Awards and Recognition

Mark Lewis, the Maxwell M. Upson Professor of Engineering (ORIE, Systems), has been selected to the spring 2024 class of INFORMS Senior Members.

Fengqi You, the Roxanne E. and Michael J. Zak Professor in Energy Systems Engineering (CBE, Systems), received the prestigious 2024 Lawrence K. Cecil Award in Environmental Chemical Engineering from the American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE). Established in 1972, the award is given to at most one individual per year, recognizing outstanding contributions and achievements in the preservation or improvement of the environment.

Jon Kleinberg, the Tisch University Professor (CS), has been selected as a member of the American Philosophical Society for his research centered around algorithms and networks, their role in social and information systems, and their impact on society.

Zach Ulibarri, postdoc (MAE, Petro Group), was awarded  a Heising-Simons Foundation 51 Pegasi b Fellowship. The three-year postdoctoral fellowship provides recipients with resources, freedom and flexibility to conduct theoretical, observational and experimental research in planetary astronomy. Ulibarri is spearheading methods of minimizing damage to delicate building blocks of life when detecting organic chemistry on icy worlds.