MIT School of Engineering faculty and staff receive awards in summer 2025

Each year, faculty and researchers across the MIT School of Engineering are recognized with prestigious awards for their contributions to research, technology, society, and education. To celebrate these achievements, the school periodically highlights select honors received by members of its departments, institutes, labs, and centers. The following individuals were recognized in summer 2025:

Iwnetim Abate, the Chipman Career Development Professor and assistant professor in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering, was honored as one of MIT Technology Review's 2025 Innovators Under 35. He was recognized for his research on sodium-ion batteries and ammonia production.

Daniel G. Anderson, the Joseph R. Mares (1924) Professor in the Department of Chemical Engineering and the Institute of Medical Engineering and Science (IMES), received the 2025 AIChE James E. Bailey Award. The award honors outstanding contributions in biological engineering and commemorates the pioneering work of James Bailey.

Regina Barzilay, the School of Engineering Distinguished Professor for AI and Health in the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science (EECS), was named to Time's AI100 2025 list, recognizing her groundbreaking work in AI and health.

Richard D. Braatz, the Edwin R. Gilliland Professor in the Department of Chemical Engineering, received the 2025 AIChE CAST Distinguished Service Award. The award recognizes exceptional service and leadership within the Computing and Systems Technology Division of AIChE.

Rodney Brooks, the Panasonic Professor of Robotics, Emeritus in the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, was elected to the National Academy of Sciences, one of the highest honors in scientific research.

Arup K. Chakraborty, the John M. Deutch (1961) Institute Professor in the Department of Chemical Engineering and IMES, received the 2025 AIChE Alpha Chi Sigma Award. This award honors outstanding accomplishments in chemical engineering research over the past decade.

Connor W. Coley, the Class of 1957 Career Development Professor and associate professor in the departments of Chemical Engineering and EECS, received the 2025 AIChE CoMSEF Young Investigator Award for Modeling and Simulation. The award recognizes outstanding research in computational molecular science and engineering. Coley was also one of 74 highly accomplished, early-career engineers selected to participate in the Grainger Foundation Frontiers of Engineering Symposium, a signature activity of the National Academy of Engineering.

Henry Corrigan-Gibbs, the Douglas Ross (1954) Career Development Professor of Software Technology and associate professor in the Department of EECS, received the Google ML and Systems Junior Faculty Award, presented to assistant professors who are leading the analysis, design and implementation of efficient, scalable, secure, and trustworthy computing systems.

Christina Delimitrou, the KDD Career Development Professor in Communications and Technology and associate professor in the Department of EECS, received the Google ML and Systems Junior Faculty Award. The award supports assistant professors advancing scalable and trustworthy computing systems for machine learning and cloud computing. Delimitrou also received the Google ML and Systems Junior Faculty Award, presented to assistant professors who are leading the analysis, design, and implementation of efficient, scalable, secure, and trustworthy computing systems.

Priya Donti, the Silverman (1968) Family Career Development Professor and assistant professor in the Department of EECS, was named to Time's AI100 2025 list, which honors innovators reshaping the world through artificial intelligence.

Joel Emer, a professor of the practice in the Department of EECS, received the Alan D. Berenbaum Distinguished Service Award from ACM SIGARCH. He was honored for decades of mentoring and leadership in the computer architecture community.

Roger Greenwood Mark, the Distinguished Professor of Health Sciences and Technology, Emeritus in IMES, received the IEEE Biomedical Engineering Award for leadership in ECG signal processing and global dissemination of curated biomedical and clinical databases, thereby accelerating biomedical research worldwide.

Ali Jadbabaie, the JR East Professor and head of the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, received the 2025 Multidisciplinary University Research Initiative (MURI) award for research projects in areas of critical importance to national defense.

Yoon Kim, associate professor in the Department of EECS, received the Google ML and Systems Junior Faculty Award, presented to assistant professors who are leading the analysis, design, and implementation of efficient, scalable, secure, and trustworthy computing systems.

Mathias Kolle, an associate professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering, received the 2025 Multidisciplinary University Research Initiative (MURI) award for research projects in areas of critical importance to national defense.

Muriel Médard, the NEC Professor of Software Science and Engineering in the Department of EECS, was elected an International Fellow of the United Kingdom's Royal Academy of Engineering. The honor recognizes exceptional contributions to engineering and technology across sectors.

Pablo Parrilo, the Joseph F. and Nancy P. Keithley Professor in Electrical Engineering in the Department of EECS, received the 2025 INFORMS Computing Society Prize. The award honors outstanding contributions at the interface of computing and operations research. Parrilo was recognized for pioneering work on accelerating gradient descent through stepsize hedging, introducing concepts such as Silver Stepsizes and recursive gluing.

Nidhi Seethapathi, the Frederick A. (1971) and Carole J. Middleton Career Development Professor of Neuroscience and assistant professor in the Department of EECS, was named to MIT Technology Review's "2025 Innovators Under 35" list. The honor celebrates early-career scientists and entrepreneurs driving real-world impact.

Justin Solomon, an associate professor in the Department of EECS, was named a 2025 Schmidt Science Polymath. The award supports novel, early-stage research across disciplines, including acoustics and climate simulation.

Martin Staadecker, a research assistant in the Sustainable Supply Chain Lab, received the MIT-GE Vernova Energy and Climate Alliance Technology and Policy Program Project Award. The award recognizes his work on Scope 3 emissions and sustainable supply chain practices.

Antonio Torralba, the Delta Electronics Professor and faculty head of AI+D in the Department of EECS, received the 2025 Multidisciplinary University Research Initiative (MURI) award for research projects in areas of critical importance to national defense.

Ryan Williams, a professor in the Department of EECS, received the Best Paper Award at STOC 2025 for his paper "Simulating Time With Square-Root Space," recognized for its technical merit and originality. Williams was also selected as a Member of the Institute for Advanced Study for the 2025-26 academic year. This prestigious fellowship recognizes the significance of these scholars' work, and it is an opportunity to advance their research and exchange ideas with scholars from around the world.

Gioele Zardini, the Rudge (1948) and Nancy Allen Career Development Professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, received the 2025 DARPA Young Faculty Award. The award supports rising stars among early-career faculty, helping them develop research ideas aligned with national security needs.