The AAAS Fellowship, recognizing scientifically or socially distinguished efforts to advance science or its applications, is one of the most prestigious honors a U.S. scientist can receive. Fellows are elected by their academic peers. Aylin Yener, professor of electrical and computer engineering, computer science and engineering, and integrated systems engineering, was recognized for distinguished contributions to the fields of communications, information theory and signal processing, particularly for the development of wireless physical layer security and design principles of sustainable energy harvesting wireless networks. 

The AAAS Fellowship, recognizing scientifically or socially distinguished efforts to advance science or its applications, is one of the most prestigious honors a U.S. scientist can receive. Fellows are elected by their academic peers. Matthew Sullivan, professor of microbiology and director of the Center of Microbiome Science, was recognized for pioneering studies of viral economics to study viruses in complex communities via quantitative sample-to-sequence pipelines, and linking viruses to hosts, and studying viral impact in the marine environment.

Harvey Miller, Center for Urban and Regional Analysis (CURA) director and SI affiliated faculty member, along with former CURA GRA, Luyu Liu, and former consulting manager and senior researcher, Adam Porr, have received the 2023 JGS Best Paper Award for their article in the Journal of Geographical Systems, entitled “Realizable Accessibility: Evaluating the Reliability of Public Transit Accessibility Using High-Resolution Real-Time Data.” Their study introduces a new method, realizable real-time accessibility, to more accurately measure public transit accessibility to essential services, addressing overestimations by traditional methods that don't fully account for delays and assume perfect rider information. By applying this method to the Central Ohio Transit Authority bus system, the research confirms its effectiveness as a more conservative and realistic approach for transit planning, revealing consistent patterns of unreliability in traditional accessibility measures.

In recognition of sustained excellence in innovation and education, Umit Ozkan has been elected to the National Academy of Engineering (NAE) Class of 2024. Ozkan, a Distinguished University Professor, was elected “for research in electrocatalysis and elucidation of mechanisms of oxidation catalysis.” Also chair of the William G. Lowrie Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Ozkan is an internationally recognized leader in thermal-catalytic and electro-catalytic manipulations of hydrocarbons. 

In recognition of sustained excellence in innovation and education, Antonio Conejo has been elected to the National Academy of Engineering (NAE) Class of 2024. Conejo was elected “for power systems planning and electricity markets.” His research interests include control, operations, planning and economics of electric energy systems, as well as statistics and optimization theory and its applications.

The National Science Foundation has awarded Assistant Professor Xiaoguang (William) Wang a five-year Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) award. The award will support his research on polymer properties for a variety of use applications, including renewable energy and battery development.

The Charles Goodyear Medal is the Rubber Division of the American Chemical Society's highest honor. Established in 1941, the award recognizes individuals for outstanding invention, innovation, or development that has resulted in a significant change or contribution to the nature of the rubber industry. Katrina Cornish's Lab Group is currently working to develop a domestic natural rubber crop in Ohio and for the U.S., especially as natural rubber security is becoming a major problem for the United States with sustainability implications.

Rafiq Islam, a soil scientist at The Ohio State University, has received his university’s Commercialization Achievement Award in recognition of a 2021 licensing agreement for the rapid and low-cost soil health test he spent over a decade developing and perfecting.

At a special reception held on Thursday, April 20, Thomas Darrah, PhD, professor in the College of Arts and Science's School of Earth Sciences was named The Ohio State University 2023 Innovator of the Year. 

Faculty members are recognized for their contributions to the development and implementation of university policies and programs through non-administrative roles, while continuing to teach and pursue scholarship.