UW Bioengineering is proud of all our faculty, staff and students, and the many awards they earn for their work in teaching, mentoring and improving lives through bioengineering research and innovations.
Faculty Award Highlights
- 29 American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering (AIMBE) Fellows
- 13 members of the Washington State Academy of Sciences
- 14 past and current UW CoMotion Presidential Innovation Fellows
- Six members of the National Academy of Engineering (NAE)
- Six AAAS Fellows
- Five National Academy of Inventors Fellows
Student Award Highlights
- 18 current National Science Foundation Fellows
- Four Fulbright Student Fellows, one Gates Cambridge Scholar, one Rhodes Scholar, one Luce Scholar, and nine Goldwater Scholars as of 2020
- 8 Levinson Emerging Scholar awards
- Multiple awards from NASA Space Grant
- Multiple awards in business plan competitions from UW Foster School of Business
- Fellowships from American Heart Association and Washington Research Foundation
- More Amgen Scholars than any other UW department; 31 since 2007
- Over 400 Mary Gates Scholarships
Featured Awards and Recognition
Three BioE students named to 2022 Husky 100
Molly Mollica, Joey Liang and Suchitra Gopal: improving accessibility, equity.
Alexander Yan and Isiac Orr receive NSF Graduate Fellowships
Ph.D. student Alexander Yan (Yager lab) and senior Isiac Orr.
BioE student Joy Chen receives UW Libraries Scholarship
The sophomore is also a volunteer ambassador with HuskyADAPT.
Asst. Professor Kelly Stevens and Prof. Paul Kinahan named AIMBE Fellows
Honor rare in early career; represents top two percent bioengineers
Nancy Allbritton receives 2021 Pritzker Distinguished Lecture Award
Dr. Allbritton honored Oct. 7 in Orlando, Fla.
Stevens named to National Academies New Voices cohort
Kelly Stevens to provide new perspectives to National Academies.