Our Faculty Make a Difference
Our faculty are the cornerstone of our department's education and research, preparing students for careers in fields that have tremendous impact on key areas of modern life while also upholding our university's public-service mission. Our faculty members are renowned throughout the state, nation and world for their cutting-edge electronic and computer engineering discoveries and contributions. Find out about their many well-deserved honors, awards and recognitions.
Recent Awards & Honors
Professor Saif Islam will translate groundbreaking cybersecurity research into a viable commercial solution, thanks to a new award from the Center for Information Technology Research in the Interest of Society and the Banatao Institute, launched in partnership with the Academic Innovation Catalyst.
The National Academy of Inventors has elected Junshan Zhang, a professor of electrical and computer engineering, as a fellow. The fellowship is the highest professional distinction awarded solely to inventors.
Jeong is one of 12 early-career faculty members who will receive a boost as this year's class of Hellman Fellows at UC Davis. The fellowship includes funding that will directly support Jeong's research into autonomous seizure management.
Academic Awards and Recognitions
- National Medal of Technology
- Jerry Woodall, 2001
- National Academy of Engineering Members
- Gary May, 2018
Jerry Woodall, 1989
Jonathan Heritage, 2019 - Emeritus
Linda Katehi, 2006 - Distinguished Faculty Emerita
Robert Bower, 1999 - Emeritus, Deceased - National Academy of Inventors Fellows
- Jerry Woodall, 2013
Linda Katehi, 2012 - Distinguished Faculty Emerita
Saif Islam, 2014
Soheil Ghiasi, 2024 - American Association for the Advancement of Science Fellows
- Chen-Nee Chuah, 2024
Gary May, 2021
Jerry Woodall, 2018
John Owens, 2021
Linda Katehi, 2006 - Distinguished Faculty Emerita
Rajeevan Amirtharajah, 2019
Saif Islam, 2018 - Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Life Fellows
- Robert Bower, 2005 - Emeritus, Deceased
Robert Redinbo - Emeritus
Ronald Soohoo - Emeritus, Deceased
Shu Lin, 2000 - Emeritus
Tien C. “Steve” Hsia - Emeritus
William Gardner - Emeritus - IEEE Fellows
- Anh-Vu Pham, 2022
Bernard Levy, 1994
Brian Kolner, 2012
Chen-Nee Chuah, 2015
Gary May, 2006
Jerry Woodall, 1990
John Owens, 2021
Jonathan Heritage, 1990 - Emeritus
Junshan Zhang, 2012
Linda Katehi, 1995 - Distinguished Faculty Emerita
Mohammed Ghausi, 1973 - Emeritus
Neville Luhmann, 2002
Paul Hurst, 2001
Richard Dorf, 1973 - Emeritus
Richard Spencer, 2006 - Emeritus
Robert Current, 2000 - Emeritus, Deceased
Robert Redinbo, 1997 - Emeritus
Robert W. Bower, 1986
Ronald Soohoo, 1970
S.J. Ben Yoo, 2007
Saif Islam, 2020
Shu Lin, 1980 - Adjunct Emeritus
Shuguang “Robert” Cui, 2013
Stephen Lewis, 2001
Tien C. "Steve" Hsia, 1977 - Emeritus
Vojin G. Oklobdzija, 1996 - Emeritus
William Gardner, 1991 - Emeritus
Zhi Ding, 2003 - Optica Fellows
- Andre Knoesen, 1996
Brian Kolner, 2011
Jeremy Munday, 2020
Jonathan Heritage, 1986 - Emeritus
S.J. Ben Yoo, 2007
Saif Islam, 2019 - American Physical Society Fellows
- Herman Fink, 1969 - Emeritus, Deceased
Jerry Woodall, 1982
Jonathan Heritage - Emeritus
Neville Luhmann, 1987
Robert Bower - Emeritus, Deceased - American Vacuum Society Fellows
- Jerry Woodall, 1994
- Electrochemical Society Fellows
- Jerry Woodall, 1992
- SPIE Fellows
- Saif Islam, 2017
- SPIE Aden and Marjorie Meinel Technology Achievement Award
- Saif Islam, 2024
- SPIE Early Career Achievement Award
- Jeremy Munday, 2014
- OneQuantum Leading Female Researcher Award
- Marina Radulaski, 2021
- David and Lucille Packard Foundation Fellowships
- Brian Kolner, 1991
- National Science Foundation CAREER Award Winners
- Anh-Vu Pham, 2001
Bevan Baas, 2006
Chen-Nee Chuah, 2003
Erkin Şeker, 2015
Gary May
Hussain Al-Asaad, 2001
Jane Gu, 2013
Jeremy Munday, 2016
Junshan Zhang, 2003
Lifeng Lai, 2011
Linda Katehi - Distinguished Faculty Emerita
Marina Radulaski, 2021
Omeed Momeni, 2015
Rajeevan Amirtharajah, 2006
Saif Islam
J. Sebastian Gomez-Diaz, 2018
Venkatesh Akella, 1997
Weijian Yang
William Putnam, 2021 - National Society of Black Engineers Lifetime Member of the Year
- Gary May, 2023
- DOE Early Career Principal Investigator
- John Owens, 2004
- National Academy of Engineering Simon Ramo Founders Award
- Linda Katehi, 2015 - Distinguished Faculty Emerita
