Awards News

Over a decade of work from the laboratory of Stefano Curtarolo will help researchers discover new materials through Georgia Tech’s new $18.1 million Programmable Cloud Laboratory.

Kip Coonley, a faculty member of mechanical engineering and materials science (MEMS) and electrical and computer engineering (ECE), received a fellowship to create electromechanical teaching aids.

A group of Duke undergraduates, doctoral students, postdoctoral researchers and faculty members spanning several years were recognized along with national collaborators for their work to develop novel semiconductor materials that can control spin, charge and light.

Brinson has been elected a Fellow of the Materials Research Society in recognition of her pioneering contributions to polymer science, shape memory alloys and the materials genome space.

Yiran Chen, Stefano Curtarolo, Charles Gersbach, David Mitzi and Junjie Yao were recognized for ranking in the top 1% by citation in their fields.

Highly competitive national awards will help new and returning graduate students conduct impactful research

Curtarolo was recognized for his pioneering contributions to high-throughput computational thermodynamics and synthesizability theories with application to disordered ceramics.

Chen’s research focuses on developing full-stack robotics that includes the mechanical structures as well as its AI-based software.

Mitzi was recognized for his significant contributions to the science and technology of photovoltaics, or the conversion of light energy into electricity.

MEMS PhD student Kent Yamamoto was part of a team that won first place at the American College of Surgeons 2025 Surgeons and Engineers Meeting for their life-size inguinal hernia simulator.

Duke Engineering faculty garnered a wide array of awards and recognitions over the first half of 2025.