2012 Waterman Award

2012年沃特曼奖

• 批准号: 1251729
• 负责人: Robert Wood
• 金额: $ 100万
• 依托单位: Harvard University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2012
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2012-10-01 至 2018-09-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1251729&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: 2012; Waterman; Award

The National Science Foundation (NSF) is pleased to announce the selection of Harvard University?s Robert Wood, an Associate Professor of the School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, to receive its 2012 Alan T. Waterman Award. Dr. Wood is a core faculty member of the Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering. The Waterman Award is the National Science Foundation's (NSF) highest honor. The annual award recognizes outstanding researchers under the age of 35 in any field of science or engineering that NSF supports. This is the first year that two awardees have been selected. In addition to a medal, each of this year's awardees will receive a $1 million grant---twice the amount of last year's award---over a five-year period for further advanced study in his field. Professor Wood, is founder of the Harvard Microrobotics Lab, which leverages expertise in microfabrication for the development of biologically-inspired robots with feature sizes on the micrometer to centimeter scale. His team?s project to develop robotic flying insects received an NSF Expeditions in Computing Award in 2009. His other awards include being named to MIT?s TR35?MIT Technology Review magazine?s annual list of the world?s top 35 innovators under the age of 35, and the 2010 NSF Presidential Early Career Award For Scientists and Engineers. His research is an intriguing example of the interplay of biology and engineering.

美国国家科学基金会（NSF）很高兴地宣布选择哈佛大学？工程与应用科学学院副教授罗伯特·伍德（Robert Wood）接受了2012年艾伦·T·沃特曼奖Wood博士是Wessels生物启发工程研究所的核心教员。沃特曼奖是美国国家科学基金会（NSF）的最高荣誉。该年度奖项旨在表彰NSF支持的任何科学或工程领域35岁以下的杰出研究人员。这是第一次有两名获奖者被选中。除了一枚奖章外，今年的获奖者还将获得100万美元的资助，这是去年奖金的两倍，用于在五年内在其领域进行进一步的高级研究。伍德教授是哈佛微机器人实验室的创始人，该实验室利用微制造方面的专业知识，开发出特征尺寸在微米到厘米尺度上的生物启发机器人。 他的团队？2009年，该公司开发机器人飞虫的项目获得了美国国家科学基金会计算探险奖。 他的其他奖项包括被任命为麻省理工学院？是TR35吗？麻省理工科技评论杂志？世界年度排行榜？美国35岁以下的35位创新者，以及2010年美国国家科学基金会科学家和工程师总统早期职业奖。 他的研究是生物学和工程学相互作用的一个有趣的例子。