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Year
2019
Subject
Electrical Engineering
Award
Benjamin Franklin Medal
Affiliation
University of California, Berkeley │ Berkeley, California
Citation
For widely-used scientific improvements to radio- and light-based technologies in wireless communications and solar energy applications.
Year
1994
Subject
Physics
Award
Bower Award and Prize for Achievement in Science
Affiliation
The Chinese University of Hong Kong
Citation
For formulation of a general field-theory which synthesizes the physical laws of nature and provides us with an understanding of the fundamental forces of the universe.
Year
2009
Subject
Electrical Engineering
Award
Benjamin Franklin Medal
Affiliation
University of California, Berkeley | Berkeley, California
Citation
For his invention and development of the field of fuzzy logic, a mathematical system that captures aspects of the ambiguity of human language and thought, which has solved problems in areas such as artificial intelligence and the automated control of machines.
Year
2005
Subject
Leadership
Award
Bower Award for Business Leadership
Affiliation
Alexza MDC | Mountain View, California
Citation
For the creation, through a combination of scientific creativity and entrepreneurial insight and drive, of new biochemical processes, drug delivery technologies – most significantly, the birth control pill, transdermal patches, and once-a-day pills – and biomedical industries. He has leveraged his business successes so that he is broadly respected as a philanthropist and technical leader.
Year
2023
Subject
Chemistry
Award
Benjamin Franklin Medal
Affiliation
Stanford University | Stanford, California
Citation
For fundamental studies of the dynamics of chemical reactions, including the development of techniques to observe molecules as they react.
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.