Faculty Awards and Recognition
2011-2012
Faculty Early Career Awards
- National Science Foundation Early CAREER Award for Scientists and Engineers - Ben Lee
- National Science Foundation Early CAREER Award for Scientists and Engineers - Charles Gersbach
- Google Research Award - Ben Lee
- Haythornthwaite Research Initiation Grant, American Society of Mechanical Engineering, Applied Mechanics Division - Xuanhe Zhao
Research Awards
- 2011 Clemson Award for Applied Research, Society for Biomaterials - Kam Leong
- 2011 Clarke Prize, National Water Research Institute - Mark Wiesner
- New Product Award at the MCEE 2011 - Laurens Howle
- 2011 NIH Director's New Innovator Award - Charles Gersbach
Professional Society Recognition
- Fellow, American Geophysical Union - Amilcare Porporato
- Fellow, American Society of Mechanical Engineers - Laurens Howle
- Honorary Fellow, Romanian Academy - Adrian Bejan
- Senior Fellow in the Energy and Climate Partnership of the Americas - Ana Barros
- Fellow of the Institution of Engineers & Shipbuilders in Scotland - Adrian Bejan
- Kavli Fellow, National Academy of Sciences - Chris Dwyer
- President-Elect, Association of Environmental Engineering and Science Professors (AEESP) - Mark Wiesner
- Fellow, Biomedical Engineering Society - Warren Grill
- U.S. Delegate, International Union of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics - Linda Franzoni
Teaching Awards
- 2011 Dean's Award for Excellence in Mentoring - Farshid Guilak
- 2011 DSCD Yasundo Takahashi Education Award, American Society of Mechanical Engineers Dynamic Systems and Control Division - Devendra Garg
2010-2011
Early Career Awards
- National Science Foundation Early CAREER Award - Lingchong You
- National Science Foundation Early CAREER Award - Chuan-Hua Chen
- 2010 Air Force Office of Scientific Research Young Investigator Award - Rebecca Willett
- DARPA Young Faculty Award - Chuan-Hua Chen
- 2011 International Union of Applied Physics Young Scientist Prize in Computational Physics - Stefano Curtarolo
- Department of Energy Early Career Research Award - Heileen Hsu-Kim
Teaching Awards
- Klein Family Distinguished Award - Jonathan Protz
- Lois and John L. Imhoff Distinguished Teaching Award - Daniel Sorin
- Capers and Marion McDonald Award for Excellence in Teaching and Research - Gregg Trahey
- Capers and Marion McDonald Award for Excellence in Mentoring and Advising - Devendra Garg
Research Awards
- 2011 Award for Spectrochemical Analysis from the American Chemical Society - Tuan Vo-Dinh
- 2011 ASME Lyapunov Award - Earl Dowell
- Plasma Science Achievement Award, IEEE Nuclear and Plasma Sciences Society - Tom Katsouleas
- 2011 Clemson Award for Contributions to the Literature, Society for Biomaterials - Ashutosh Chilkoti
- 2010 Clemson Award for Basic Research in Biomaterials, Society for Biomaterials - William Reichert
- 2011 Celebration of Engineering Technology Award (CETI) from FIATECH - Matt Reynolds
- NIH Merit Award - Acoustic Radiation Force Impulse Imaging of Cardiac Tissue - Gregg Trahey
- NIH Merit Award - Innovations in Shock Wave Lithotripsy Technology - Pei Zhong
- Stansell Family Distinguished Research Award - Nimmi Ramanujam
Professional Society Recognition
- Fellow, Institute of Physics - Stefano Curtarolo
- Fellow, American Society of Mechanical Engineers - Pei Zhong
- Fellow, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics - Kenneth Hall
- Fellow, American Institute of Medical and Biological Engineering - Gabriel Lopez
- Nicolas Andry De Bois-Regar, Association of Bone and Joint Surgeons - Farshid Guilak
- Fellow, IEEE - Steve Cummer
- Senior Member, Association for Computing Machinery - Chris Dwyer
- Chair, NIH Neurotechnology Study Section - Warren Grill
- Scientist Development Grant, American Heart Association - Charles Gersbach
2009-2010
