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Lemelson–MIT Prize

Lemelson–MIT Prize is a science topic covered in the lgStudy science library. This page brings together a partial reference excerpt, illustrations, worked examples, real-world applications and a short study plan, so you can understand Lemelson–MIT Prize rather than just read about it. In short: The Lemelson–MIT Program awards several prizes yearly to inventors in the United States. The largest is the Lemelson–MIT Prize which was endowed in 1994 by Jerome H.

Key takeaways

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Reference excerpt

The Lemelson–MIT Program awards several prizes yearly to inventors in the United States. The largest is the Lemelson–MIT Prize which was endowed in 1994 by Jerome H. Lemelson, funded by the Lemelson Foundation, and is administered through the School of Engineering at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. The winner receives $500,000, making it the largest cash prize for invention in the U.S. The $100,000 Lemelson–MIT Award for Global Innovation (previously named the Award for Sustainability) was last awarded in 2013. The Award for Global Innovation replaced the $100,000 Lemelson–MIT Lifetime Achievement Award, which was awarded from 1995 to 2006. The Lifetime Achievement Award recognized outstanding individuals whose pioneering spirit and inventiveness throughout their careers improved society and inspired others. The Lemelson–MIT Program also awards invention prizes for graduate students, called the Lemelson–MIT Student Prize.

List of Lemelson–MIT Prize winners

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2019 Cody Friesen (Lemelson–MIT Prize) 2018 Luis von Ahn (Lemelson–MIT Prize) 2017 Feng Zhang (Lemelson–MIT Prize) 2016 Ramesh Raskar (Lemelson–MIT Prize) 2015 Jay Whitacre (Lemelson–MIT Prize) 2014 Sangeeta N. Bhatia (Lemelson–MIT Prize) 2013 Angela Belcher (Lemelson–MIT Prize) Rebecca Richards-Kortum and Maria Oden (Lemelson–MIT Award for Global Innovation) 2012 Stephen Quake (Lemelson–MIT Prize) (Scientist, Inventor, Entrepreneur, Professor of Biophysics and Genomics at Stanford University) Ashok Gadgil (Lemelson–MIT Award for Global Innovation) 2011 John A. Rogers (Lemelson–MIT Prize) (Professor, Physical Chemist, and Materials Scientist at Northwestern University) Elizabeth Hausler (Lemelson–MIT Award for Sustainability) 2010 Carolyn Bertozzi (Lemelson–MIT Prize) BP Agrawal (Lemelson–MIT Award for Sustainability) 2009 Chad Mirkin (Lemelson–MIT Prize), George B. Rathmann Professor of Chemistry, Professor of Medicine, Professor of Materials Science and Engineering, Professor of Biomedical Engineering, and Professor of Chemical and Biological Engineering, and Director of the International Institute for Nanotechnology and Center for Nanofabrication and Molecular Self-Assembly at Northwestern University Joel Selanikio (Lemelson–MIT Award for Sustainability), CEO and co-founder, Magpi, and Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Georgetown University Hospital 2008 Joseph DeSimone (Lemelson–MIT Prize) Martin Fisher (Lemelson–MIT Award for Sustainability) 2007 Timothy M. Swager (Lemelson–MIT Prize) Lee Lynd (Lemelson–MIT Award for Sustainability) 2006 James Fergason (Lemelson–MIT Prize) for his liquid crystal display innovations. Sidney Pestka (Lemelson–MIT Lifetime Achievement Award) 2005 Robert Dennard (Lemelson–MIT Lifetime Achievement Award) 2004 Nick Holonyak Jr. (Lemelson–MIT Prize) (John Bardeen Endowed Chair Emeritus in Electrical and Computer Engineering and Physics at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign) Edith M. Flanigen (Lemelson–MIT Lifetime Achievement Award) 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 P. Murphy Jr. (Lemelson–MIT Lifetime Achievement Award) 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) 2001 Raymond Kurzweil (Lemelson–MIT Prize) (Author, Computer scientist, Inventor and Futurist at Google) Raymond Damadian (Lemelson–MIT Lifetime Achievement Award) for his work in magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). 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. 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. 1998 Robert Langer (Lemelson–MIT Prize) (David H. Koch Institute Professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology) 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. 1997 Douglas Engelbart (Lemelson–MIT Prize) (computer and Internet pioneer) 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 immunosuppressive agent, used for organ transplants. allopurinol (Zyloprim), for gout. pyrimethamine (Daraprim), for malaria. trimethoprim (Septra), for meningitis, sepsis, and bacterial infections of the urinary and respiratory tracts. acyclovir (Zovirax), for herpes simplex virus infection. 1996 Stanley Norman 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. 1995 William Bolander (Lemelson–MIT Prize) William Hewlett (Co-recipient, Lemelson–MIT Lifetime Achievement Award) David Packard (Co-recipient, Lemelson–MIT Lifetime Achievement Award)

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Illustrations

Lemelson–MIT Prize: Chad Mirkin — Chad Mirkin

Worked examples

Example 1 — a first encounter with Lemelson–MIT Prize

Start with the simplest possible case. Write down what Lemelson–MIT Prize claims or describes in one sentence, then invent the smallest concrete situation in which that sentence is true. In science, the smallest case is usually a single object, a single equation or a single measurement. Check that every symbol or term in your sentence has a meaning in that case.

Example 2 — changing one variable

Take the situation from Example 1 and change exactly one quantity: double it, halve it, or set it to zero. Predict what should happen to Lemelson–MIT Prize before you calculate. Comparing your prediction with the result is the fastest way to find out whether you understand the idea or only the words.

Example 3 — an exam-style question

Typical questions about Lemelson–MIT Prize ask you to (a) state it precisely, (b) apply it to given data, and (c) explain a limitation. Practise writing all three answers in under five minutes; the third part is what separates a full-mark answer from an average one.

Applications of Lemelson–MIT Prize

In research: Lemelson–MIT Prize appears in science research whenever the underlying quantities have to be modelled precisely. Papers usually cite it as a starting assumption and then explore where it breaks down.
In technology and industry: Engineering practice reuses Lemelson–MIT Prize in design rules, simulations and safety margins. Knowing the idea lets you read a specification sheet and understand why the numbers look the way they do.
In the classroom: Lemelson–MIT Prize is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics Invention awards, Lemelson–MIT Prize, Lifetime achievement awards, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
In everyday life: Look for Lemelson–MIT Prize outside the textbook — in sport, cooking, traffic, electronics or the sky above you. An example you found yourself is remembered far longer than one you were given.

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Frequently asked questions

What is Lemelson–MIT Prize in simple terms?

The Lemelson–MIT Program awards several prizes yearly to inventors in the United States. The largest is the Lemelson–MIT Prize which was endowed in 1994 by Jerome H.

Why does Lemelson–MIT Prize matter?

Because it connects several science ideas at once: it gives you a definition you can apply, a quantity you can calculate, and a way to check whether a result is plausible.

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Read the excerpt, restate it from memory, then work through the examples and applications listed on this page. The five-step study plan above takes about twenty minutes.

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