Lemelson-MIT Prize
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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]
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