Honorees by M I T

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Titles and affiliations are listed as at the time of each award.

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2006 – Robert E. Cohen, Ph.D. – First MIT Honoree

St. Laurent Professor, Department of Chemical Engineering, School of Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Cambridge, Massachusetts.

Website: http://web.mit.edu/cheme/people/profile.html?id=7

2007 – Amedeo R. Odoni, Ph.D.

T. Wilson Professor, Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics, and Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering, School of Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Cambridge, Massachusetts.

Website: http://web.mit.edu/aeroastro/people/odoni.html

2008 – Samuel M. Allen, Ph.D.

POSCO Professor of Physical Metallurgy, Department of Materials Science and Engineering (DMSE), School of Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Cambridge, Massachusetts.

Website: http://dmse.mit.edu/faculty/profile/allen

2009 – Leslie A. Kolodziejski, Ph.D.

Professor of Electrical Engineering, Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, School of Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Cambridge, Massachusetts.

Website: http://eecsfacweb.mit.edu/facpages/kolodziejski.html

2010 – Olivier L. de Weck, Ph.D.

Associate Professor of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics, School of Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Cambridge, Massachusetts.

Website: http://web.mit.edu/aeroastro/people/deweck.html

2011 – Gang Chen, Ph.D.

C. R. Soderberg Professor of Power Engineering; Director, Pappalardo Micro and Nano Engineering Laboratories, Department of Mechanical Engineering, School of Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Cambridge, Massachusetts.

Website: http://meche.mit.edu/people/faculty/index.html?id=15

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Top Row: (L) Award program medallion, obverse. (C1) MIT awardee, Prof. Amedeo Odoni, celebrating with School of Engineering Dean Subra Suresh in 2007. (C2) 2009 MIT honoree, Prof. Leslie Kolodziejski, congratulating 2010 awardee, Prof. Olivier de Weck. (R) First MIT honoree, Prof. Bob Cohen, receiving congratulations in 2006 from Capers McDonald after a dinner in Boston.

Sidebar: All awardees pictured, in order of list, "Honorees by MIT" of this page. (After) MIT perpetual plaque recognizing awardees.

This Web site and all images it contains are being used for limited and noncommercial purposes, principally teaching and personal mentorship. Several MIT images © 2006-2008 Massachusetts Institute of Technology. McDonald Mentoring Award medallion art © 2005 Capers W. McDonald.

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