Our faculty members are award-winning and ground-breaking innovators. Learn more about their national and international recognitions in the stories below.
Xuan Song receives prestigious NSF CAREER Award to research novel ceramic manufacturing methods
Wednesday, March 8, 2023
Xuan Song, University of Iowa engineering professor, has received the prestigious National Science Foundation (NSF) CAREER Award to advance research of ceramic additive manufacturing, which could benefit industries, including health care, defense, and energy.

CEE professor Lee receives outstanding overseas alumnus award
Friday, December 23, 2022
Hosin “David” Lee, a University of Iowa professor of civil and environmental engineering, received the outstanding overseas alumnus award from the Seoul National University, a national public research university based in Seoul, South Korea.
Casey Harwood earns NSF CAREER Award to study fluid-structure interactions
Tuesday, November 29, 2022
Fluid-structure interaction (FSI) is at the heart of research of Casey Harwood, University of Iowa assistant professor of mechanical engineering, and the focus of Harwood’s new National Science Foundation (NSF) CAREER Award.

UI engineering professor receives 2023 Young Investigator Program Award for naval research
Tuesday, September 27, 2022
The Office of Naval Research has awarded Caterina Lamuta, a University of Iowa assistant professor of mechanical engineering, funding through the 2023 Young Investigator Program to create “Softopus,” a soft underwater robot with the form and capabilities of a real octopus.

UI professor Jun Wang receives 2022 Atmospheric Sciences Ascent Award
Friday, September 9, 2022
Jun Wang, a University of Iowa professor of chemical and biochemical engineering, was announced as American Geophysical Union’s (AGU) 2022 Atmospheric Sciences Ascent Award recipient.

UI engineering Prof. David Lee honored at international infrastructure conference
Wednesday, August 24, 2022
Hosin “David” Lee, a University of Iowa professor of civil and environmental engineering, was honored at the 5th International Conference on Transportation Infrastructure (ICTI5).

Nicole Grosland Named ELATES Fellow in National Leadership Program
Wednesday, August 17, 2022
Nicole M. Grosland has been selected for the Class of 2022-2023 of Drexel University’s Executive Leadership in Academic Technology, Engineering and Science (ELATES) program. The ELATES program is a national leadership development program designed to promote women in academic STEM fields, and faculty allies of all genders, into institutional leadership roles.
UI engineering professor honored for innovation and as a leader in the field of optics and photonics
Friday, August 12, 2022
Fatima Toor was announced as one of 77 new senior members of SPIE, the international society for optics and photonics. The professional organization profiled Toor as one of the optics and photonics women leaders.

Professor Betsy Stone receives prestigious Fulbright award to research allergens in Australia
Tuesday, July 12, 2022
The University of Iowa is pleased to announce that Betsy Stone, a professor in chemistry and chemical and biochemical engineering, has received a Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program award to Australia for the 2022-2023 academic year from the U.S. Department of State and the Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board.

Schnoor receives the 2022 Outstanding Achievements in Environmental Science & Technology Award: The Americas Region from the American Chemical Society
Friday, March 25, 2022
Jerald Schnoor has received the Outstanding Achievements in Environmental Science & Technology Award: The Americas Region from the American Chemical Society (ACS). ACS is one of the world’s largest scientific organizations with membership of over 151,000 in 140 countries.
BME Associate Professor Receives Prestigious Fulbright Award to Study Regenerative Medicine in Ireland
Wednesday, March 23, 2022
James Ankrum, has been selected for a Fulbright Scholar Award in Ireland for the 2022-2023 academic year. Ankrum will be working with colleagues at the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland (RCSI), to develop new tools in the field of regenerative medicine for surgeons to promote healing of large and complicated wounds.

IFC Director Witold Krajewski among seven UI faculty members named AAAS fellows
Thursday, January 27, 2022
Witold Krajewski was among 7 Iowa faculty named AAAS fellows. Krajewski was selected “for major scientific advances in hydrometeorology, flood prediction, and water resources.”
Milan Sonka named to National Academy of Inventors
Tuesday, December 7, 2021
Milan Sonka has been named a Fellow of the National Academy of Inventors (NAI), the organization announced on December 7, 2021. He is the third UI faculty member ever named an NAI Fellow.

Weber Receives American Water Resources Association Award
Wednesday, November 3, 2021
Larry Weber has won the prestigious Integrated Water Resources Management Award, presented by the American Water Resources Association. The award recognizes Weber’s significant contributions to the improvement and transformation of watershed management in Iowa and beyond.

UI mechanical engineering professor receives DARPA Young Investigator Award to develop soft robots inspired by cephalopods’ tentacles
Tuesday, September 14, 2021
Caterina Lamuta was recently awarded a prestigious Young Investigator Award from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) to develop new self-morphing, stretchable soft skins (S⁴) for use in underwater vehicles and robots.