Awards & Recognition

2015-2016

National Academy of Engineering Membership

Elected in 2016 – Jennifer West

National Research and Professional Leadership Awards

2016 Javits Neuroscience Investigator Award, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke -- Warren Grill
NVIDIA Global Impact Award -- Joseph Izatt
GSK & Save the Children Healthcare Innovation Award -- Robert Malkin/Fundación VIHDA, Ecuador
2016 Technology Award, Eduard Rhein Foundation -- Blake Wilson

Professional Society Recognition

Finalist, 2015 Gordon Bell Prize – Amanda Randles
Senior area editor, IEEE Transactions on Image Processing – Sina Farsiu
Pascal Rol Award for Best Paper in Ophthalmic Technologies at the SPIE Photonics West 2015 – Sina Farsiu
President-Elect, International Society for Bioelectromagnetism – Craig Henriquez
Charter Member, NIH BMIT-B Study Section – Kathryn Nightingale
Vice chair & chair-elect, Gordon Research Conference on Biomaterials and Tissue Engineering – Jennifer West
Vice chair & chair-elect, Gordon Research Conference on Eye Movements – Marc Sommer

Early Career Awards

Young Investigator Award, Office of Naval Research -- Michael Lynch
Cellular and Molecular Bioengineering (CMBE) Young Innovator, 2015 -- Brent Hoffman

University and School Honors

2016 Alumni Distinguished Undergraduate Teaching Award (Duke University) -- Elizabeth Bucholz
Teamwork Award (Duke University) -- Guillermo Sapiro & colleagues
2016 Dean's Award for Inclusive Excellence in Graduate Education, The Duke University Graduate School -- MRSEC (Stefan Zauscher, Director)
Klein Family Distinguished Teaching Award (Pratt School) -- Brenton Hoffman
Lois and John L. Imhoff Distinguished Teaching Award (Pratt School) -- Roger Nightingale
Capers and Marion McDonald Teaching and Research Award (Pratt School) -- Jennifer West
2015 Distinguished Alumnus Award, Indian Institute of Technology Delhi -- Ashutosh Chilkoti
Honorary doctorate in medicine, University of Salamanca (Spain) -- Blake Wilson

Distinguished Lectureships and Speakerships

Invited talk, 5th Annual Karles Invitational Conference on Neuroelectronics -- Warren Grill
Keynote lecture, 2016 Medical and Scientific Advisory Council Meeting, Dystonia Medical Research Foundation -- Warren Grill
Plenary lecture, SPIE Biophotonics South America Symposium -- Tuan Vo-Dinh

Media Recognition

2015 Global Thinkers, Foreign Policy -- Miguel Nicolelis

2014-2015

Society Member/Fellow Recognition

Fellow, National Academy of Inventors – Ashutosh Chilkoti
Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science – George Truskey
Fellow, IEEE – Guillermo Sapiro and Blake S. Wilson
Alternate Member, IEEE – Roger Barr
Fellow, AIMBE College of Fellows – Lawrence Boyd, Nenad Bursac, Kathy Nightingale and Adam Wax
Chair, AIMBE Collge of Fellows – Jennifer West

University and School

Scholar/Teacher of the Year Award (Duke University) – Warren Grill
Inaugural Dastgheib Pioneer Award in Ocular Innovation (Duke University Eye Center) – Joseph Izatt
Lois and John L. Imhoff Distinguished Teaching Award (Pratt School) – Charles Wallace
Capers and Marion McDonald Teaching and Research Award (Pratt School) – Kathy Nightingale
Robert W. Carr, Jr., Distinguished Professorship of Biomedical Engineering – Nimmi Ramanujam

National/International

National Academy of Engineering Russ Prize – Blake S. Wilson
Clemson Award for Basic Research, Society of Biomaterials – Jennifer West
Highly Cited Researcher, Thomson-Reuters – Jennifer West
C.E.K. Mees Medal, Optical Society of America – Warren Warren
Honorary Doctorate, Uppsala University (Sweden) – Blake S. Wilson

Early Career

Young Investigator Award, Creative and Novel Ideas for HIV Research – Benjamin Yellen
National Science Foundation CAREER Award – Brenton Hoffman
MIT Technology Review 35 Innovators Under 35 – Jon Viventi

2013-2014

Society Member/Fellow Recognition

Elected 2014 Fellow, National Academy of Inventors – Kam Leong

University and School

Lois and John L. Imhoff Distinguished Teaching Award (Pratt School) – Elizabeth Bucholz
Stansell Family Distinguished Research Award (Pratt School) – Nenad Bursac
Outstanding Postdoc Mentor (Duke University) – & Secret Provost honor in Fall
Warren Grill
Chandran Award in Neuro-Oncology (Pratt School) – Paolo Maccarini
Capers & Marion McDonald Award for Excellence in Teaching and Research (Pratt School) – Lori Setton
2013 Chandran Lecture in Neuro-Oncology (Pratt School) – Jennifer West