- IEEE Third Millennium Medal Winners
- Jerry Woodall, 2000
Linda Katehi, 2000 - Distinguished Faculty Emerita
Shu Lin, 2000 - Emeritus
Stephen Lewis, 2000 - Association for Computing Machinery Distinguished Scientists
- Chen-Nee Chuah, 2012
John Owens, 2017 - Optical Society of America R.W. Wood Prize
- Jonathan Heritage, 2008 - Emeritus
- Alexander von Humboldt Research Prizes
- Jonathan Heritage - Emeritus
Mohammed Ghausi - Emeritus
Robert Bower - Emeritus, Deceased
Shu Lin - Emeritus - ECEDHA Diversity Award
- Renetta Garrison Tull
- Robert L. Woods Award for Excellence in Vacuum Electronics
- Neville Luhmann, 1994
- IEEE John R. Pierce Award
- Neville Luhmann, 2012
- IEEE Jack R. Morton Award
- Jerry Woodall, 1984
- IEEE Leon Kirchmayer Graduate Teaching Award
- Shu Lin - Emeritus
- William Streifer Award of the IEEE LEOS Society
- Jonathan Heritage - Emeritus
- IEEE Jun-ichci Nishizawa Medal
- Jerry Woodall, 2005
- Institute of Physics Kenneth J. Button Award
- Neville Luhmann, 2005
- American Vacuum Society Founders Medal and Award/Welch Award
- Jerry Woodall, 1990
- IEEE Communications Society Education Award
- Zhi Ding, 2020
- IEEE Microwave Theory and Techniques Society Outstanding Young Engineer Award
- Ahn-Vu Pham, 2008
- IEEE Microwave Theory and Techniques Society Distinguished Microwave Lecturer
- Ahn-Vu Pham, 2010
- IEEE Stephen O. Rice Prizes for Best Original Paper
- Shu Lin, 2007 - Emeritus
William Gardner - Emeritus - IEEE Photonics Society Young Investigator Award
- Jeremy Munday, 2015
- IEEE Best Papers
- Chen-Nee Chuah
Houman Homayoon, 2019, 2019, 2020, 2021
Junshan Zhang, 2008
Linda Katehi - Distinguished Faculty Emerita
Saif Islam, 2010 - ACM Best Papers
- Houman Homayoun, 2016
Junshan Zhang, 2016 - ISSCC 50-Year Anniversary Museum Paper Award
- Stephen Lewis, 2003
- ISSCC 50-Year Anniversary Author Honor Roll Winners
- Paul Hurst, 2003
Stephen Lewis, 2003 - ISSCC Beatrice Winner Awards for Editorial Excellence
- Stephen Lewis, 2004
Paul Hurst
Richard Spencer - Emeritus - DARPA Young Faculty Award
- Jeremy Munday, 2018
- DARPA Director's Fellowship Award
- Jeremy Munday
- OSA Adolph Lomb Medal
- Jeremy Munday, 2015
- NASA Early Career Faculty Space Technology Research Award
- Jeremy Munday, 2012
- Office of Naval Research Young Investigator Award
- Jeremy Munday, 2023
Junshan Zhang, 2005 - Air Force Office of Scientific Research Young Investigator
- Marina Radulaski
William Putnam, 2021 - Georgia Tech College of Engineering Hall of Fame
- Gary May, 2024
UC Davis Awards and Recognitions
- Chancellor's Fellow
- Chen-Nee Chuah, 2008
Jane Gu, 2019
Sebastian Gomez-Diaz, 2023 - ADVANCE Scholar Award
- Chen-Nee Chuah, 2020
- Distinguished Emeriti Award
- V. Ralph Algazi, 2024 - Emeritus
- Academic Senate Distinguished Teaching Awards
- Erkin Şeker
Gary Ford, 1984 - Emeritus
Hussain Al-Asaad, 2017
Saif Islam, 2010 - Distinguished Graduate and Postdoctoral Mentoring Award
- Erkin Şeker, 2020
- Graduate Advising and Mentoring Award
- Joshua Hihath, 2020
- Outstanding Research/Teacher/Mentor Award Winners
- Gary Ford - Emeritus
Neville Luhmann
Ronald Soohoo - Emeritus, Deceased
S.J. Ben Yoo
Saif Islam
Stephen Lewis - Outstanding Engineering Faculty Teaching Awards
- Hooman Rashtian, 2020
Stephen Lewis, 2013 - College of Engineering Outstanding Junior Faculty Awards
- Chen-Nee Chuah, 2004
Jane Gu, 2015
Saif Islam, 2006 - College of Engineering Outstanding Mid-Career Faculty Research Awards
- S.J. Ben Yoo, 2004
Saif Islam, 2012 - College of Engineering Outstanding Senior Career Research Awards
- Chen-Nee Chuah
S.J. Ben Yoo, 2011
Zhi Ding - College of Engineering Best Teaching Award
- William Putnam
Hooman Rashtian - ECE GSA Awards for Graduate Teaching and Mentorship
- John Owens, 2009
Rajeevan Amitharajah - ECE Distinguished Research Award
- John Owens, 2019
- ECE Distinguished Teaching Award
- Andre Knoesen, 2018
Diego Yankelevich
Weijian Yang, 2021 - ECE Distinguished Service Award
- Khaled Abdel-Ghaffar, 2018
- IEEE Student Association’s Professor of the Year Awards
- Andre Knoesen, 2012
Chen-Nee Chuah, 2021
Diego Yankelevich
Gary Ford - Emeritus
Hooman Rashtian, 2017, 2018, 2019
Hussain Al-Asaad, 2001
Omeed Momeni, 2014
Rajeevan Amitharajah
Richard Spencer - Emeritus
Saif Islam, 2005, 2009
Stephen Lewis, 2010, 2016
Xiaoguang “Leo” Liu - ASUCD Academic Excellence in Education Award
- Hooman Rashtian, 2019
Stephen Lewis, 2009