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Year
1894
Subject
Engineering
Award
Scott - on behalf of the City of Philadelphia
Year
2006
Subject
Civil Engineering
Award
Benjamin Franklin Medal
Affiliation
University of California, Berkeley | Berkeley, California
Citation
For revolutionizing engineering and scientific computation and engineering design methods through his formulation and development of the finite element method, and for his innovative leadership in applying the method to the field of earthquake engineering with special emphasis on the seismic performance of dams.
Year
2000
Subject
Computer and Cognitive Science
Award
Benjamin Franklin Medal
Affiliation
IBM Thomas J. Watson Research Center, Yorktown Heights | Yorktown Heights, New York
Citation
For the development of reduced instruction set computing (RISC), which has led to a revolution in computer architecture.
Year
1984
Subject
Engineering
Award
Clamer
Affiliation
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Citation
For research on fatigue of metals.
Year
1911
Subject
Engineering
Award
Scott - on behalf of the City of Philadelphia
Year
1994
Subject
Physics
Award
Wetherill
Affiliation
Los Alamos National Laboratory
Citation
For fundamental contributions to understanding of stellar collapse and supernova explosions.
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.