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The Brown Engineering professor was elected for his sustained contribution in the field of science or technology of carbon materials.

Seventy-four innovative early-career engineers have been chosen to participate in the Grainger Foundation Frontiers of Engineering 2026 Symposium, a signature activity of the National Academy of Engineering (NAE).

Horacio Espinosa '89 Sc.M., '90 Sc.M., '92 Ph.D. has spent his career finding answers that are reshaping how we understand materials, medicine, and the microscopic world. A three-time Brown graduate and world-leading researcher, Espinosa is the 2026 recipient of the Horace Mann Medal, the Brown Graduate School's highest honor for alumni who have made significant contributions in their field.

In all, six members of the senior class, two current graduate students, and five undergraduate alumni from Brown University engineering have been granted funds from the prestigious National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship Program. Two others were tabbed honorable mention selections.

Through the early-career grant, Peipei Zhou will advance the scalable, verifiable co-design of heterogeneous reconfigurable computing systems, enabling domain experts to efficiently build next-generation customized AI and data-intensive applications, such as autonomous physical systems, adaptive intelligent agents, and advanced healthcare technologies.

After graduating from Brown University with a focus on sustainable energy, Jacquie Pierri ’12 took her hockey talents to the global stage, competing for the host, Team Italy, in the 2026 Winter Olympics. As an engineer and EcoAthlete, she is leveraging her platform as a hockey player to champion climate change awareness and sustainable innovation in sports.

Assistant Professor Mehdi Saligane explores new ways to design silicon, combining energy-efficient circuits, artificial intelligence, and open design ecosystems to make advanced chip design faster, more efficient, and more accessible.

Howard E. Zimmerman Assistant Professor of Engineering and Brain Science Leo Kozachkov studies how intelligence works through the lens of engineering, mathematics and computer science.

For two years now in December, the School of Engineering has collected pre-packaged cookies for the stockings of the elderly residents of the Jeanne Jugan Little Sisters of the Poor Residence in Pawtucket. This year, when tragedy struck and the building was closed, the collected cookies remained in a fourth floor office as the holidays approached.

School of Engineering alumni John Huddleston ’21 and Anand Lalwani ’18 named to Forbes 30 Under 30 list. Brown’s School of Engineering has now had seven selections in the past seven years.