Our CS faculty members have made significant contributions in the areas of research, teaching, scholarship, and service and have been awarded recognition globally, nationally and on a university-wide level.
NSF CAREER Awards
College of Science and Engineering Awards
Excellence in Scholarly/Creative Activities
- Dr. Martin Burtscher
- Dr. Mina Guirguis
- Dr. Tanzima Islam
- Dr. Oleg Komogortsev
- Dr. Anne Ngu
- Dr. Apan Qasem
- Dr. Ziliang Zong
Excellence in Teaching
Excellence in Service
DoE Early Career Award
Dr. Tanzima Islam (2022)
Facebook Faculty Research Award
Dr. Oleg Komogortsev (2020)
Google Global Faculty Fellowship
PECASE Award
Dr. Oleg Komogortsev - 2017 PECASE award from President Obama:
Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE)
TXST Presidential Seminar Awards
- Dr. Oleg Komogortsev (2019)
- Dr. Tanzima Islam (2024)
TXST Presidential Awards for Excellence in Scholarly/Creative Activities
BobCat Innovation Accelerator Award
A Bobcat Innovation Accelerator award was granted to CS faculty member, Dr. Anirrudha Bora, for his project TrashFormer — RL-Based Smart Waste Collection. Dr. Bora lead the project along with students: Arjun Gyawali (CS) and Pawan Pradhan (Mechanical engineering).
TrashFormer uses offline reinforcement learning (built on our FORDS framework) to optimize waste collection routing and scheduling. The framework also extends to precision irrigation and predictive maintenance.
Dr. Anirrudha Bora (2026)