2017 Carnegie Science Awards Honorees


Panther Fountain

Seven Pitt faculty members are among the 2017 Carnegie Science Awards honorees:

  • Kevin P. Chen, the Paul E. Lego Professor in Electrical Engineering in the Swanson School of Engineering’s Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, is the winner in the Innovation in Energy category.
  • Alex Jones, faculty member in the Swanson school’s Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering and director of the computer engineering program, is the winner in the Innovation in Technology category.
  • John Kellum, faculty member and vice chair for research in the School of Medicine’s Department of Critical Care Medicine, director of the Center for Critical Care Nephrology and director of the Center for Assistance in Research Using eRecord, is the winner in the Life Sciences category.
  • Chandralekha Singh, faculty member in the Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences Department of Physics and Astronomy and director of the Discipline-based Science Education Research Center, is the winner in the University/Post Secondary Educator category.
  • Kara Bernstein, faculty member in the Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, received an honorable mention in the Emerging Female Scientist category.
  • Emily Elliott, faculty member in the Dietrich School’s Department of Geology and Environmental Science, received an honorable mention in the Environmental category.
  • Peyman Givi, Distinguished Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science, the James T. MacLeod Professor and co-director of the PhD program in computational modeling and simulation in the Swanson school’s Department of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science, received an honorable mention in the University/Post-Secondary Educator category.

Carnegie Science Center established the awards program in 1997 to recognize and promote outstanding science and technology achievements in western Pennsylvania. Winners will be honored May 12 at the Carnegie Music Hall in Oakland.