The George H. Heilmeier Award

The George H. Heilmeier Faculty Award for Excellence in Research

The School of Engineering and Applied Science established this award for the purpose of encouraging and recognizing excellence in scholarly activities of the faculty. Named in honor of George H. Heilmeier, it recognizes his extraordinary research career, his leadership in technical innovation and public service, and his loyal and steadfast support of Penn Engineering.

Recipients of the George H. Heilmeier Award:

2006-07 Pedro Ponte Castañeda - homogenization theory for estimating effective mechanical behavior of nonlinear, heterogeneous materials

2005-06 Dawn A. Bonnell - for significant contributions in nanolithography and nanostructure assembly

2004-05 Michael Kearns - new algorithmic ideas in game theory and machine learning

2003-04 Dennis E. Discher and Daniel A. Hammer - polymersomes, discovery and characterization

2002-03 David E. Luzzi - carbon nanotubes and "peapods"

2001-02 Raymond J. Gorte - solid oxide fuel cells