George W. Taylor Award for Distinguished Research

Established in 1982, the Taylor Award for Distinguished Research recognizes younger faculty members who have shown outstanding ability in research.

Year	Recipient	Department
2008	Michael Tsapatsis	Chemical engineering and materials science
2007	Marc Hillmyer	Chemistry
2006	Guillermo Sapiro	Electrical and computer engineering
2005	Uwe Kortshagen	Mechanical engineering
2005	Zhi-Li Zhang	Computer science and engineering
2004	John Bischof	Mechanical engineering
2004	Georgios Giannakis	Electrical and computer engineering
2003	Gary Balas	Aerospace engineering and mechanics
2002	Graham Candler	Aerospace engineering and mechanics
2001	Karin Musier-Forsyth**	Chemistry
2001	Kumar Tamma	Mechanical engineering
2000	James Leger	Electrical and computer engineering
1999	Christopher Cramer	Chemistry
1998	William Tolman	Chemistry
1998	Michael Ward	Chemical engineering and materials science
1997	Allen Tannenbaum	Electrical and computer engineering
1996	Stephen Chou**	Electrical and computer engineering
1995	R. Lawrence Edwards	Geology and geophysics
1994	Max Donath	Mechanical engineering
1993	Timothy Lodge	Chemistry
1993	Frank Bates	Chemical engineering and materials science
1992	Peter McMurry	Mechanical engineering
1991	Richard James	Aerospace engineering and mechanics
1990	Paul Barbara**	Chemistry
1989	Kenneth Heller	Physics
1988	Keith Olive	Physics
1987	Pramod Khargonekar**	Electrical and computer engineering
1986	John Weaver**	Chemical engineering and materials science
1985	Roberta Humphreys	Astronomy
1984	Joseph Kapusta	Physics
1983	Steven Case**	Electrical and computer engineering
1982	David Dixon**	Chemistry

* retired
**no longer at U of M
† deceased