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Year
2004
Subject
Mechanical Engineering
Award
Benjamin Franklin Medal
Affiliation
Retired | Oberlin, Ohio
Citation
For his fundamental research on the production of graphite whiskers and the determination of their microstructure and properties, for his pioneering development efforts in the production of the world's first continuously processed carbon fibers and the world's first high modulus, high strength carbon fibers using rayon precursors, and for his contributions to the development of carbon fibers from alternative starting materials.
Year
2009
Subject
Computer and Cognitive Science
Award
Benjamin Franklin Medal
Affiliation
Center for Information Technology Research in the Interest of Science (CITRIS) | University of California, Berkeley| California, Berkeley
Citation
For contributions to robotics and computer vision, specifically the development of active perception and the creation of methods to improve our understanding of medical images.
Year
2022
Subject
Leadership
Award
Bower Award for Business Leadership
Affiliation
Moderna │ Cambridge, Massachusetts
Citation
With Albert Bourla and Alex Gorsky, for their collective leadership during the COVID-19 crisis, principally the development and distribution of exceptionally effective vaccines on an unprecedented timescale.
Year
2011
Subject
Earth and Environmental Science
Award
Benjamin Franklin Medal
Affiliation
University of California, Berkeley |
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory |
Berkeley, California
Citation
For discovering the underlying principles of mineral formation and alteration by microbes, which are critical to understanding the form, composition, and distribution of minerals in the presence of living organisms.
Year
2015
Subject
Life Science
Award
Benjamin Franklin Medal
Affiliation
Howard Hughes Medical Institute │ The Rockefeller University │ New York, New York
Citation
For her contributions to neurobiology that have led to major discoveries elucidating the relationship between genes, neurons, neural circuits, and behavior.
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.