Meet Our 2020 Recipient

Eric Wachsman
Dr. Eric Wachsman is a Professor in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering and the Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering. He is the founding and current Director of the Maryland Energy Innovation Institute. Dr. Wachsman’s lab is at the forefront of renewable energy research involving high temperature ceramics. His advances in fundamental ionic transport and electrocatalysis have revolutionized solid oxide fuel cells (SOFC's), ion transport membranes and solid-state sensors; technologies that are on the verge of commercialization and changing the landscape of energy.

Past Recipients

• 2019: Reza Ghodssi, Electrical and Computer Science Engineering
• 2018: Ichiro Takeuchi, Materials and Science Engineering
• 2017: Norman Wereley, Aerospace Engineering
• 2016: Howard Milchberg, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Physics, IREAP
• 2015: Gary Rubloff, Materials Science and Engineering
• 2014: Christopher Davis, Electrical and Computer Engineering
• 2013: Manfred Wuttig, Materials Science and Engineering
• 2012: Peter Kofinas, Bioengineering
• 2011: Michael Zachariah, Materials Science and Engineering, Chemistry
• 2010: Allen Davis,  Civil and Environmental Engineering
• 2009: Michael Pecht, Mechanical Engineering and Center for Advanced Life Cycle Engineering
• 2008: K. J. Ray Liu, Electrical and Computer Engineering
• 2007: Rama Chellappa, Electrical and Computer Engineering
• 2006: Ashwani Gupta, Mechanical Engineering
• 2005: Edward Ott, Electrical and Computer Engineering
• 2004: Thomas Antonsen, Electrical and Computer Engineering
• 2003: William Bentley, Bioengineering
• 2002: Inderjit Chopra, Aerospace Engineering
• 2001: Ramamoorthy Ramesh, Materials Science and Engineering