Mung Chiang
Chinese American electrical engineer and academic administrator
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| 2025 | To be awarded the IEEE Founders Medal, a prestigious recognition of exceptional contributions to the field of electrical and electronic engineering. |
| 2024 | Awarded an honorary Doctor of Science degree from Dartmouth College. |
| January 1 2023 | Officially began tenure as the 13th president of Purdue University. |
| 2022 | Received the IEEE INFOCOM Achievement Award, recognizing outstanding career contributions to the field of communications and networking. |
| June 10 2022 | Unanimously elected by the Purdue University Board of Trustees to become the university's 13th president. |
| 2021 | Appointed as Executive Vice President of Purdue University. |
| April 23 2021 | Named Executive Vice President for Strategic Initiatives at Purdue University while continuing to lead the College of Engineering. |
| 2020 | Elected as a National Academy of Inventors fellow, recognizing academic inventors who have made significant contributions to innovation. |
| 2020 | Named an international fellow of the Royal Swedish Academy of Engineering Sciences. |
| December 2019 | Took a one-year leave of absence to serve as science and technology adviser to Secretary of State Mike Pompeo. |
| July 1 2017 | Assumed office as the John A. Edwardson Dean of the College of Engineering at Purdue University and appointed as the Roscoe H. George Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering. |
| May 1 2017 | Announced as the next dean of Purdue University's College of Engineering. |
| 2016 | Awarded the Princeton School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS) Distinguished Teacher Award, recognizing excellence in teaching. |
| 2015 | Met with Helder Antunes and Tao Zhang to discuss the creation of the OpenFog Consortium. |
| 2014 | Selected as a Guggenheim Fellow, a prestigious award supporting scholars and artists. |
| 2014 | Received the INFORMS Information Systems Design Science Award for contributions to information systems design. |
| 2013 | Awarded the ASEE Frederick Emmons Terman Award in Engineering Education, recognizing significant contributions to engineering education. |
| 2013 | Received the Alan T. Waterman Award, the National Science Foundation's highest honor for an outstanding young researcher. |
| 2013 | Won the IEEE SECON Best Paper Award for significant research publication. |
| 2013 | Appointed as the Arthur LeGrand Doty Professor of Electrical Engineering at Princeton University. |
| 2012 | Elevated to IEEE Fellow, a prestigious recognition of exceptional achievements in the field of electrical and electronic engineering. |
| 2012 | Won the IEEE INFOCOM Best Paper Award for significant research publication. |
| 2012 | Received the IEEE Kiyo Tomiyasu Award, recognizing technical contributions to technology fields. |
| 2011 | Promoted to full professor of electrical engineering at Princeton University. |
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