• Three faculty, Carol Hall, Keith Gubbins, and Joseph DeSimone, are members of the National Academy of Engineering.
• Eight faculty are Fellows of various professional societies, three of whom are Fellows of multiple societies.
• Some recent national award winners include Jan Genzer, who received a National Science Foundation Special Creativity Award, and Orlin Velev, who was one of only 15 faculty members nationwide to receive the 2006 Camille Dreyfus Teacher-Scholar Award.
• Keith Gubbins received the American Chemical Society Joel Hildebrand Award in the Theory of Liquids, and Richard Spontak received the ACS Chemistry of Thermoplastic Elastomers Award.
• Christine Grant received the Professional Award in Chemical Engineering from the National Organization of Black Chemists and Chemical Engineers, and Joseph DeSimone received the prestigious Lemelson-MIT Prize. This $500,000 prize is known as the "Oscar for Inventors" and "recognizes individuals who translate their ideas into inventions and innovations that improve the world."
• Three faculty, Joseph DeSimone, Keith Gubbins, and Carol Hall, were recognized by the American Institute of Chemical Engineers in the organization's 2008 Centennial celebration as members of the top "One Hundred Engineers of the Modern Era."