Category: Awards and Honors

Tarik Brown

CSE Junior Tarik Brown named 2021 Truman Scholar

Computer Science and Engineering’s own Tarik Brown is one of only 62 students nationwide to be selected as a 2021 Truman Scholar. The Truman Scholarship, named in honor of former U.S. President Harry Truman, recognizes college juniors who demonstrate outstanding potential for public service …

Sacred Heart Jesus statue and Washington Hall

Celebrating Undergraduate Excellence: 2021 Steiner Award Recipients

The College of Engineering is pleased to announce the recipients of the 2021 Reverend Thomas A. Steiner, C.S.C., Award. These seniors, one in each major, have been selected for their high level of academic excellence as well as dedication to engineering and a commitment to the common good …

Tijana Milenkovic

Tijana Milenkovic honored with CRA-E award for mentoring undergrads in computing research

Tijana Milenkovic, the Frank M. Freimann Collegiate Professor of Engineering, has received the CRA-E Undergraduate Research Faculty Mentoring Award. She is one of two winners of this award for 2021. The CRA is the Computing Research Association, the national association of academic …

Peter Kogge named AAAS Fellow

Peter M. Kogge, the Ted H. McCourtney Professor of Computer Science and Engineering, has been named a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS). Kogge is being honored for his distinguished contributions to the field of computer architecture, specifically his …

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Honors, promotions, and new faculty in CSE

The Department of Computer Science and Engineering is pleased to announce honors, promotions, and a new faculty member for the academic year beginning in August 2020. Honors Tijana Milenkovic has been named Frank M. Freimann Collegiate Associate Professor. A member of the CSE faculty since …

Xiaobo Sharon Hu elected editor-in-chief of ACM TODAES

Xiaobo Sharon Hu, professor of computer science and engineering, was elected editor-in-chief of ACM Transactions on Design Automation of Electronic Systems (TODAES). Her three-year term, which began on June 1, 2020, runs through May 31, 2023. TODAES is the premier ACM journal in design and …

Tijana Milenkovic

Milenkovic elected to ISCB Board of Directors

Tijana Milenkovic, associate professor of computer science and engineering, has been elected to the Board of Directors of the International Society for Computational Biology (ISCB). She joins 24 other volunteer leaders responsible for the direction and future of the ISCB toward the advancement of …

Scheirer receives 2020 NSF Early Career Development Award

Walter J. Scheirer, assistant professor of computer science and engineering, has received a 2020 National Science Foundation (NSF) Early Career Development (CAREER) Award. The award is the highest honor given by the U.S. government to young faculty members in engineering and …

McMillan named outstanding teacher by ASEE

Collin McMillan, associate professor of computer science and engineering, has been named the 2019 Outstanding Teacher of the Year by the Illinois/Indiana section of the American Society of Engineering Education (ASEE). The award recognizes an engineering educator for excellence in classroom …