Penn Materials Scientist Wayne Worrell Awarded
Edward Goodrich Acheson Medal
November 8, 2004
 PHILADELPHIA
-- University of Pennsylvania Professor Wayne Worrell has
received the 2004 Edward Goodrich Acheson Award at the 206th
Meeting of the Electrochemical Society. The award consists
of a gold medal and $10,000.
Worrell, who joined the faculty in the Department of Materials
Science and Engineering in Penn School of Engineering and
Applied Sciences in 1965, received the award in recognition
of his scientific achievements and outstanding service to
the materials-science community.
The award was founded in 1928, by Edward G. Acheson, the
Society sixth president. Worrell is the 37th person to receive
the award and the first from Penn.
Worrell runs an internationally known research group in high-temperature
materials chemistry. He has published more than 110 scientific
papers, has 10 patents and has directed 27 doctoral theses.
His current research includes the properties and novel applications
in the emerging field of solid oxide fuel cells.
Contact:
Greg Lester
215.573.6604
glester@pobox.upenn.edu
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