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Year
2000
Subject
Electrical Engineering
Award
Benjamin Franklin Medal
Affiliation
Observatoire de Haute-Provence, Saint-Michel Observatoire | Saint-Michel Observatoire, France
Citation
For the invention of speckle interferometry which permits large ground-based astronomical telescopes to achieve their full theoretical angular resolution, and for pioneering work in extending Michelson's method for performing long-baseline multi-telescope interferometry to obtain angular resolutions on the order of 10-3 arc-seconds.
Year
2013
Subject
Computer and Cognitive Science
Award
Benjamin Franklin Medal
Affiliation
University of Pennsylvania |
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Citation
For establishing the cognitive basis of language variation and change through rigorous analysis of linguistic data, and for the study of non-standard dialects with significant social and cultural implications.
Year
2016
Subject
Life Science
Award
Benjamin Franklin Medal
Affiliation
Massachusetts Institute of Technology │ Cambridge, Massachusetts
Citation
For his design and implementation of multiple innovative drug delivery systems, and for his founding work in the field of tissue engineering. As a serial entrepreneur, Dr. Langer established a new paradigm for translating academic ideas into practical products.
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.