC Santa Barbara

³ Deceased