Carnegie Mellon University has honored the University of Pittsburgh’s Peyman Givi with a Carnegie Tech 2026 Alumni Outstanding Achievement Award. The award recognizes the College of Engineering “alumni who have demonstrated exceptional accomplishments in their respective professional fields… [and who] embody the highest standards of professional excellence, serving as inspiring role models for current and future generations of engineers.”

Givi, Distinguished Professor and James T. MacLeod Chair in the Department of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science in the Swanson School of Engineering, earned his ME and PhD in mechanical engineering from Carnegie Mellon which recognized him with a CMU Distinguished Alumnus Award in 2022. He received his BE in mechanical engineering from Youngstown State University, which recognized him as the 2012 STEM College Outstanding Alumnus and the 2004 Phi Kappa Phi Distinguished Alumnus.  

Givi is recognized worldwide for his research in turbulence and quantum computing, aerospace engineering, combustion, computational fluid mechanics, and thermal engineering. 

“I am honored to receive this award from Carnegie Tech and be among these amazing engineers. I feel lucky to have attended Carnegie Mellon and Youngstown State, both of which prepared me and sparked the curiosity that continues to guide my research today,” Givi said. “Likewise, I am grateful for my collaborators in our MEMS department and in the high-performance computing group. My colleagues and graduate students also serve as an endless source of inspiration.”

Givi is a Fellow of the American Academy of Mechanics (AAM), the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA), the American Physical Society (APS), the Combustion Institute, and the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), which also named him Engineer of the Year in Pittsburgh in 2007. He is a Foreign Member of the Royal Academy of Engineering of Spain.

One of the first 15 engineering faculty to receive a White House Faculty Fellowship from President George H.W. Bush, Givi has also been awarded NASA’s Public Service Medal, its highest civilian honor. He received the Office of Naval Research’s Young Investigator Award and the National Science Foundation’s Presidential Young Investigator Award.

Givi delivered the 13th Elsevier Distinguished Lecture in Mechanics, an American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) Dryden Lecture in Research, and the 11th Pratt and Whitney Distinguished Lecture.

“This recognition speaks to Peyman Givi’s tremendous contributions to the field, which extend far beyond his research,” said William (Buddy) Clark, Professor and Interim Department Chair of mechanical engineering and materials science. “In our department and across the University, Peyman is a tireless champion of his colleagues and graduate students, and he provides vital mentorship that elevates all those who have the opportunity to work with him.”

Peyman and other distinguished alumni will be honored on April 9, 2026, at a celebration event at the Kresge Theatre on the Carnegie Mellon campus.

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