Faculty and Staff Accolades

Under are awards and honors College of Maryland college and employees have earned since November:

Alice Allen, a college specialist within the Division of Astronomy, and Professor and Chair Andrew I. Harris have been named fellows of the American Astronomical Society.

Affiliate Professor Willow-Lung Amam within the City Research and Planning Program and doctoral pupil Nohehly Alvarez earned an honorable point out for the Marie Weil Greatest Article Award within the Journal of Group Observe.

Antoine Borrut, an affiliate professor of historical past, was awarded a 2023 fellowship from the Nationwide Endowment for the Humanities to advance the analysis and writing of his upcoming e book, “Astrology and the Building of Historic Data in Early Islam.”

Holly Brewer, Burke Professor of Historical past, was awarded the 2022 Sutherland Article Prize from the American Society for Authorized Historical past for her article, “Making a Frequent Regulation of Slavery for England and its New World Empire.

Division of Criminology and Legal Justice Professor Rod Brunson was introduced with a Lifetime Achievement Award by the American Society of Criminology’s Division of Individuals of Colour and Crime.

Alessandra Buonanno, analysis professor within the Division of Physics, acquired the 2022 Tomalla Prize, awarded by the Swiss Tomalla Basis for Gravity Analysis.

Gwynedd Mercy College honored James Butler III, affiliate professor within the Division of Behavioral and Group Well being, with its Distinguished Alumni Award.

Colleen Byrne, psychology medical professor and director of UMD’s Psychology Clinic, was not too long ago elected to a five-year place on the Nationwide Register of Well being Service Psychologists’ Board of Administrators.

A staff of researchers led by Gang-Len Chang, professor of civil and environmental engineering, gained the D. Grant Mickle Award, given annually by the Transportation Analysis Board Nationwide Academy for one of the best paper within the space of operation, security and upkeep of transportation services.

Inderjit Chopra, Distinguished College Professor of aerospace engineering and director of Alfred Gessow Rotorcraft Heart, acquired the 2023 Walter J. and Angeline H. Crichlow Belief Prize from the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics.

The American Bodily Society honored Professor Emeritus Alex Dragt with the 2023 Robert R. Wilson Prize for Achievement within the Physics of Particle Accelerators.

Structure Director Mohammad Gharipour acquired an Structure Analysis Facilities Consortium / European Affiliation for Structure Training 2023 Award for his 2021 e book, “Epidemic Urbanism: Contagious Ailments in International Cities.”

Cheng Gong, assistant professor {of electrical} and laptop engineering, was named the Maryland Part of the American Chemical Society’s 2022 Chemist of the 12 months for his “revolutionary growth of nanosensors based mostly on two-dimensional quantum supplies.”

Kimberly Griffin, Faculty of Training dean, was named one of many nation’s 200 most influential training students. The annual RHSU Edu-Scholar Public Affect Rankings by Training Weeok identifies university-based students who’re shaping academic apply and coverage.

Mohammad T. Hajiaghayi, the Jack and Rita G. Minker Professor of Laptop Science, acquired the 2022 College’s Alumni Achievement Medal from the College of Waterloo.

Historical past Professor Jeffrey Herf’s 2022 e book, “Israel’s Second: Worldwide Help for and Opposition to Establishing the Jewish State, 1945-49,” acquired the Bernard Lewis Ebook Prize from the Affiliation for the Examine of the Center East and Africa.

Three laptop science professors have been named fellows of the Affiliation for Computing Equipment: Michael Hicks, for “contributions to programming language design and implementation, program evaluation and software program safety;” Samir Khuller, a professor emeritus, “for contributions to algorithm design with real-world implications and for mentoring and community-building;” and David Mount, for “contributions to algorithms and information buildings for geometric information evaluation and retrieval.”

Furong Huang, an assistant professor of laptop science with an appointment within the College of Maryland Institute for Superior Laptop Research, was named to MIT Expertise Overview’s Asia Pacific “Innovators Underneath 35,” an annual checklist recognizing 35 of the brightest younger minds working in expertise.

Michele Lamprakos, an affiliate professor of structure, was awarded a 2023 fellowship from the Nationwide Endowment for the Humanities to ahead her second e book, “Memento Mauri: The Afterlife of the Nice Mosque of Cordoba,” forthcoming from College of Texas Press.

A paper written by Dinesh Manocha, Distinguished College Professor {of electrical} and laptop engineering and Paul Chrisman Iribe Professor of Laptop Science, and his GAMMA Analysis Group, gained Greatest Paper on the annual Affiliation for Laptop Equipment SIGGRAPH Convention on Movement, Interplay and Video games.

Lena Morreale Scott, director of civic training and engagement initiative on the Faculty of Training, acquired Rework Mid-Atlantic’s Civic Management Award for contributing to the event of civic and neighborhood engagement within the Maryland, D.C. and Delaware area.

The Environmental Safety Company appointed Jennifer D. Roberts, affiliate professor of kinesiology, to function a member of its Youngsters’s Well being Safety Advisory Committee from 2023-26.

Nirupam Roy, an assistant professor of laptop science with an appointment within the College of Maryland Institute for Superior Laptop Research, acquired an NSF College Early Profession Improvement Program (CAREER) award, anticipated to whole $601,000 over the subsequent 5 years.

“Human-Centered AI,” a e book by laptop science Professor Emeritus Ben Shneiderman, gained the Computing and Info Sciences class in Affiliation of American Publishers’ annual PROSE Awards honoring scholarly works revealed in 2022.

Ankur Srivastava, professor {of electrical} and laptop engineering and director of the Institute for Methods Analysis, has been elevated to fellow by the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers “for contributions to chip {hardware} safety.”

Konstantina Trivisa, director of the Institute for Bodily Science and Expertise, was elected a 2023 fellow of the Affiliation for Ladies in Arithmetic for her efforts to extend range within the mathematical sciences and for assist of ladies.

Chile named economics Professor Sergio Urzua its 2022 Economist of the 12 months, a distinction awarded to an economist with Chilean roots whose friends imagine well-represents the highest of their discipline.

Jessica Vitak, affiliate professor of data research, was named one of many prime 100 Sensible Ladies in AI Ethics by WomeninAIEthics.org.

FoodShot International named Ray Weil, a professor within the Division of Environmental Science and Expertise, recipient of the 2022 GroundBreaker Prize, awarding him $240,000 for his work on the intersection of bioactive meals, precision protein and soil improvements to enhance human diet.

The Nationwide Affiliation of Agricultural Educators honored the Agriculture and Extension Training program, led by Melissa Leiden Welsh, assistant medical professor within the Division of Plant Science and Panorama Structure, with an Excellent Postsecondary Agriculture Program Award for the Northeast area.

“Quantum Steampunk: The Physics of Yesterday’s Tomorrow,” a e book by Nicole Yunger Halpern, assistant adjunct professor of physics, was honored as a class winner (Widespread Science and Arithmetic) within the Affiliation of American Publishers’ annual PROSE Awards.