Lemelson-MIT Prize 68776 225426287 2008-07-13T17:07:10Z Easchiff 1847279 /* 2004 */ fixed link to Flanigen The '''$500,000 Lemelson-MIT Prize''', presented by the [[Lemelson-MIT Program]] (endowed in [[1994]] by [[Jerome H. Lemelson]], and administered through the [[Massachusetts Institute of Technology]]) is awarded yearly to [[inventor]]s from the [[United States]] for outstanding achievement. The winner receives $500,000, making it the largest cash prize for [[invention]] in the U.S. From 1995 through 2006, the $100,000 Lemelson-MIT Lifetime Achievement Award and the $30,000 Lemelson-MIT Student Prize were also presented along with the Lemelson-MIT prize. In 2007 the Lifetime Achievement award was replaced with the $100,000 Lemelson-MIT Award for Sustainability. Also introduced in 2007 were two additional $30,000 student prizes to be awarded at [[Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute]] and the [[University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign]]. == List of winners == ===2008=== * [[Joseph DeSimone (inventor)|Joseph DeSimone]] (Lemelson-MIT Prize) * [[Martin Fisher (inventor)|Martin Fisher]] (Lemelson-MIT Award for Sustainability) * [[Timothy Lu]] (Lemelson-MIT Student Prize) * [[Martin Schubert]] (Lemelson-Rensselaer Prize) * [[Patrick Walsh]] (Lemelson-Illinois Student Prize) ===2007=== * [[Timothy Swager]] (Lemelson-MIT Prize) * [[Lee Lynd]] (Lemelson-MIT Award for Sustainability) * [[Nathan Ball]] (Lemelson-MIT Student Prize) * [[Brian Schulkin]] (Lemelson-Rensselaer Student Prize) * [[Michael Callahan]] (Lemelson-Illinois Student Prize) ===2006=== * [[James Fergason]] (Lemelson-MIT Prize) for his liquid crystal display innovations. * [[Sidney Pestka]] (Lemelson-MIT Lifetime Achievement Award) * [[Carl Dietrich]] (Lemelson-MIT Student Prize) ===2005=== * [[Elwood "Woody" Norris]] (Lemelson-MIT Prize) for his invention of a hypersonic sound system, which allows sound to be focused with laser-like precision. * [[Robert Dennard]] (Lemelson-MIT Lifetime Achievement Award) * [[David Berry]] (Lemelson-MIT Student Prize) ===2004=== * [[Nick Holonyak]], Jr. (Lemelson-MIT Prize) * [[Edith M. Flanigen]] (Lemelson-MIT Lifetime Achievement Award) * [[Saul Griffith]] (Lemelson-MIT Student Prize) ===2003=== * [[Leroy Hood]] (Lemelson-MIT Prize) for his invention of four devices that have helped unlock the human genome, including the automated DNA sequencer. * [[William Murphy, Jr]] (Lemelson-MIT Lifetime Achievement Award) * [[James McLurkin]] (Lemelson-MIT Student Prize)[http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/sciencenow/3204/03.html 10-min. video about him] on [[NOVA scienceNOW]] ===2002=== * [[Dean Kamen]] (Lemelson-MIT Prize) for his invention of the [[Segway]] and of an infusion pump for diabetics. * [[Ruth R. Benerito]] (Lemelson-MIT Lifetime Achievement Award) * [[Andrew Heafitz]] (Lemelson-MIT Student Prize) * [[Kavita Shukla]] (Lemelson-MIT Invention Apprentice) ===2001=== * [[Raymond Kurzweil]] (Lemelson-MIT Prize]) * [[Raymond Damadian]] (Lemelson-MIT Lifetime Achievement Award) for his work in magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). * [[Brian Hubert]] (Lemelson-MIT Student Prize) * [[Jordan Sand]] (Lemelson-MIT Invention Apprentice) ===2000=== * [[Thomas Fogarty]] (Lemelson-MIT Prize) * [[Al Gross]] (Lemelson-MIT Lifetime Achievement Award) for his invention of the first walkie-talkie, CB radio, the telephone pager, and the cordless telephone. * [[Amy Smith]] (Lemelson-MIT Student Prize) * [[Charles Johnson (inventor)|Charles Johnson]] (Lemelson-MIT Invention Apprentice) * [[Michael Lim]], [[Jalal Khan]], and [[Thomas Murphy (MIT)|Thomas Murphy]] (Lemelson-MIT Student Team Prize, one time award) ===1999=== * [[Carver Mead]] (Lemelson-MIT Prize) * [[Stephanie Kwolek]] (Lemelson-MIT Lifetime Achievement Award) for her work on liquid-crystalline polymers and the development of the armored fabric [[Kevlar]]. * [[Daniel DiLorenzo]] (Lemelson-MIT Student Prize) * [[Krysta Morlan]] (Lemelson-MIT Invention Apprentice) ===1998=== * [[Robert Langer]] (Lemelson-MIT Prize) * [[Jacob Rabinow]] (Lemelson-MIT Lifetime Achievement Award) for the first disc-shaped magnetic storage media for computers, the magnetic particle clutch, the first straight-line phonograph, the first self-regulating clock, and a "reading machine" which was the first to use the "best match" principle. * [[Akhil Madhani]] (Lemelson-MIT Student Prize) ===1997=== * [[Douglas Engelbart]] (Lemelson-MIT Prize) for his invention of the computer mouse. * [[Gertrude Elion]] (Lemelson-MIT Lifetime Achievement Award) for the following inventions: **6-mercaptopurine (Purinethol), the first treatment for leukemia. **azathioprine (Imuran), the first immuno-suppressive agent, used for organ transplants. **allopurinol (Zyloprim), for gout. **pyrimethamine (Daraprim), for malaria. **trimethoprim (Septra), for meningitis, septicemia, and bacterial infections of the urinary and respiratory tracts. **acyclovir (Zovirax), for viral herpes. * [[Nathan Kane]] (Lemelson-MIT Student Prize) ===1996=== * [[Stanley N. Cohen|Stanley Cohen]] (Co-recipient, Lemelson-MIT Prize) for the development of methods to combine and transplant genes. * [[Herbert Boyer]] (Co-recipient, Lemelson-MIT Prize) for the development of methods to combine and transplant genes. * [[Wilson Greatbatch]] (Lemelson-MIT Lifetime Achievement Award) for the development of batteries for the early implantable cardiac pacemakers. * [[David Levy]] (Lemelson-MIT Student Prize) ===1995=== * [[William Bolander]] (Lemelson-MIT Prize) * [[William Hewlett]] (Co-recipient, Lemelson-MIT Lifetime Achievement Award) * [[David Packard]] (Co-recipient, Lemelson-MIT Lifetime Achievement Award) * [[Thomas Massie]] (Lemelson-MIT Student Prize) ==See also== *[[Lemelson-MIT Program]] *[[Jerome H. Lemelson]] ==External links== *[http://web.mit.edu/invent/index.html Lemelson-MIT Program Official Web site] *[http://web.mit.edu/invent/a-winners.html Lemelson-MIT Program: Winner's Circle] [[Category:Lemelson-MIT Program]] [[Category:Lemelson-MIT Prize]] [[Category:Invention awards]] [[Category:Massachusetts Institute of Technology]] [[es:Premio Lemelson-MIT]]