Since its inception in 1985, the Innovation Hall of Fame (IHOF) has celebrated and fostered a culture of innovation and excellence, serving as a tribute to the Maryland engineers whose legacies are an inspiration for the next generation of engineers, innovators, and inventors.
2025 marks the 40th anniversary of Stanford Berman’s commencement address announcing the creation of the Innovation Hall of Fame.
The A. James Clark School of Engineering is pleased to announce the 2025 IHOF inductees:
Ethan Brown, MPM '97
Founder, President and CEO of Beyond Meat
Recognized for redefining the future of food by integrating cutting-edge technology and sustainability to solve grand challenges.
Rama Chellapa, Ph.D.
Bloomberg Distinguished Professor, Johns Hopkins University
Distinguished University Professor, University of Maryland
Recognized for advancing global safety and security through transformative advancements in AI, including face recognition and gait analysis.
Carole Teolis ’86, M.S. ’89, Ph.D. ’94
Co-Founder and Chief Technology Officer, TRX Systems
Recognized for improving security, aiding military operations, and protecting lives through GPS-denied positioning technologies and infrastructure-free tracking solutions.