Washington Award
| Washington Award | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Utdeler | American Institute of Mining, Metallurgical, and Petroleum Engineers, American Nuclear Society, American Society of Civil Engineers, American Society of Mechanical Engineers | ||
| Innstiftet | 1916 | ||
| Land | USA | ||
| Nettsted | www | ||
Washington Award er en amerikansk ingeniørvitenskapspris.
Fra 1916 har den blitt delt årlig for «prestasjoner som fremmer lykke, komfort og velvære for menneskeheten». Den deles i fellesskap av følgende foreninger innen ingeniørvitenskap: American Institute of Mining, Metallurgical, and Petroleum Engineers, American Nuclear Society, American Society of Civil Engineers, American Society of Mechanical Engineers, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, National Society of Professional Engineers, og Western Society of Engineers (som administrerer prisen).
Mottakere (utvalg)
[rediger | rediger kilde]- Herbert Hoover, 1919
- Orville Wright, 1927
- Charles F. Kettering, 1936
- Frederick Gardner Cottrell, 1937
- Henry Ford, 1944
- John L. Savage, 1949
- Lillian Moller Gilbreth, 1954
- H.G. Rickover, 1970
- Dixy Lee Ray, 1978
- Neil Armstrong, 1980
- Stephen D. Bechtel, 1985
- John H. Sununu, 1990
- Wilson Greatbatch, 1996
- Donna Lee Shirley, 2000
- Dan Bricklin, 2001
- Bob Frankston, 2001
- Richard J. Robbins, 2002
- Eugene Cernan, 2003
- Nick Holonyak, 2004
- Robert S. Langer, 2005
- Henry Petroski, 2006
- Michael J. Birck, 2007
- Dean Kamen, 2008
- Clyde N. Baker, 2009
- Alvy Ray Smith, 2010