Prizes National Academy of Engineering

1 prizes

1.1 gordon prize
1.2 russ prize
1.3 charles stark draper prize

prizes

the academy annually awards 3 prizes, each recipient receiving $500,000. 3 prizes bernard m. gordon prize, fritz j. , dolores h. russ prize, , charles stark draper prize. referred collectively american version of nobel prize engineering.

gordon prize

the bernard m. gordon prize started in 2001 nae. named after bernard marshall gordon, founder of analogic corporation. purpose recognize leaders in academia development of new educational approaches engineering. each year, gordon prize awards $500,000 grantee, of recipient may use $250,000, , or institution receives $250,000 ongoing support of academic development.

2016 diran apelian, arthur c. heinricher, richard f. vaz , kristin k. wobbe project-based engineering curriculum developing leadership, innovative problem solving, interdisciplinary collaboration , global competencies.
2015 simon pitts , michael b. silevitch developing innovative method provide graduate engineers necessary personal skills become effective engineering leaders.
2014 john p. collier, robert j. graves, joseph j. helble , charles e. hutchinson creating integrated program in engineering innovation undergraduate through doctorate prepare students engineering leadership.
2013 sherra e. kerns, david v. kerns jr., , richard k. miller guiding creation of olin college , student-centered approach developing effective engineering leaders.
2012 clive l. dym, m. mack gilkeson , j. richard phillips creating , disseminating innovations in undergraduate engineering design education develop engineering leaders.
2011 edward f. crawley leadership, creativity, , energy in defining , guiding cdio (conceive-design-implement-operate) initiative, has been adopted internationally engineering education.
2009 thomas h. byers , tina seelig pioneering, continually developing, , tirelessly disseminating technology entrepreneurship education resources engineering students , educators around world. (stvp program @ stanford university)
2008 jacquelyn f. sullivan , lawrence e. carlson integrated teaching , learning program infuses hands-on learning throughout k-16 engineering education motivate , prepare tomorrow s engineering leaders.
2007 arthur w. winston, harold s. goldberg, , jerome e. levy innovation in engineering , technology education. founders , lecturers @ gordon institute during years @ tufts university.
2006 jens e. jorgensen, john s. lamancusa, lueny morell, allen l. soyster, , jose zayas-castro, creating learning factory, multidisciplinary student teams develop engineering leadership skills working industry solve real-world problems.
2005 edward j. coyle, leah h. jamieson , william c. oakes innovations in education of tomorrow s engineering leaders developing , disseminating engineering projects in community service (epics) program.
2004 frank s. barnes pioneering interdisciplinary telecommunications program (itp) produces leaders bridge engineering, social sciences, , public policy.
2002: eli fromm innovation combines technical, societal, , experiential learning integrated undergraduate engineering curriculum.

the nae s website shows no gordon prize] awarded in 2010.

russ prize

the fritz j. , dolores h. russ prize american national , international award established nae in october 1999 in athens, ohio. named after fritz russ, founder of systems research laboratories, , wife dolores russ, recognizes engineering achievement has had significant impact on society , has contributed advancement of human condition through widespread use. award instigated @ request of ohio university honor fritz russ, 1 of alumni.

charles stark draper prize

the nae annually awards charles stark draper prize, given advancement of engineering , education of public engineering. winner of prize receives $500,000. draper prize named charles s. draper, father of inertial navigation , mit professor , founder of draper laboratory.

1989: jack s. kilby , robert n. noyce independent development of monolithic integrated circuit.
1991: sir frank whittle , hans von ohain independent development of turbojet engine.
1993: john backus development of fortran, first used, general purpose, high-level computer language.
1995: john r. pierce , harold a. rosen development of communication satellite technology.
1997: vladimir haensel invention of platforming .
1999: charles k. kao, robert d. maurer, , john b. macchesney development of fiber optics.
2001: vinton g. cerf, robert e. kahn, leonard kleinrock, , lawrence g. roberts development of internet.
2002: robert langer bioengineering of revolutionary medical drug delivery systems.
2003: ivan a. getting , bradford w. parkinson work developing global positioning system.
2004: alan c. kay, butler w. lampson, robert w. taylor, , charles p. thacker work on alto, first practical networked computer.
2005: minoru s. sam araki, francis j. madden, edward a. miller, james w. plummer , don h. schoessler design, development, , operation of corona, first space-based earth observation systems.
2006: willard s. boyle , george e. smith invention of charge-coupled device (ccd), light-sensitive component @ heart of digital cameras , other used imaging technologies.
2007: tim berners-lee developing world wide web.
2008: rudolf e. kalman developing kalman filter.
2009: robert h. dennard invention , contributions development of dynamic random-access memory (dram), used universally in computers , other data processing , communication systems.
2011: frances h. arnold , willem p.c. stemmer individual contributions directed evolution, process allows researchers guide creation of properties in proteins , cells. technique has been used in food ingredients, pharmaceuticals, toxicology, agricultural products, gene delivery systems, laundry aids, , biofuels
2012: george h. heilmeier, wolfgang helfrich, martin schadt, , t peter brody contributions development of liquid crystal display (lcd) technologies
2013: thomas haug, martin cooper, yoshihisa okumura (奥村 善久), richard h. frenkiel, , joel s. engel, mobile phone pioneers laid groundwork today’s smartphone




^ william a. wulf , george m.c. fisher makeover engineering education issues in science & technology spring 2002 p. 35-39.
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^ gordon prize information . archived original on 2006-12-07. retrieved 2006-12-12. 
^ https://www.nae.edu/projects/awards/gordonprize/gordonwinners.aspx?id=55293
^ fritz j. , dolores h. russ prize . nae. retrieved 2010-12-28.