Faculty listed as top 2 percent in their field, per Stanford study

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Twenty-five faculty members in the College of Engineering are listed in a ranking of the top 2 percent of scientists in the world in a study by Stanford University. The study, published in PLOS Biology Journal, identifies the top scholars in their fields by considering how often their work has been cited over the course of their careers.

Below are the faculty who are among the top 2 percent most-cited within their specialty areas throughout the entirety of their career:

  • Raj Banerjee, Regents Professor, Materials Science and Engineering
  • Witold Brostow, Emeritus Professor, Materials Science and Engineering
  • Wonbong Choi, Professor, Materials Science and Engineering
  • Narendra Dahotre, Regents Professor and Associate VP of Research and Innovation, Materials Science and Engineering
  • Francis D’Souza, University Distinguished Research Professor, College of Science and College of Engineering joint appointment
  • Jincheng Du, Professor, Materials Science and Engineering
  • Song Fu, Associate Professor, Computer Science and Engineering
  • Hanchen Huang, Professor and College of Engineering Dean, Mechanical Engineering
  • Xinrong Li, Associate Professor, Electrical Engineering
  • Rajiv Mishra, University Distinguished Research Professor, Materials Science and Engineering
  • Saraju Mohanty, Professor, Computer Science and Engineering
  • Vish Prasad, Professor, Mechanical Engineering
  • Robert Renka, Emeritus Professor, Computer Science and Engineering
  • Andrey Voevodin, Professor and Associate Dean for Research, Materials Science and Engineering
  • Zhenhai Xia, Professor, Materials Science and Engineering
  • Cheng Yu, Professor, Mechanical Engineering

The list also recognizes faculty who were in the top 2 percent most-cited in their specialty areas within the last year, highlighting both prominent career-long faculty and faculty on the rise in engineering:

  • Samir Aouadi, Associate Professor, Materials Science and Engineering
  • Raj Banerjee, Regents Professor, Materials Science and Engineering
  • Diana Berman, Assistant Professor, Materials Science and Engineering
  • Witold Brostow, Emeritus Professor, Materials Science and Engineering
  • Wonbong Choi, Professor, Materials Science and Engineering
  • Narendra Dahotre, Regents Professor and Associate VP of Research and Innovation, Materials Science and Engineering
  • Hyunsook Do, Associate Professor, Computer Science and Engineering
  • Francis D’Souza, University Distinguished Research Professor, College of Science and College of Engineering joint appointment
  • Jincheng Du, Professor, Materials Science and Engineering
  • Elias Kougianos, Professor, Electrical Engineering
  • Xinrong Li, Associate Professor, Electrical Engineering
  • Rajiv Mishra, University Distinguished Research Professor, Materials Science and Engineering
  • Saraju Mohanty, Professor, Computer Science and Engineering
  • Tom Scharf, Professor, Materials Science and Engineering
  • Sheldon Shi, Professor, Mechanical Engineering
  • Hua Sun, Assistant Professor, Electrical Engineering
  • Andrey Voevodin, Professor and Associate Dean for Research, Materials Science and Engineering
  • Zhenhai Xia, Professor, Materials Science and Engineering
  • Qing Yang, Assistant Professor, Computer Science and Engineering
  • Cheng Yu, Professor, Mechanical Engineering
  • Xiaohua Yuan, Associate Professor, Computer Science and Engineering>