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Gordon Prize

Named for Bernard M. Gordon, Massachusetts Beta '48, this national prize for inventiveness in engineering and technology education was first presented in 2002. The prize is awarded biennially, and the $500,000 cash award is equally divided between the recipient and the winner's harboring institution to support the recipient in the continued development, refinement, and dissemination of the recognized innovation. Dr. Gordon, chairman of Analogic Corporation, has more than 200 patents on record worldwide. (Gordon Prize homepage)

Year Award Recipient Description
2022 Jenna P. Carpenter, Indiana Alpha ‘83 for creating an innovative education program that prepares students to become future engineering leaders who will address the NAE Grand Challenges of Engineering.
2022 Thomas C. Katsouleas, California Delta ‘84 for creating an innovative education program that prepares students to become future engineering leaders who will address the NAE Grand Challenges of Engineering.
2022 Richard K. Miller, California Lambda ‘71 for creating an innovative education program that prepares students to become future engineering leaders who will address the NAE Grand Challenges of Engineering.
2022 Yannis C. Yortsos, California Delta ‘73 for creating an innovative education program that prepares students to become future engineering leaders who will address the NAE Grand Challenges of Engineering.
2021 Linda G. Griffith, Georgia Alpha ‘82 for the establishment of a new biology-based engineering education, producing a new generation of leaders capable of addressing world problems with innovative biological technologies.
2019 Joseph M. Le Doux, New York Delta ‘86 for fusing problem-driven engineering education with learning-science principles to create a pioneering program that develops leaders in biomedical engineering.
2017 Julio M. Ottino, Massachusetts Zeta ‘76 for an educational paradigm that merges analytical, rational left-brain skills with creative, expansive right-brain skills to develop engineering leaders.
2016 Diran Apelian, Pennsylvania Zeta ‘68 for a project-based engineering curriculum developing leadership, innovative problem solving, interdisciplinary collaboration and global competencies.
2016 Richard F. Vaz, Massachusetts Alpha ‘79 for a project-based engineering curriculum developing leadership, innovative problem solving, interdisciplinary collaboration and global competencies.
2015 Michael B. Silevitch, Massachusetts Epsilon ‘65 for developing an innovative method to provide graduate engineers with the necessary personal skills to become effective engineering leaders.
2014 Robert J. Graves, New York Beta ‘67 for creating an integrated program in engineering innovation from undergraduate through doctorate to prepare students for engineering leadership.
2014 Joseph J. Helble, Pennsylvania Alpha ‘82 for creating an integrated program in engineering innovation from undergraduate through doctorate to prepare students for engineering leadership.
2014 Charles E. Hutchinson, Massachusetts Zeta ‘57 for creating an integrated program in engineering innovation from undergraduate through doctorate to prepare students for engineering leadership.
2013 Richard K. Miller, California Lambda ‘71 for guiding the creation of Olin College and its student-centered approach to developing effective engineering leaders.
2013 David V Kerns Jr., Alabama Alpha ‘67 for guiding the creation of Olin College and its student-centered approach to developing effective engineering leaders.
2012 J. Richard Phillips, California Alpha ‘56 a professor emeritus of Harvey Mudd College, director for 17 years of the HMC Engineering Clinic.
2012 M. Mack Gilkeson, Louisiana Beta ‘42 a professor emeritus of Harvey Mudd College, co-inventor & co-founder of the HMC Engineering Clinic program.
2012 Clive L. Dym, Massachusetts Zeta ‘62 a professor and director of the Center for Design Education at Harvey Mudd College, for the creation and design of the HMC Engineering Clinic.
2011 Edward F. Crawley, Massachusetts Beta ‘76 a professor of aeronautics and astronautics and of engineering systems at MIT, for leadership, creativity, and energy in defining and guiding the CDIO (Conceive-Design-Implement-Operate) Initiative, which has been widely adopted internationally for engineering education.
2009 Thomas H. Byers, California Alpha ‘75 for promoting engineering leadership by developing and disseminating technology entrepreneurship educational resources for engineering students and educators around the world.
2007 Harold S. Goldberg, New York Iota ‘44 for the development of a multi-disciplinary graduate program for engineeirng professionals who have the potential and the desire to be engineering leaders.
2006 Lueny Morell, Puerto Rico Alpha '74 for co-founding the Learning Factory, an undergraduate program that allows students to develop solutions to problems in the engineering industry.
2006 Dr. Allen L. Soyster, Pennsylvania B '65 a professor and dean of the College of Engineering at Northeastern University, for co-founding the Learning Factory, an undergraduate program that allows students to develop solutions to problems in the engineering industry.
2006 Dr. John S. Lamancusa, Ohio Theta '78 a professor of mechanical engineering at Penn State University, for co-founding the Learning Factory, an undergraduate program that allows students to develop solutions to problems in the engineering industry.
2005 Dr. William C. Oakes, P.E.,
Indiana Alpha '97
for innovation in engineering and technology education for their work on Purdue University's community service program
2005 Dr. Edward J. Coyle, Delaware Alpha '77 for innovation in engineering and technology education for their work on Purdue University's community service program
2004 Frank S. Barnes, Colorado Beta '54 a professor of electrical and computer engineering at the University of Colorado at Boulder, for pioneering an interdisciplinary telecommunications program that produces leaders who bridge engineering, social sciences, and public policy
2002 Eli Fromm, Pennsylvania Zeta '62 a professor of electrical and computer engineering and director of the center for educational research at Drexel University, for activities devoted to educational leadership and engineering educational reform

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