Awards

Professional Awards

§ 2008, Ehsan Hamidi

§ URSI XXIX General Assembly Student Paper Award Finalist

§ 2008, Professor A.M. Weiner

§ Purdue University Provost's Outstanding Graduate Student Mentor Award

§ Elected to the National Academy of Engineering

For contributions to the development of femtosecond optical-pulse shaping technology

§ R.W. Wood Prize of the Optical Society of America

For pioneering contributions to the development of programmable optical pulse shaping and its applications to ultrafast optics and photonics.

Professor Andrew Weiner has been awarded the R.W. Wood Prize of the Optical Society of America, jointly with Prof. Jonathan Heritage of University of California Davis, for pioneering contributions to the development of programmable optical pulse shaping and its applications to ultrafast optics and photonics. The Wood Prize is awarded annually in recognition of an outstanding discovery, scientific or technological achievement, or invention in the field of optics.

§ 2007, Houxun Miao

§ IEEE LEOS Graduate Student Fellowship

The IEEE Lasers & Electro-Optics Society established the Graduate Student Fellowship Program to provide Graduate Fellowships to outstanding LEOS student members pursuing graduate education within the LEOS field of interest (electro-optics, lasers, photonics, optics, or closely related fields). 

§ 2007, Chen-Bin Huang

§ IEEE LEOS Best Student Paper Award Finalist

§ 2005, Zhi Jiang

§ Chinese Government Award for Outstanding Self-Financed Students Abroad

This award was established to encourage research excellence and to recognize the achievement among Chinese students abroad. This award is granted across all fields of study in the world and was presented to 54 Chinese students in the United States this year.

§ IEEE LEOS Graduate Student Fellowship

The IEEE Lasers & Electro-Optics Society established the Graduate Student Fellowship Program to provide Graduate Fellowships to outstanding LEOS student members pursuing graduate education within the LEOS field of interest (electro-optics, lasers, photonics, optics, or closely related fields).

§ OSA-New Focus/Bookham Student Award Finalist

Joint award presented by the Optical Society of America and New Focus/Bookham Inc. to encourage excellence in research and presentation skills, in addition to leadership in the optics community.

§ 2005,  Catherine Slater

§ NSF Fellowship

§ 2005,  Daniel Leaird

§ IEEE Senior Member

§ 2005,  Shijun Xiao

§ Purdue Engineering finalist for the Chorafas Prize

Awarded by the Dimitris N. Chorafas Foundation to "reward exceptional performance" and "encourage significant future contributions to science and technology." Granted by Purdue University to the "Best Doctoral Student".

§ 2004, Shijun Xiao

§ IEEE LEOS Graduate Student Fellowship

The IEEE Lasers & Electro-Optics Society established the Graduate Student Fellowship Program to provide Graduate Fellowships to outstanding LEOS student members pursuing graduate education within the LEOS field of interest (electro-optics, lasers, photonics, optics, or closely related fields). 

§ 2003, Professor A. M. Weiner

§ Inaugural recipient of Research Excellence Awards, School of Engineering, Purdue University

§ 2003, Jung-Ho Chung

§ IEEE LEOS Graduate Student Fellowship

The IEEE Lasers & Electro-Optics Society established the Graduate Student Fellowship Program to provide Graduate Fellowships to outstanding LEOS student members pursuing graduate education within the LEOS field of interest (electro-optics, lasers, photonics, optics, or closely related fields). 

§ 2003, Jason McKinney

§ Chorafas Prize

Awarded by the Dimitris N. Chorafas Foundation to "reward exceptional performance" and "encourage significant future contributions to science and technology." Granted by Purdue University to the "Best Doctoral Student".

§ Motorola Student Excellence Award

Received in recognition of academic merit and leadership.

§ 2003, Ingrid Lin

§ National Science Foundation (NSF) Graduate Student Fellowship Honorable Mention

§ 2002, Jason McKinney

§ OSA / New Focus Student Award Finalist

Joint award presented by the Optical Society of America and New Focus Inc. to encourage excellence in research and presentation skills, in addition to leadership in the optics community.

§ 2002, Professor A. M. Weiner

§ Named Scifres Distinguished Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Purdue University

§ 2000, Professor A. M. Weiner

§ Humboldt Research Award for Senior U.S. Scientists

§ 1999, Daniel Leaird

§ New Focus Student Award from OSA

He was selected in part based on his presentation of a paper at the recent OSA Annual Meeting. The paper, entitled "500 GHz wavelength-division multiplexing pulse train generation from a direct space-to-time pulse shaper," was co-authored by Prof. Andrew M. Weiner. The award is accompanied by a prize of $10,000.

§ 1999, Professor A. M. Weiner

§ IEEE LEOS William Streifer Scientific Achievement Award

Professor Andrew Weiner has been selected co-recipient (with Prof. J. Heritage, U.C. Davis) of the 1999 IEEE/LEOS William Streifer Award for Scientific Achievement "for pioneering contributions to femtosecond optical pulse shaping technology and its applications."

§ 1997, Professor A. M. Weiner

§ International Prize for Optics

Professor Andrew Weiner has been awarded the 1997-ICO International Prize in Optics for his pioneering contribution to the field of ultrafast laser technology and particularly for his contribution to the femtosecond optical pulse shaping and waveform processing and the application of that technology to nonlinear optics, optical communications, and ultrafast spectroscopy. The Prize consists of a citation and a cash award of US $1000. In addition Carl Zeiss has agreed to donate the Ernst Abbe medal. The Prize will be presented at the ICO-18 General Meeting which will be held in San Francisco in 1998. Professor Weiner is also invited to give an invited talk during that meeting.

§ 1997, Professor A. M. Weiner

§ American Society of Engineering Education (ASEE) Curtis W. McGraw Research Award

Professor Andrew Weiner has been selected to receive the 1997 ASEE Curtis W. McGraw Research Award. This prestigious national award will be presented at the Awards Banquet at the ASEE Annual Conference in Milwaukee, Wisconsin on June 18, 1997.

Teaching Awards

§ 2003, Ingrid Lin

§ GAANN fellowship

§ 2003, Catherine Slater

§ GAANN fellowship

§ 2001, Jason M^cKinney

§ Inducted into the Teaching Academy as an associate member.

§ GAANN fellowship.

§ Magoon Award for Excellence in Teaching from ECE at Purdue University.

§ 2000, Jason M^cKinney

§ Magoon Award for Excellence in Teaching from ECE at Purdue University.

§ Graduate Student Award for Outstanding Teaching from Purdue University.

§ 1999, Nate Webster

§ Magoon Award for Excellence in Teaching from ECE at Purdue University.

§ 1999, Jason M^cKinney

§ Magoon Award for Excellence in Teaching from ECE at Purdue University.

§ 1995, Daniel Leaird

§ Magoon Award for Excellence in Teaching from ECE at Purdue University.

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