Faculty Awards and Honors
1997 Max Born Award
1999 Nicholas Holonyak Award
1999 Esther Hoffman Beller Award
2008 Esther Hoffman Beller Award
2008 Distinguished Service Award
2010 Joseph Fraunhofer/Robert M. Burley Prize
2003 R. W. Wood Prize
2011 R. W. Wood Prize
2012 R. W. Wood Prize
2013 C.E.K. Mees Medal
2014 R. W. Wood Prize
2018 Max Born Award
2022 Edwin H. Land Medal
Boris Zeldovich (in memoriam)
Dennis Deppe
Bahaa Saleh
M.J. Soileau
Bahaa Saleh
Shin-Tson Wu
George Stegeman (in memoriam)
Demetrios Christodoulides
Eric Van Stryland
Bahaa Saleh
Michael Bass
Demetrios Christodoulides
Shin-Tson Wu
Shin-Tson Wu
1995 Kingslake Medal and Prize
2004 Bacus Award
2008 Dennis Gabor Award
2008 G. G. Stokes Award
2008 Gold Medal Award
2013 Harold E. Edgerton Award
2015 G.G. Stokes Award
2020 Maria J. Yzuel Educator Award
2022 Maria Goeppert Mayor Award
Glenn Boreman
Bahaa Saleh
Leonid Glebov
Shin-Tson Wu
M.J. Soileau
Martin Richardson
Aristide Dogariu
Kathleen Richardson
2003 Engineering Achievement
2020 Photonics Society William Streifer Scientific Achievement Award
Dennis Deppe
Peter Delfyett
2008 Jan Rajchman Prize
2011 Slottow–Owaki Prize
Shin-Tson Wu
Shin-Tson Wu
2011 Edward A. Bouchet Award
2020 Arthur L. Schawlow Prize in Laser Sciences
Peter Delfyett
Peter Delfyett
2022 Schawlow Award
Aravinda Kar
ACerS Outstanding Educator Award (2009)
2020 Arthur F. Greaves- Walker Lifetime Service Award
2022 Joint Award, ECerS and ACerS
2022 Distinguished Life Member
Kathleen Richardson
Kathleen Richardson
Kathleen Richardson
Kathleen Richardson
NSF Presidential Early Career Award (PECASE) (1997)
NSF Presidential Young Investigator Award (1991)
NSF Career Award (2012)
NSF CAREER Award (2007)
NSF CAREER Award (2008)
NSF CAREER Award (1996)
NSF CAREER Award (2015)
NSF CAREER Award (2019)
Peter Delfyett
Dennis Deppe
Sasan Fathpour
Pieter Kik
Stephen Kuebler
Guifang Li
Mercedeh Khajavikhan
Xiaoming Yu
ONR Young Investigator Award (1991)
ONR Young Investigator Award (1995)
ONR Young Investigator Award (2013)
ONR Young Investigator Award (2016)
Dennis Deppe
Guifang Li
Sasan Fathpour
Mercedeh Khajavikhan
Ralph E. Powe Junior Faculty Award (2009)
Ayman Abouraddy
Guggenheim Fellow (1984)
Bahaa Saleh
DoE Early Career Award (2019)
Luca Argenti
2020 Newton Award for Transformative Ideas
Ayman Abouraddy
Fellows of Professional Societies and Academies
Ayman Abouraddy
Michael Bass
Zenghu Chang
Demetrios Christodoulides
Peter Delfyett
Dennis Deppe
Aristide Dogariu
Ronald Driggers
Sasan Fathpour
Leonid Glebov
David Hagan
Guifang Li
Jim Moharam
James Pearson
Kathleen Richardson
Martin Richardson
Bahaa Saleh
Axel Schülzgen
William Silfvast
M.J. Soileau
George Stegeman (in memoriam)
Eric Van Stryland
Konstantin Vodopyanov
Shin-Tson Wu
Boris Zeldovich (in memoriam)
Glenn Boreman
Peter Delfyett
Ronald Driggers
Leonid Glebov
David Hagan
James Harvey
Guifang Li
James Pearson
Kathleen Richardson
Martin Richardson
Bahaa Saleh
Winston V. Schoenfeld
M.J. Soileau
Eric Van Stryland
Konstantin Vodopyanov
Shin-Tson Wu
Michael Bass
Peter Delfyett
Dennis Deppe
Guifang Li
Martin Richardson
Bahaa Saleh
William Silfvast
M.J. Soileau
Eric Van Stryland
Shin-Tson Wu
Zenghu Chang
Aristide Dogariu
Demetrios Christodoulides
Peter Delfyett
Martin Richardson
Bahaa Saleh
Eric Van Stryland
Konstantin Vodopyanov
Aravinda Kar
Michael Bass
Leonid Glebov
Kathleen Richardson
Shin-Tson Wu
Michael Bass
Martin Richardson
Michael Bass
Peter Delfyett
Leonid Glebov
Aravinda Kar
Guifang Li
M.J. Soileau
Shin-Tson Wu
Michael Bass
M.J. Soileau
Shin-Tson Wu
Kathleen Richardson
Martin Richardson
Presidents, Directors, & Officers of Professional Societies
Eric Van Stryland
Michael Bass
Peter Delfyett
Bahaa Saleh
Eric Van Stryland
Shin-Tson Wu
Ivan Divliansky
President (2006)
Board of Directors Member (1989–1992)
Board of Directors Member (2004–2006)
Board of Directors Member (1998–2005)
Board of Directors Member (1998–2001)
Board of Directors Member (2013–2014)
Chair, OSA Holography and Diffractive Optics Technical Group (2021)
M.J. Soileau
Glenn Boreman
James Harvey
Kathleen Richardson
President (1997)
Board of Directors Member (1997–1999)
Board of Directors Member (2001–2003)
Board of Directors Member (2012–2015)
Shin-Tson Wu
Peter Delfyett
Jim Moharam
Kathleen Richardson
Board of Govenors (2003–present)
Board of Govenors (2000–2002)
Vice-President (1997–1999)
Board of Directors Member (2012–2015)
Michael Bass
Michael Bass
Aravinda Kar
Bahaa Saleh
Eric Van Stryland
Aravinda Kar
President (1988)
Board of Directors Member (1985–1989)
Board of Directors Member (2005)
Board of Directors Member (2010–2012)
Board of Directors Member (1992–1994)
President Elect (2022)
Kathleen Richardson
Kathleen Richardson
Board of Directors Member (2008–2015)
President (2014–2015)
Peter Delfyett
Vice-Chair (2015–Present)
Kathleen Richardson
President (2008–2009)