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Presidential Early Career Awards for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE) Announced
Twenty researchers supported by the National Science Foundation (NSF) received the Presidential Early Career Awards for Scientists and Engineers award late last month. The award is the highest honor bestowed by the U.S. government on outstanding scientists and engineers who are in the early stages of building their independent research careers. To receive the award, nominees must be NSF CAREER (Faculty Early Career Development) awards recipients. The CAREER award supports exceptionally promising college and university junior faculty who are committed to the integration of research and education. This year’s 20 recipients bring the total to 120 that have received the honor since it was established in 1996.
The recipients are:
- Sara C. Billey, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- Reinhold Blumel, Wesleyan University
- Wilfredo Colón, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
- John N. DuPont, Lehigh University
- Carl T. Friedrichs, College of William and Mary
- Theresa Gaasterland, Rockefeller University
- Susan C. Hagness, University of Wisconsin-Madison
- Youssef Hashash, University of Illinois, UrbanaChampaign
- Scott M. Husson, Clemson University
- Edwin C. Kan, Cornell University
- John David Kubiatowicz, University of California, Berkeley
- Alon Y. Levy, University of Washington
- Garrick E. Louis, University of Virginia
- Kwan-Liu Ma, University of California-Davis
- David L. Patrick, Western Washington University
- Georgia Perakis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- Anne S. Robinson, University of Delaware
- Jenny R. Saffran, University of Wisconsin-Madison
- Arthur R. Smith, Ohio University
- Kimberley A. Venn, Macalester College