Post-Doctoral Fellows
- Banu Akar: American Heart Association Postdoctoral Fellowship (Spring 2018)
- Bin Jiang: Northwestern University Postdoctoral Professional Development Award (Winter 2016)
- Bin Jiang: Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine International Society (TERMIS) World Congress Travel Award (Fall 2015)
- Bin Jiang: Northwestern University Postdoctoral Professional Development Award (Winter 2015)
- Robert van Lith: American Heart Association Postdoctoral Fellowship (Fall 2015)
- Jisheng Xiao: American Heart Association Postdoctoral Fellowship (Fall 2015)
- Robert van Lith: NUANCE Center Scientific Images Contest Honorable Mention (2015)
- Robert van Lith: Chicago Biomedical Consortium Postdoctoral Award (Fall 2015)
- Jian Yang: Chicago Biomedical Consortium Postdoctoral Award (Fall 2014)
- Bin Jiang: Chicago Biomedical Consortium Postdoctoral Award (Spring 2014)
- Bin Jiang: American Heart Association Postdoctoral Fellowship (Spring 2014)
- Conchi Serrano: Frontispiece Feature article, Advanced Materials (2011)
- Elaine Zhang: Baxter Innovation Award (2010)
- Conchi Serrano: Feature Article, Advanced Functional Materials (2010)
- Tony Webb: Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation Emerging Postdoctoral Entrepreneur (2010)
- Karen Lapidos: American Recovery and Reinvestment Act NIH Grant (2009)
Graduate Students
- Jacqueline Burke: NSF GRFP Fellow (2018)
- Sherry Zhu: Research Progress Award, Biomedical Engineering Department, Northwestern University (2017)
- Jacqueline Burke: Murphy Fellow (2017)
- Samantha Huddleston: NSF GRFP Fellow (2016)
- Simona Morochnik: CLP Predoctoral Training Grant (2015)
- Sherry Zhu: NIH-BTP Cluster Fellowship (2015)
- Robert van Lith: Back Cover McCormick magazine (2014)
- Gali Baler: Research Progress Award, BME Research Day (2014)
- Robert van Lith: STAR Award best abstract Society for Biomaterials (2014)
- Robert van Lith: Feature article McCormick magazine (2013)
- Gali Baler: 2nd place poster, BME Research Day (2012)
- Michele Jen: American Heart Association Midwestern Predoctoral Fellowship (2012)
- Robert van Lith: Thomas K. Goldstick Award for BME teaching (2012)
- Gali Baler: Ruth L. Kirchstein National Research Service Award (NRSA) (2012)
- Robert van Lith: Innovation 2 Commercialization Fellowship (2012)
- Michele Jen: Feature Article, Advanced Functional Materials (2012)
- Eunji Chung: Cover Article, Tissue Engineering Part C: Methods (2011)
- Michele Jen: NIH Biotechnology Program Fellowship (2010)
- Ryan Hoshi: 1st place inNUvation Applied Research Day Business Competition (2009)
- Robert van Lith: American Heart Association Midwestern Predoctoral Fellowship (2009)
- Ryan Hoshi: Inside Cover Art, Advanced Materials (2009)
- Michele Jen: Professional Development award (2009)
- Ryan Hoshi: NIH-BTP Cluster Fellowship (2009)
- Trisha Koenke: NIH Biotechnology Program Fellowship (2008)
- Micah Rogel: Cover and Featured Article, Journal of Materials Chemistry (2008)
- Josephine Allen: American Heart Association Midwestern Predoctoral Fellowship (2007)
- Josephine Allen: NIH Biotechnology Program Fellowship (2003)
- Tony Webb: American Heart Association Midwestern Predoctoral Fellowship (2003)
- Josephine Allen: Neil Welker Teaching Assistance Excellence Award (2003)
Undergraduate Students
- Michelle Cai: Biomedical Engineering Award for Research (2018)
- Kai Huang: Undergraduate Research Grant, Academic Year (2014)
- Alex Lortie: Undergraduate Research Grant, Summer (2014)
- Jose Carillo: Undergraduate Research Grant, Summer (2014)
- Carlos Mucharraz: Weinberg Summer Research Grant (2014)
- Ryan Lam: Best Poster Award, Comprehensive Transplant Center’s Basic Science category (2013)
- Raman Michael: CLP Summer Scholars Fellowship (2013)
- Ryan Lam: Best Poster Award, Undergraduate Research and Arts Exposition, Natural Sciences and Engineering category (2013)
- Ryan Lam: MSSRP Outstanding Poster Award (2012)
- Adam Matsil: CLP Summer Scholars Fellowship (2010)