Early Career Awards
- Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE) - Adrienne Stiff-Roberts
- Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE) - Chris Dwyer
- National Science Foundation Early CAREER Award - Andrey Khlystov
- 2009 IEEE Early Career Award in Nanotechnology - Adrienne Stiff-Roberts
Teaching Awards
- Capers & Marion McDonald Mentoring & Advising Award - Krishnendu Chakrabarty
- Capers & Marion McDonald Teaching and Research Award - David Katz
- Lois and John L. Imhoff Distinguished Teaching Award - Robert Malkin
- Klein Family Distinguished Teaching Award - Joseph Nadeau
- U.S. Green Building Council’s Green Building Curriculum Recognition Award for 2009 - Duke Smart Home Program
- Hispanic Engineer National Achievement Awards Conference Information Technology Corporate Award - Dina Requena
- 2009 James M. Robbins Excellence in Teaching Award, National Chi Epsilon – Joseph Nadeau
- Distinguished Alumni Award, Indian Institute of Technology in Roorkee - Devendra Garg
- Samuel DuBois Cook Award - Gary Ybarra
Research Awards
- Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science - Mark Wiesner
- Fellow of the Optical Society of America, Nimmi Ramanujam
- Fellow, Optical Society of America - Adam Wax
- Fellow, International Photonics Society (SPIE) - Adam Wax
- Michael J. Fitzpatrick Professor of Engineering - David Brady
- Lord-Chandran Professor of Engineering - Richard Fair
- Stansell Family Distinguished Research Award - Kam Leong
- Hartwell (Foundation) Individual Biomedical Research Award - Charles Gersbach
Professional Society Recognition
- President, Biomedical Engineering Society – George Truskey
- President of the American Institute of Hydrology – Miguel Medina
- Fellow of the Optical Society of America - Nimmi Ramanujam
- Senior Member, IEEE - Chris Dwyer
- Technical Expert, World Health Organization’s Technical Advisory Group on Health Technology - Robert Malkin
- Board Member, National Academies Board on Global Science and Technology - Nan Jokerst
- IEEE Golden Core Member - Krishnendu Chakrabarty
- Editor-in-Chief of the IEEE Design & Test of Computers journal - Krishnendu Chakrabarty
- Distinguished Visitor of the IEEE Computer Society - Krishnendu Chakrabarty
- Board of Governors of the IEEE Council for Electronic Design Automation - Krishnendu Chakrabarty
- Editor-in-Chief of the ACM Journal on Emerging Technologies in Computing Systems - Krishnendu Chakrabarty
- Member, 2009 DARPA Computer Science Study Group, Department of Defense - Chris Dwyer
- Editor, Biomedical Optics Express - Joseph Izatt
- NIH grant review study section for cancer nanotechnology partnership - David Needham
- Department of Defense breast cancer research program integration panel - Nimmi Ramanujam
2008-2009
Early Career Awards
- Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE) - Stefano Curtarolo
- National Science Foundation Early CAREER Award – Claudia Gunsch
- National Science Foundation Early CAREER Award – Chuan Hua Chen
- 2009 IEEE Early Career Award in Nanotechnology - Adrienne Stiff-Roberts
- 2008 Young Investigator Award in Experimental Science, International Conference on Computational and Experimental Engineering and Sciences – Stefan Zauscher
- Oak Ridge Associated Universities Ralph E. Powe Junior Faculty Enhancement Award - Chuan-Hua Chen
- Army Research Office Young Investigator Award - Chris Dwyer
Teaching Awards
- Klein Family Distinguished Teaching Award - Craig Henriquez
- Lois and John L. Imhoff Distinguished Teaching Award - Brian Mann
- Capers and Marion McDonald for Excellence in Teaching and Research - Steve Cummer
- Capers and Marion McDonald Award for Excellence in Mentoring and Advising - Pei Zhong
- Duke University Graduate School Dean’s Award for Excellence in Mentoring – Krishnendu Chakrabarty
