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NSF Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Program and Other Young Investigator Awards

NSF Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Program
The Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Program is a Foundation-wide activity that offers the National Science Foundation's most prestigious awards for new faculty members. The CAREER program recognizes and supports the early career-development activities of those teacher-scholars who are most likely to become the academic leaders of the 21st century.

Jefferson Science Fellows Program
The Jefferson Science Fellows program was developed by the former Science and Technology Adviser to the Secretary Dr. George Atkinson to augment recent efforts to strengthen science and technology capacity and literacy in the Department of State. The program is supported by grants from the MacArthur Foundation and the Carnegie Corporation on a three-year pilot basis. Jefferson Science Fellows also receive financial support from participating American universities and has been endorsed by a broad range of professional societies and organizations.

NSF National Young Investigator (NYI) Award
The NYI Awards are intended to encourage the development of future academic leaders in science and engineering both in teaching and research.  Young investigators are expected to have standard faculty teaching responsibilities.  Research cooperation with industry is encouraged.

Ralph E. Powe Junior Faculty Enhancement Award
Given annually by Oak Ridge Associated Universities (ORAU) in Oak Ridge, Tenn., the award recognizes junior faculty at institutions that belong to the scientific university consortium for their outstanding work in engineering and applied science; life sciences; mathematics and computer science; physical sciences; or policy, management or education.

 

AwardRecipient

2012 CAREER

Aleksey Smirnov, Geological & Mining Engineering and Sciences

2011 CAREER

Veronica Griffis, Civil & Environmental Engineering
Shari Stockero, Cognitive & Learning Sciences
Greg Waite, Geological & Mining Engineering and Sciences

2011 Ralph E. Powe Junior Faculty Enhancement Award

Audrey Mayer, School of Forest Resources & Environmental Science

2010 Ralph E. Powe Junior Faculty Enhancement Award

Shiliang Wu, Geological & Mining Engineering and Sciences

2010 CAREER

Veronica Griffis, Civil & Environmental Engineering
Fernando Ponta, Mechanical Engineering-Engineering Mechanics
Shari Stockero, Cognitive & Learning Sciences
Gregory Waite, Geological & Mining Engineering and Sciences

2009 Jefferson Science Fellow

Wayne Pennington, Geological & Mining Engineering & Scence

2009 CAREER

Roshan D'Souza*, Mechanical Engineering-Engineering Mechanics

2008 CAREER

Jeffrey Allen, Mechanical Engineering-Engineering Mechanics

2007 CAREER

Chunxiao Chigan, Electrical & Computer Science
Adrienne Minerick, Chemical Engineering
Ranjit Pati, Physics
Zhenlin Wang, Computer Science

2005 CAREER

Yoke Khin Yap, Physics

2004 CAREER

Brad King, Mechanical Engineering-Engineering Mechanics
Soner Onder, Computer Science
Howard Wang, Materials Science & Engineering

2003 CAREER

Chandrashekhar Joshi, School of Forest Resources & Environmental Science
Zhi (Gerry) Tian, Electrical & Computer Engineering

2002 CAREER

Jennifer Becker, Civil & Environmental Engineering
Brian Davis, Electrical & Computer Engineering
William Endres, Mechanical Engineering-Engineering Mechanics

2001 CAREER

Eric Seagren, Civil & Environmental Engineering
Adrian Sandu*, Computer Science

2000 CAREER

Jean Mayo, Computer Science
Raymond Shaw, Physics

1999 CAREER

Michele Miller, Mechanical Engineering-Engineering Mechanics

1998 CAREER

Noel Schulz*, Electrical & Computer Engineering
Doug Swenson, Metallurgical & Materials Engineering

1997 CAREER

Robert Nemiroff, Physics

1996 CAREER

Mohan Krishnamurthy*, Metallurgical & Materials Engineering

1996 NSF Research Initiation Award

Ching-Kuang Shene, Computer Science

1995 CAREER

Kirk Schulz*, Chemical Engineering
Tim Schulz
, Electrical Engineering
John Sutherland, Mechanical Engineering-Engineering Mechanics

1994 NSF Research Initiation Award

Stephen Carr, Computer Science
Phillip Sweany*, Computer Science (1994)

1993 National Young Investigator Award

Walter Milligan, Metallurgical & Materials Engineering
Panayiotis Charalambides*, Mechanical Engineering-Engineering Mechanics

1992 NSF Research Initiation Award

Zhi Kui Ling*, Mechanical Engineering-Engineering Mechanics
* no longer associated with Michigan Technological University

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