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Early Innovator Award

The Early Innovator Award recognizes efforts by the tenure-track faculty in innovation at UH. The nominee must be an assistant professor in the tenure track for a minimum of 3 years with a record of mentorship of students in innovation. This award carries an honorarium of $2000.

Dr. Mim Rahimi Received the 2026 Early Innovator Award

2026

Dr. Mim Rahimi
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering

Dr. Ran An Received the 2026 Early Innovator Award

2026

Dr. Ran An
Department of Biomedical Engineering

Dr. Marzia Cescon Receives the Early Innovator Award from Dean Sharma

2025

Dr. Marzia Cescon
Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

Zheng Chen

2022

Dr. Zheng Chen
Department of Mechanical Engineering

Dr. Jiefu Chen

2021

Dr. Jiefu Chen
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering

Dr. Hadi Ghasemi

2019

Dr. Hadi Ghasemi
Department of Mechanical Engineering