- 2009 James M. Robbins Excellence in Teaching Award, National Chi Epsilon – Joseph Nadeau
Research Awards
- 2008 Daniel Guggenheim Medal Award – Earl Dowell
- 2008 Technical Achievement Award, IEEE Computer Society - Kishor Trivedi
- John Booker Medal of Excellence, International Association for Computer Methods and Advances in Geomechanics - Tomasz Hueckel
- Bronze Medal, Army Science Conference – Stefan Zauscher, Pei Zhong
- Best Paper Award Force Protection /Survivability session, Army Science Conference – Stefan Zauscher, Pei Zhong
- Stansell Family Distinguished Research Award - Mark Wiesner
- Best paper award, 2008 Association for Computing Machinery Conference on Ubiquitous Computing - Matt Reynolds
Professional Society Recognition
- President, Biomedical Engineering Society – George Truskey
- President of the American Institute of Hydrology – Miguel Medina
- Fellow, American Society of Mechanical Engineers - Farshid Guilak
- Norm Augustine Award for Outstanding Achievement in Engineering Communications, American Association of Engineering Societies – Henry Petroski
- Distinguished Member, American Society of Civil Engineers – Henry Petroski
- Forensic Engineer of the Year 2008, ASCE Technical Council on Forensic Engineering – Henry Petroski
- Fellow of the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering - Robert Malkin
- Fellow of the Optical Society of America - Joseph Izatt
- Fellow of the IEEE – David Brady
- Distinguished Member of the Association for Computing Machinery - Krishnendu Chakrabarty
- Fellow of the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science – Krishnendu Chakrabarty
- Fellow of the IEEE – Krishnendu Chakrabarty
- Golden Core Member, IEEE Computer Society - Krishnendu Chakrabarty
- Distinguished Overseas Young Scholar, National Science Foundation of China – Qing Liu
- Senior member of the IEEE - Lisa Huettel
- Diplomate of the American Academy of Water Resources Engineers – David Schaad
- Inaugural chair, Nanotechnology Study Section at the National Institutes of Health - Ashutosh Chilkoti
- Chair of the Optical Society of America Image Sensing and Pattern Recognition Group – David Brady
- Representative to the United States National Committee on Theoretical and Applied Mechanics, Acoustical Society of America (ASA) – Linda Franzoni
2007-2008
Early Career Awards
- Office of Naval Research Young Investigator – Brian Mann
- 2008 Young Investigator Award from the International Conference on Computational and Experimental Engineering and Sciences - Stefan Zauscher
- Young Investigator award, International Association for Computational Mechanics - John Dolbow
- National Science Foundation CAREER award - Jeffrey T. Scruggs
- National Science Foundation CAREER award - Romit Roy Choudhury
Society Recognition and Research Awards
- Fellow, American Society of Mechanical Engineers – Tod Laursen
- Distinguished Member, American Society of Civil Engineers - Henry Petroski
- Senior Member, IEEE – Daniel Sorin
- Fellow, American Meteorological Society – Ana Barros
- Fellow, IEEE – Krishnendu Chakrabarty
- Fellow, IEEE – William Joines
- 2008 Daniel Guggehneim Medalist - Earl Dowell
- Spirit of St. Louis Medal, American Society of Mechanical Engineering - Earl Dowell
- Fellow, American Institute of Biological and Medical Engineering – Craig Henriquez
- Daniel and Florence Guggenheim Memorial Lectureship Award, International Council of Aeronautical Sciences in Anchorage - Earl Dowell
- President, Biomedical Engineering Society - George Truskey
- Stansell Family Distinguished Research Award - Piotr E. Marszalek
- Fellow, SPIE - Joseph Izatt
- 2008 Donald Q. Kern Award from the American Institute of Chemical Engineers - Adrian Bejan Fluid Science Research Award, Institute of Fluid Science - Adrian Bejan
- Devendra P. Garg Award for Intelligent Systems, American Society of Mechanical Engineers - Devendra Garg