National/International

Inaugural recipient of the BMES Innovator Award for Cell & Molecular Bioengineering and the 2014 Arthritis Foundation Investigator Award – Farsh Guilak
2014-15 Fulbright Scholar Grant – Monty Reichert

Early Career

Outstanding New Investigator, ASGCT and Capers & Marion McDonald Teaching and Research Award (Pratt School) – Charlie Gersbach

2012-2013

Faculty Early Career Awards

Rising Star Award, Society for Physical Regulation in Medicine and Biology -- Charles Gersbach
Searle Scholar Award; Basil O’Connor Starter Scholar Research Award, March of Dimes -- Brent Hoffman

Research and Professional Leadership Awards

Robert A. Pritzker Distinguished Lecture Award, Biomedical Engineering Society -- Ashutosh Chilkoti
Diversity Award, Biomedical Engineering Society -- Monty Reichert
Distinguished Service Award, Biomedical Engineering Society -- George Truskey
Clemson Award for Applied Research -- Kam Leong

Teaching Awards

Dean’s Award for Excellence in Mentoring, Duke Graduate School -- Dale Bass
Outstanding Post-Doc Mentor Award, Duke University -- Adam Wax

Professional Society Recognition

Fellow, Biomedical Engineering Society -- Ashutosh Chilkoti
Fellow, Controlled Release Society College of Fellows -- Ashutosh Chilkoti
Member, National Academy of Engineering -- Kam Leong
Senior Member, IEEE -- Kathy Nightingale
Fellow, American Institute of Medical & Biological Engineering; Fellow, SPIE -- Nimmi Ramanujam

2011-2012

Faculty Early Career Awards

National Science Foundation Early CAREER Award for Scientists and Engineers - Charles Gersbach

Research Awards

2011 Clemson Award for Contributions to the Literature -- Ashutosh Chilkoti
2011 Clemson Award for Applied Research, Society for Biomaterials - Kam Leong
2011 NIH Director's New Innovator Award - Charles Gersbach

Professional Society Recognition

Fellow, Biomedical Engineering Society - Warren Grill

2010-2011

Faculty Awards and Recognition

National Science Foundation Early CAREER Award - Lingchong You
NIH Merit Award - Acoustic Radiation Force Impulse Imaging of Cardiac Tissue - Gregg Trahey
Nicolas Andry De Bois-Regar, Association of Bone and Joint Surgeons - Farshid Guilak
Chair, NIH Neurotechnology Study Section - Warren Grill
2010 Ruth and A. Morris Williams Faculty Research Prize, Duke University - Farshid Guilak
Clemson Award for Basic Research in Biomaterials, Society for Biomaterials - William Reichert

2009-2010 Faculty Awards and Recognition

Capers & Marion McDonald Teaching and Research Award - David Katz
Lois and John L. Imhoff Distinguished Teaching Award - Robert Malkin
Fellow of the Optical Society of America, Nimmi Ramanujam
Fellow, Optical Society of America - Adam Wax
Fellow, International Photonics Society (SPIE) - Adam Wax
Stansell Family Distinguished Research Award - Kam Leong
Fellow of the Optical Society of America - Nimmi Ramanujam
Technical Expert, World Health Organization’s Technical Advisory Group on Health Technology - Robert Malkin
Editor, Biomedical Optics Express - Joseph Izatt
NIH grant review study section for cancer nanotechnology partnership - David Needham
Department of Defense breast cancer research program integration panel - Nimmi Ramanujam

2008-2009 Faculty Awards and Recognition

President, Biomedical Engineering Society – George Truskey
Fellow, American Society of Mechanical Engineers - Farshid Guilak
Fellow of the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering - Robert Malkin
Fellow of the Optical Society of America - Joseph Izatt
Inaugural chair, Nanotechnology Study Section at the National Institutes of Health - Ashutosh Chilkoti

2007-2008 Faculty Awards and Recognition

American Council on Education Fellowship –William Reichert
Klein Family Distinguished Teaching Award – Wanda Krassowska
Capers and Marion McDonald Award for Excellence in Teaching and Research - Warren Grill
Capers and Marion McDonald Award for Excellence in Mentoring and Advising - Joseph A. Izatt
Theo Pilkington Professor of Biomedical Engineering - Ashutosh Chilkoti
James L. and Elizabeth M. Vincent Professor of BME - Wanda Krassowska
Anderson-Rupp Professor of Biomedical Engineering - Roger C. Barr
Fulbright Scholarship - Kerry Costello, '08
Fellow, American Institute of Biological and Medical Engineering – Craig Henriquez
President, Biomedical Engineering Society - George Truskey
Fellow, SPIE - Joseph Izatt
National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke Advisory Committee - Warren Grill