Dr. Azad M. Madni University Professor and holder of the Northrop Grumman Foundation Fred O’Green Chair in Engineering University of Southern California’s Viterbi School of Engineering CitationFor creating and disseminating a transdisciplinary systems engineering education paradigm based on leadership, innovation, entrepreneurship, convergence, social awareness, and diverse thinking and backgrounds.
Dr. Jenna P. Carpenter Dean and Professor of Engineering Campbell University in North Carolina CitationFor creating an innovative education program that prepares students to become future engineering leaders who will address the NAE Grand Challenges of Engineering.
Dr. Thomas C. Katsouleas Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering and Physics University of Connecticut CitationFor creating an innovative education program that prepares students to become future engineering leaders who will address the NAE Grand Challenges of Engineering.
Dr. Richard K. Miller President Emeritus and Professor of Mechanical Engineering Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering CitationFor creating an innovative education program that prepares students to become future engineering leaders who will address the NAE Grand Challenges of Engineering.
Dr. Yannis C. Yortsos Dean USC Viterbi School of Engineering CitationFor creating an innovative education program that prepares students to become future engineering leaders who will address the NAE Grand Challenges of Engineering.
Dr. Linda G. Griffith Professor of Biological Engineering and Mechanical Engineering Chair Massachusetts Institute of Technology CitationFor the establishment of a new biology-based engineering education, producing a new generation of leaders capable of addressing world problems with innovative biological technologies.
Dr. Douglas A. Lauffenburger Ford Professor of Bioengineering and Head Department of Biological Engineering Massachusetts Institute of Technology CitationFor the establishment of a new biology-based engineering education, producing a new generation of leaders capable of addressing world problems with innovative biological technologies.
Professor David M. Kelley Donald W. Whittier Professor in Mechanical Engineering Hasso Plattner Institute of Design Stanford University CitationFor formalizing the principles and curriculum of “design thinking” to develop innovative engineering leaders with empathy and creative confidence to generate high-impact solutions.
Dr. Paul J. Benkeser Professor and Senior Associate Chair in the Wallace H. Coulter Georgia Tech and Emory University CitationFor fusing problem-driven engineering education with learning science principles to create a pioneering program that develops leaders in biomedical engineering.
Dr. Joseph M. Le Doux Associate Professor Georgia Tech and Emory University CitationFor fusing problem-driven engineering education with learning science principles to create a pioneering program that develops leaders in biomedical engineering.
Dr. Wendy C. Newstetter Assistant Dean for Educational Research and Innovation Georgia Tech CitationFor fusing problem-driven engineering education with learning science principles to create a pioneering program that develops leaders in biomedical engineering.
Dr. Paul G. Yock Martha Meier Weiland Professor of Medicine Stanford University CitationFor the development and global dissemination of Biodesign, a biomedical technology program creating leaders and innovations that benefit patients.
Dr. Julio M. Ottino Dean, R.R. McCormick Institute Professor and Walter P. Murphy Professor of Chemical and Biological Engineering R.R. McCormick School of Engineering and Applied Science, Northwestern University CitationFor an educational paradigm that merges analytical, rational left-brain skills with creative, expansive right-brain skills to develop engineering leaders.
Dr. Diran Apelian Alcoa-Howmet Professor of Engineering Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) CitationFor a project-based engineering curriculum developing leadership, innovative problem solving, interdisciplinary collaboration and global competencies.
Dean Arthur C. Heinricher Dean of Undergraduate Studies Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) CitationFor a project-based engineering curriculum developing leadership, innovative problem solving, interdisciplinary collaboration and global competencies.
Dr. Richard F. Vaz Director of the Center for Project-Based Learning Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) CitationFor a project-based engineering curriculum developing leadership, innovative problem solving, interdisciplinary collaboration and global competencies.
Dr. Kristin K. Wobbe Associate Dean for Undergraduate Studies and Director Worcester Polytechnic Institute’s (WPI) Great Problems Seminars CitationFor a project-based engineering curriculum developing leadership, innovative problem solving, interdisciplinary collaboration and global competencies.
Professor Simon Pitts Gordon Institute of Engineering Leadership Department Director Northeastern University CitationFor developing an innovative method to provide graduate engineers with the necessary personal skills to become effective engineering leaders.
Professor Michael B. Silevitch Robert D. Black Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering Northeastern University CitationFor developing an innovative method to provide graduate engineers with the necessary personal skills to become effective engineering leaders.
Dr. John P. Collier Myron Tribus Professor of Engineering Innovation Thayer School of Engineering at Dartmouth College CitationFor creating an integrated program in engineering innovation from undergraduate through doctorate to prepare students for engineering leadership.