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Year
1998
Subject
Leadership
Award
Bower Award for Business Leadership
Affiliation
Meade Instruments Corporation | Irvine, California
Citation
For his courage and insight, and leadership of a commercial venture founded on the premise of making astronomy accessible and affordable to the public.
Year
2017
Subject
Materials Science and Engineering
Award
Benjamin Franklin Medal
Affiliation
Massachusetts Institute of Technology │ Cambridge, Massachusetts
Citation
For her fundamental contributions to the understanding and exploitation of carbon nanomaterials, such as the spheres known as buckminsterfullerenes, the cylindrical pipes called nanotubes, and the single-atom-thick sheets of carbon known as graphene, and for launching the field of low-dimensional thermoelectricity, the direct conversion of heat to electricity.
Year
2022
Subject
Electrical Engineering
Award
Benjamin Franklin Medal
Affiliation
Georgia Institute of Technology │ Atlanta, Georgia
Citation
With P. Daniel Dapkus, for pioneering the technology that provides the materials quality and ultra-precision required for many device components central to modern life, including LEDs, transistors, lasers, and high-performance solar cells.
Year
2022
Subject
Life Science
Award
Benjamin Franklin NextGen Award
Affiliation
Duke University Medical Center │ Durham, North Carolina
Citation
For studies investigating how stress and other environmental factors affect the brain through genetic and electrochemical mechanisms, which led to important insights into cognitive and emotional function and depressive disorders.
Notes:
- "Franklin" Medals are not the same as "Benjamin Franklin" Medals. The Benjamin Franklin Medal was initiated in 1998 to represent the combined legacies of several historic medals, including the Franklin Medal.
- The Scott Medal is awarded by the City of Philadelphia. Prior to 1920, the Institute's Committee on Science and the Arts selected the medalists and the Scott Medals were presented on Awards Day at The Franklin Institute.
- For more information about The Franklin Institute Awards program, contact the Awards Program Director at awards@fi.edu.