- National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke Advisory Committee - Warren Grill
- Chair, Nanotechnology Study Section, National Institute of Health - Ashutosh Chilkokti
Teaching and Mentoring Awards
- Duke 2007-08 Alumni Distinguished Undergraduate Teaching Award – Henri Gavin
- Presidential Award for Excellence in Science, Mathematics, and Engineering Mentoring – Martha Absher
- American Council on Education Fellowship – Monty Reichert
- Klein Family Distinguished Teaching Award – Wanda Krassowska
- Lois and John L. Imhoff Distinguished Teaching Award - Benjamin B. Yellen
- Capers and Marion McDonald Award for Excellence in Teaching and Research - Warren M. Grill
- Capers and Marion McDonald Award for Excellence in Mentoring and Advising - Joseph A. Izatt
- Duke 2008 Dean’s Award for Excellence in Mentoring - Justin Jaworski
2006-2007
Early Career Awards
- Packard Fellowship for Science and Engineering - Lingchong You
- National Science Foundation Early Career Development (CAREER) Award - Rebecca Willett
- National Science Foundation Early Career Development (CAREER) Award - Stefano Curtarolo
- Office of Naval Young Investigator - Stefano Curtarolo
- Office of Naval Research Young Investigator - Adrienne Stiff-Roberts
Society Leadership and Recognition
- American Academy of Nanomedicine Program Committee - David Needham
- American Academy of Nanomedicine Board of Directors - David Needham
- Chair, 24th North American Conference on Molecular Beam Epitaxy - April Brown
- Member, FDA Cellular, Tissue and Gene Therapies Advisory Committee - Farshid Guilak
- Chair, Joint Tribology Conference - Josiah Knight
- Editorial Board, Journal of Neural Engineering - Warren Grill
- Member, National Science Board panel on Retention Rates in Undergraduate Engineering - Kristina Johnson
- Chair, NIH Computer Modeling Review Group - Mort Friedman
- Associate Editor, Nanomedicine - David Needham
- Chair, Program Review, Department of Biomedical Engineering at Texas A&M University - Mort Friedman
- Member, Defense Advanced Resaerch Projects Agency Computer Science Study Panel - Rebecca Willett
- Co-editor, Constructal Theory of Social Dynamics - Adrian Bejan
- Elected to American Philosophical Society - Henry Petroski
- Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers - Henry Petroski
- Senior Member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers - Gary Ybarra
- Fellow of the American Heart Association - Mort Friedman
- College of Fellows of the American Institute of Biological and Medical Engineering - Warren Grill, Joseph Izatt, and Fan Yuan
- Fellow of the International Society for Optical Engineering - David Brady
Teaching, Mentoring and Research Awards
- 2007 Walter J. And Angeline Crichlow Trust Prize - Earl Dowell
- Luikov Medal - Adrian Bejan
- 2006 Inteligent Optimal Design Prize - Sylvie Lorente
- 2006 Edward J. Hoffman Medical Imaging Scientist Award - Ronald Jaszczak
- Best Paper Award, 20th IEEE International Conference on VLSI Design - Krish Chakrabarty
- National Academies Keck Future Award - Warren Grill
- Spirit of St. Louis Award - Earl Dowell
- Richard Skalak Award, American Society of Mechanical Engineers - Morton Friedman
- Stansell Family Distinguished Research Award - David Brady
- Award for Journalism, Northern Virginia Post, Society of American Military Engineers - Henry Petroski
- Scientific American 50 - David Smith and David Schurig
- Hind Rattan (Jewel of India) Award - Devendra Garg
- Duke Med Scholar - Farshid Guilak
- 2007 Boston University College of Engineering Distinguished Alumni Award - Warren Grill
- Best Paper for 2006, ASME Journal of Biomechanical Engineering - Morton Friedman and Healther Himburg
- Van C. Mow Medal, American Society of Mechanical Engineers - Lori Setton
