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Year
1991
Subject
Life Science
Award
Bower Award and Prize for Achievement in Science
Affiliation
The Johns Hopkins University
Citation
For insight into workings of the brain and identifying opiate receptors.
Year
2016
Subject
Leadership
Award
Bower Award for Business Leadership
Affiliation
NantWorks │ Culver City, California
Citation
For his visionary leadership in digital medical technology and for his commitment to improving health care quality and access through the initiatives of the Chan Soon-Shiong Family Foundation.
Year
2010
Subject
Mechanical Engineering
Award
Benjamin Franklin Medal
Affiliation
Concentration, Heat & Momentum Limited (CHAM) |
London, England
Citation
For his seminal contributions to the computer modeling of fluid flow, creating the practice of computational fluid dynamics (CFD) in industry, and paving the path for the widespread application of CFD to the design of objects from airplanes to heart valves.
Year
2007
Subject
Earth and Environmental Science
Award
Benjamin Franklin Medal
Affiliation
Cornell University | Ithaca, New York
Citation
For the discovery and elucidation of water on Mars through the "robotic geologists" of the Mars Exploration Rovers. Squyres and the MER team produced fundamental insights into the geology and climatology of Mars. These have resulted in major advances in our understanding of the potential for life on other planets and of life's evolution on Earth.
Year
1948
Subject
Life Science
Award
Franklin
Affiliation
University of California, Berkeley │ Berkeley, California
Citation
For the discovery of nucleoprotein viruses and the development of an effective influenza vaccine.
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.