2024-25 EECS Faculty Award Roundup

This ongoing listing of awards and recognitions won by our faculty is added to all year, beginning in September.

Tamara Broderick, Associate Professor of EECS, was named a recipient of the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE).

Regina Barzilay, School of Engineering Distinguished Professor for AI and Health, was awarded the 2025 IEEE Frances E. Allen Medal.

Sara Beery, Assistant Professor, was named to the cohort of 2024 AI2050 Early Career Fellows by Schmidt Sciences.

Christina Delimitrou, Associate Professor, was named a recipient of the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE).

Gabriele Farina, Assistant Professor, was named to the cohort of 2024 AI2050 Early Career Fellows by Schmidt Sciences.

James Fujimoto, the Elihu Thomson Professor in Electrical Engineering, was awarded the Honda Prize 2024 by the Honda Foundation.

James Fujimoto, the Elihu Thomson Professor in Electrical Engineering, was named a 2025 inductee into the National Inventors Hall of Fame.

Marzyeh Ghassemi, Associate Professor, was named to the cohort of 2024 AI2050 Early Career Fellows by Schmidt Sciences.

Yoon Kim, Assistant Professor, was named to the cohort of 2024 AI2050 Early Career Fellows by Schmidt Sciences.

Jing Kong, the Jerry McAfee (1940) Professor In Engineering, was awarded the MIT Postdoctoral Association’s Award for Excellence in Postdoctoral Mentoring. 

Paul Liang, Assistant Professor, was named one of the Forbes 30 Under 30 in the Science category for 2025.

Laura Lewis, the Athinoula A. Martinos Associate Professor in the Institute for Mechanical Engineering and Science and EECS, was awarded the MIT Postdoctoral Association’s Award for Excellence in Postdoctoral Mentoring. 

Jelena Notaros, Robert J. Shillman (1974) Career Development Professor in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, was named one of the Forbes 30 Under 30 All-Star Alumni in the Science category for 2025.

Daniela Rus, Andrew (1956) and Erna Viterbi Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, was awarded the 2025 IEEE Edison Medal.

Daniela Rus, Andrew (1956) and Erna Viterbi Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, was recently named a co-recipient of the 2024 John Scott Award by the board of directors of City Trusts. 

Daniela Rus, Andrew (1956) and Erna Viterbi Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, was recently named a foreign member of the French national academy of medicine, or Académie Nationale de Médecine (ANM).