- Klein Family Distinguished Teaching Award - Kathryn Nightingale
- Lois and John L. Imhoff Distinguished Teaching Award - Joseph Nadeau
- Capers and Marion McDonald Award for Excellence in Teaching and Rsearch - Earl Dowell
- Capers and Marion McDonald Award for Excellence in Mentoring and Advising - George Truskey
2005-2006
Early Career Award
- Presidential Early Career for Scientists and Engineers - Silvia Ferrari
- American Academy of Nanomedicine Young Investigator Award - Stefan Zauscher
- Beckman Young Investigator Award - Jingdong Tian
- National Science Foundation Early Career Development (CAREER) Award - Adrienne Stiff-Roberts
- National Science Foundation Early Career Development (CAREER) Award - Jungsang Kim
- National Science Foundation Early Career Development (CAREER) Award - Sule Ozev
Society Leadership and Recognition
- Expert panel member, International Physiome Project - Mort Friedman
- Expert panel member, NIH's Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases - Lori Setton
- National Academies, Keck Futures Initiative Program Committee for "Smart Prosthetics: Exploring Devices for the Body and Mind - Warren Grill
- National Institutes of Health, Instrumentation and Systems Development Study Section in Center for Scientific Review - William Reichert
- U.S. National Committee for the UNESCO International Hydrology Program - Ana Barros
- National Institutes of Health: Nanotechnology and Nanoscience Special Emphasis Panel - Piotr Marszalek
- Fellow of the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering - Ashutosh Chilkoti
- Senior Member of the IEEE - Warren Grill
- Member, National Research Council Biomolecular Materials and Processes Committee - David Needham
- Delegation Member, U.S. State Department/National Academies Global Developments in Emerging Science and Sensor Networks 2005 - Nan Jokerst
- Member of the International Geosphere Biosphere Program (IGBP), Integrated Land Ecosystem-Atmosphere Processes Study - Roni Avissar
- Vice-Chair, Microscopy and OCT Technical Group, Optical Society of America's Science and Engineering Council - Adam Wax
- Marshall Urist Award for Excellence in Tissue Regeneration, Orthopedic Research Society - Farshid Guilak
- Chairman of the Membership and Education Services Council, Optical Society of America - Adam Wax
- Editorial Board of Medical and Biological Engineering and Computing - Warren Grill
- Global Indus Technovators Awards for 2005 - Nimmi Ramanujam
- Board of Governors, IEEE Engineering Management Society - Brad Fox
- 2005 Quadrennial Defense Review - Jonathan Protz
- Board of Directors, International Society for Optical Engineering (SPIE) - Kristina Johnson
- Director, Boston Scientific Corp. - Kristina Johnson
- Editorial Board of Bioinspiration & Biomimetics - Robert Clark
- Editor in Chief, NanoBiotechnology Journal - Tuan Vo-Dinh
- Member, Model Expert Group of the Americas - Andrew Schuler
- Fellow, Electrochemical Society - Hisham Massoud
Teaching, Mentoring and Research Awards
- Descartes Award, European Union - David R. Smith
- Washington Award - Henry Petroski
- 2006 Electronics and Photonics Division Award of the Electrochemical Society (ECS) - Hisham Massoud
- 2005 Department of Defense Cleanup Project of the Year - Larry Carin
- 2005 International Crime Analysis Association Research Award - Silvia Ferrari
- 2005 Benjamin Franklin Key Award - Benjamin Yellen
- 2005 Rayleigh Lecturer, American Society of Mechanical Engineers - Robert Clark
- Chandran Research Award for Molecular Imaging in Neuro-oncology - Ashutosh Chilkoti
- Chancellor's Medal, Louisiana State University - Farshid Guilak
- Klein Family Distinguished Teaching Award - Henri Gavin
- Stansell Family Distinguished Research Award - David R. Smith
- Lois and John L. Imhoff Distinguished Teaching Award - John Board
