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Year
2010
Subject
Electrical Engineering
Award
Benjamin Franklin Medal
Affiliation
Johns Hopkins University |
Baltimore, Maryland
Citation
With Gerhard M. Sessler, for the invention and development of the first practical electret microphone, which can inexpensively be made small enough to fit into cellular phones, digital cameras, and other portable devices.
Year
2007
Subject
Life Science
Award
Benjamin Franklin Medal
Affiliation
College of Physicians and Surgeons of Columbia University | New York, New York
Citation
For her vital role in the discovery of the gene responsible for Huntington's disease. By leading combined efforts in human molecular genetics and neurosciences, Dr. Wexler established a model now used to investigate the genetic basis of inherited diseases.
Year
1983
Subject
Engineering
Award
Fahrney
Affiliation
The Washington Advisory Group
Citation
For leadership in research and development of an operational weather satellite network.
Year
2009
Subject
Chemistry
Award
Benjamin Franklin Medal
Affiliation
Harvard University | Cambridge, Massachusetts
Citation
For his pioneering chemical research in the field of molecular self-assembly and his invention of rapid, innovative techniques for the inexpensive fabrication of ultra-small devices for practical use.
Year
2000
Subject
Physics
Award
Benjamin Franklin Medal
Affiliation
University of Colorado, Boulder | Boulder, Colorado
Citation
With Eric Cornell and Wolfgang Ketterle, for their epoch-making experimental confirmation of the 1925 prediction by Satyendra Bose and Albert Einstein, who claimed on theoretical grounds that a dilute gas can condense into a large quantum-mechanical system and display properties that are usually found only on an atomic or molecular scale.
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.