Awards

Areas of Interest:

Honoring Engineers

Project Type:

NAE Program, Contest/Award

Latest Update: April 17, 2012
The NAE dedicates more than $1 million annually to recognize leaders in engineering for their lifetime dedication to their field and their commitment to advancing the human condition and to bring better understanding of the importance of engineering and engineering education to society.
Primary Contact: Deborah Young
202.334.1266
dyoung@nae.edu

The National Academy of Engineering salutes leaders in engineering for their lifetime dedication to their field and their commitment to advancing the human condition through great engineering achievement and/or through innovation in engineering and technology education. The NAE dedicates more than $1 million annually to recognize these leaders and to bring better understanding of the importance of engineering and engineering education to society.

Currently, the NAE presents five awards for engineering achievement and innovation - the Charles Stark Draper Prize, the Fritz J. and Dolores H. Russ Prize, the Bernard M. Gordon Prize for Innovation in Engineering and Technology Education, the Founders Award, and the Arthur M. Bueche Award.

The Call for Nominations for the 2012-2013 prizes and awards begins January 3, 2012 and ends April 2, 2012.

 

2012 Draper/Gordon Awards Gala Photo Album

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2012 Recipients
  • 2012 Bernard M. Gordon Prize Recipients

    The 2012 Bernard M. Gordon Prize is awarded to Clive L. Dym, M. Mack Gilkeson, and J. Richard Phillips “for creating and disseminating innovations in undergraduate engineering design education to develop engineering leaders.”

  • 2012 Charles Stark Draper Prize Recipients

    The 2012 Charles Stark Draper Prize is awarded to George H. Heilmeier, Wolfgang Helfrich, Martin Schadt and T. Peter Brody “for the engineering development of the Liquid Crystal Display (LCD) that is utilized in billions of consumer and professional devices.”

2012 Draper/Gordon Awards Gala