- Capers and Marion McDonald Award for Excellence in Teaching and Research - Adam Wax
- Capers and Marion McDonald Award for Excellence in Mentoring and Advising - Linda Franzoni
- Capers and Marion McDonald Award for Excellence in Mentoring and Advising - David Schaad
- Leading at Duke, Outstanding Volunteer Advisor - David Schaad
- University of Michigan School of Engineering's Alumni Society Merit Award - Gregg Trahey
- University of Southern California 2006 Alumnus Award in Academia - Nan Marie Jokerst
2004-2005
Early Career Awards
- National Science Foundation Career Award — Silvia Ferrari
- National Science Foundation Career Award — Daniel Sorin
- R. H. Gallagher Young Investigator Award, U.S. Association for Computational Mechanics — John Dolbow
- Wallace H. Coulter Foundation 2005 Early Career Award — Adam Wax
Society Leadership and Recognition
- SRC Invention Recognition Award — Hisham Z. Massoud
- Edward F. Obert Award, American Society of Mechanical Engineers — Adrian Bejan
- Fellows of the Acoustical Society of America — Robert Clark, Qing Huo Liu
- Member of the Physics Resources Policy Committee of the American Institute of Physics— Nan Jokerst
- Associate editor of the Journal of Engineering for Gas Turbines and Power— Kenneth Hall
- Fellow of the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering – Lori Setton
- Associate editor for the ASCE Journal of Environmental Engineering— Karl Linden
- Fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers — Qing Huo Liu
- Fellow of the World Innovation Foundation — Jeff Glass
- Member of the U.S. Nuclear Waste Technical Review Board — Henry Petroski
- Walter L. Huber Civil Engineering Research Prize, American Society of Civil Engineers — Henri Gavin
- Editor, Water Resources Research— Amilcare Porporato
- Member of the Executive Committee of Integrated Land-Ecosystem-Atmosphere Project
- Society of Women Engineers Achievement Award— Kristina Johnson
- Biomedical Engineering Society Distinguished Service Award— Robert Plonsey
- Fellow of the Biomedical Engineering Society— Roger Barr, Robert Plonsey, Mort Friedman
of the IGBP — Roni Avissar
Teaching, Mentoring and Research Awards
- Catalyst for Institutional Change Award, Quality Education for Minorities Network — Monty Reichert
- Klein Family Distinguished Teaching Award — Donald Bliss
- Stansell Family Distinguished Research Award — Ashutosh Chilkoti
- Lois and John L. Imhoff Distinguished Teaching Award – Larry Bohs
- Capers and Marion McDonald Award for Excellence in Teaching and Research — Leslie Collins
- Capers and Marion McDonald Award for Excellence in Mentoring and Advising — Michael Gustafson
- Duke Graduate School Dean’s Award for Excellence in Mentoring — Monty Reichert
Service Awards
- P.M. Ku Meritorious Award, Society of Tribologists and Lubrication Engineers — Josiah Knight
- Pratt Distinguished Service Award – Hadley Cocks
Awards from Previous Academic Years
Faculty Awards and Recognition in 2003-2004
- National Science Foundation CAREER Award - Adam Wax
- National Science Foundation CAREER Award - Andrew Schuler
- 2004 Ragnar Granit Prize - Robert Plonsey
- Fellow of the Optical Society of America - David Brady
- Office of Naval Research Young Investigator - Silvia Ferrari
- Biomedical Engineering Society Distinguished Service Award - Morton Friedman
- 2003 ASME Edwin F. Church Medal for Distinguished Service to Mechanical Engineering Education - Devendra Garg
- Klein Family Distinguished Teaching Award - Lisa G. Huettel
- Society of Women Engineer's Achievement Award - Kristina Johnson
- Stansell Family Distinguished Research Award - Karl Linden
- Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences - Henry Petroski
- President of the Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society - Roger Barr
