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Year
2024
Subject
Chemistry
Award
Benjamin Franklin Medal
Affiliation
Massachusetts Institute of Technology │ Cambridge, Massachusetts
Citation
For innovative methods to create novel materials one molecular layer at a time, and for applying these materials to areas ranging from drug delivery to energy storage.
Year
1986
Subject
Physics
Award
Michelson
Affiliation
Max Planck Institute for Quantum Optics
Citation
For the development of tunable narrow band laser and discovery of Doppler-free saturation and polarization spectroscopy.
Year
2015
Subject
Electrical Engineering
Award
Benjamin Franklin Medal
Affiliation
Syracuse University │ Syracuse, New York
Citation
For pioneering an electromagnetic modeling method for accurate simulation, design, and optimization of radio wave antennas and devices, enabling advances in communications, radar imaging, and target recognition.
Year
2012
Subject
Mechanical Engineering
Award
Benjamin Franklin Medal
Affiliation
Tel Aviv University |
Tel Aviv, Israel
Citation
For groundbreaking contributions to the accurate analysis of composite materials, which have enabled practical engineering designs of lightweight composite structures, commonly used today in aerospace, marine, automotive, and civil infrastructure.
Year
2024
Subject
Earth and Environmental Science
Award
Benjamin Franklin Medal
Affiliation
University of Guelph │ Guelph, Ontario, Canada
Citation
For his bold vision to catalog every living organism using a small piece of DNA—a DNA barcode—which allows scientists to rapidly discover new species and assess biodiversity, and which provides everyone with a means to explore biodiversity for themselves.
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.