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Year
2013
Subject
Chemistry
Award
Benjamin Franklin Medal
Affiliation
Cornell University |
Ithaca, New York
Citation
For his pioneering work leading to the establishment of the field of chemical ecology. His fundamental studies of how chemicals act as repellents and attractants between organisms pave the way for the use of these chemicals in a variety of biomedical, agricultural, forestry and household applications.
Year
2015
Subject
Physics
Award
Benjamin Franklin Medal
Affiliation
University of Pennsylvania │ Philadelphia, Pennsylvania │ Visiting Professor, Loughborough University │ Loughborough, United Kingdom
Citation
With Charles Kane and Shoucheng Zhang, for their groundbreaking theoretical contributions leading to the discovery of a new class of materials called topological insulators, and for their prediction of specific compounds exhibiting the novel properties expected of these new materials.
Year
2024
Subject
Electrical Engineering
Award
Benjamin Franklin Medal
Affiliation
The University of Texas at Austin │ Austin, Texas
Citation
For his pioneering role in the design, development, and commercialization of Ethernet, an interface for networking and file sharing between computers.
Year
2004
Subject
Physics
Award
Benjamin Franklin Medal
Affiliation
Brandeis University | Waltham, Massachusetts
Citation
For his creative synthesis of theory and experiment demonstrating that tilted, layered liquid crystal phases of chiral molecules are ferroelectric, thus launching both fundamental scientific advancement in the field of soft condensed matter physics and the development of liquid crystal displays that meet the demands of current technology.
Year
1991
Subject
Engineering
Award
Longstreth
Affiliation
California Institute of Technology
Citation
For the development of integrated magnetics and switched-mode power converters.
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.