Honors
AMS-MAA-SIAM Gerald and Judith Porter Public Lecturer, Joint Mathematics Meetings, San Francisco (2010).
Rouse Ball Lecturer, University of Cambridge (2009).
Fellow of the Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics (2009). ("For investigations of small-world networks and coupled oscillators and for outstanding science communication.")
Jacob Gould Schurman Professor (2007). (A university-wide endowed chair at Cornell.)
Communications Award from the Joint Policy Board for Mathematics (2007).
(A lifetime award, presented jointly by the four major American mathematical societies, “to reward journalists and other communicators who, on a sustained basis, bring accurate mathematical information to non-mathematical audiences. The award recognizes a significant accumulated contribution to the public understanding of mathematics.”)
I. E. Block Community Lecturer, SIAM Annual Meeting, San Diego (2001).
NSF Presidential Young Investigator (1990–1995).
NSF Postdoctoral Fellowship in Mathematical Sciences (1986–1989).
Senior Scholarship and Tripos Prize, Trinity College, Cambridge, England (1982).
Marshall Scholar, Trinity College, Cambridge (1980–1982)
Rouse Ball Lecturer, University of Cambridge (2009).
Fellow of the Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics (2009). ("For investigations of small-world networks and coupled oscillators and for outstanding science communication.")
Jacob Gould Schurman Professor (2007). (A university-wide endowed chair at Cornell.)
Communications Award from the Joint Policy Board for Mathematics (2007).
(A lifetime award, presented jointly by the four major American mathematical societies, “to reward journalists and other communicators who, on a sustained basis, bring accurate mathematical information to non-mathematical audiences. The award recognizes a significant accumulated contribution to the public understanding of mathematics.”)
I. E. Block Community Lecturer, SIAM Annual Meeting, San Diego (2001).
NSF Presidential Young Investigator (1990–1995).
NSF Postdoctoral Fellowship in Mathematical Sciences (1986–1989).
Senior Scholarship and Tripos Prize, Trinity College, Cambridge, England (1982).
Marshall Scholar, Trinity College, Cambridge (1980–1982)
Teaching Awards
The John Swanson '61, ME, in honor of his mother, Dorothy G. Swanson Teaching Award (the highest teaching award given in the College of Engineering), Cornell (2009).
Tau Beta Pi Teaching Award (“Professor of the Year” in the College of Engineering, chosen by the students in the engineering honor society), Cornell (2006).
Robert `55 and Vanne `57 Cowie Excellence in Teaching Award, College of Engineering, Cornell (2001).
J.P. and Mary Barger `50 Teaching Award, College of Engineering, Cornell (1997).
Awarded MIT’s top teaching prize, the E. M. Baker Award for Outstanding Teaching (1991).
Awarded four Certificates for Distinction in Teaching, Harvard University, Committee on Undergraduate Education (1983, 1984, 1985, 1987).
Tau Beta Pi Teaching Award (“Professor of the Year” in the College of Engineering, chosen by the students in the engineering honor society), Cornell (2006).
Robert `55 and Vanne `57 Cowie Excellence in Teaching Award, College of Engineering, Cornell (2001).
J.P. and Mary Barger `50 Teaching Award, College of Engineering, Cornell (1997).
Awarded MIT’s top teaching prize, the E. M. Baker Award for Outstanding Teaching (1991).
Awarded four Certificates for Distinction in Teaching, Harvard University, Committee on Undergraduate Education (1983, 1984, 1985, 1987).