- Fellow of the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering - Barry Myers
- Editor-in-Chief, North American, Journal of Biomechanics - Farshid Guilak
- Member of National Institutes of Health's Bioengineering, Technology and Surgical Science Section - Laura Niklason
- Board of Director, World Council on Biomechanics - Lori Setton
- Steering Committee, North Carolina Tissue Engineering Interest Group - Lori Setton
- Permanent Member, National Institutes of Health, Skeletal Biology and Regeneration Study Section - Lori Setton
- Dean's Award for Excellence in Mentoring, Duke Graduate School - Lori Setton
- Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences - Henry Petroski
- 2004 Institute Research Institute Maurice Holland Award - Jeff Glass
- Invited participant National Academy of Engineering 10th Annual Frontiers in Engineering Symposium - Robert Clark
- Invited participate Japan-America 4th Annual Frontiers in Engineering Symposium - Robert Clark
- Member of National Institutes of Health’s Biomedical Imaging Technology Study Section - Gregg Trahey
Faculty Awards and Recognition in 2002-2003
- Women in Technology International (WITI) Hall of Fame – Kristina M. Johnson
- Board of Directors of the Biomedical Engineering Society – George Truskey
- President-elect of the Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society – Roger Barr
- Orthopedics and Musculoskeletal Study Section in the Center for Scientific Review – Lori Setton
- 2003 Ellwood Award from FACCT, the Foundation for Accountability – Professor Emeritus William (Ed) Hammond
- Associate Editor of the IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems II – Krishnendu Chakrabarty
- Electrochemical Society Award in Solid State Science and Technology – Richard Fair
- National Science Foundation Early Career Award from the Division of Materials Research – Stefan Zauscher
- QEM (Quality Education for Minorities) Catalyst for Institutional Change Award – Martha Absher
- Delegate to the International Federation for Medical and Biological Engineering – Mort Friedman
- Outstanding Engineering Educator Award of the Eastern North Carolina section of IEEE – Gary Ybarra
- ASME Board of Governors Recognition Award for Accomplishments as Chair of the Board of Director of the International Gas Turbine Institute (IGTI) of the ASME – Robert Kielb
- Board of Director of the International Gas Turbine Institute (IGTI) of the ASME – Kenneth Hall
- 2003 Electrochemical Society Award in Solid State Science and Technology – Richard B. Fair
- Distinguished Lecturer of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers – Adrian Bejan
- Editor-in-chief, North America, for the Journal of biomechanics – Farshid Guilak
- Duke University Diversity Award – Martha Absher
- Member of the World Council for Biomechanics – Lori Setton
- Co-chair of National Academy of Sciences/Russian Academy of Sciences committee on the Endpoints of High Level Waste and Spent Nuclear Fuel – John Ahearne
- President of the Society of Tribologists and Lubrication engineers – Josiah Knight
- Chair of the U.S. National Committee of the International Union of Radio Science – Jeffrey Krolik
- Fulbright Scholar
- Member Air Force Board of Science and Technology of National Academy of Engineering – Earl Dowell
- Co-chair of Aviation R&D Steering Committee of ASME/White House OSTP Committee
- Advisory Board Member, International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering – Tod Laursen
- President of the American Medical Informatics Association – W. Ed Hammond
- Chair of the Global Water Cycle Science Steering Committee, US Global Climate Research Program – Roni Avissar
- National Research Council award for outstanding contributions to hydrology – Roni Avissar
- Member of the National Research Council Committee on Radiative Forcing on Climate – Roni Avissar