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 |
|---|---|---|
| 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 |