2022 Waterman Award

2022 年沃特曼奖

• 批准号: 2229575
• 负责人: Lara Thompson
• 金额: $ 100万
• 依托单位: University of the District of Columbia
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2022
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2022-08-01 至 2027-07-31
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2229575&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: 2022; Waterman; Award

The National Science Foundation (NSF) named Dr. Lara A. Thompson, Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering at the University of the District of Columbia, one of three 2022 Alan T. Waterman Award recipients. This award is NSF's highest honor that annually recognizes an outstanding researcher who is 40 years or younger or not more than 10 years beyond receipt of the Ph.D. degree, by December 31 of the year of the nomination. The award funds the recipient's research in any field of science or engineering. This year, each awardee will receive a $1 million grant over a five-year period for further advanced study in his or her field.Dr. Thompson is recognized for her innovative research that combines multidisciplinary approaches in engineering, sensor technology, and sensory-motor physiology to investigate and improve clinical diagnostics on human posture, gait, and balance for those impaired by age, trauma, and disease. The revolutionary approaches developed by Thompson are advancing the field of rehabilitation engineering and biomechanics and improving the quality-of-life for mobility impaired populations.Dr. Thompson has trailblazed new research initiatives and educational programs and spearheaded new infrastructure tied to biomedical engineering. In many of her 59 publications, undergraduate research assistants are co-authors. She received a Diverse Issues in Higher Education Emerging Scholar National Award in 2017 and a Black Engineer of the Year STEM innovator Award in 2019. She was a featured alumna in the Fall 2019 edition of Harvard Otolaryngology magazine: "Finding the right balance between research and medicine." She was a featured scientist in three U.S. National Science Foundation events: 1) a 2021 distinguished panel discussion titled "Black Scientists & Engineers at Our Nation's HBCUs: Making American History Now;" 2) the 2020 Presentation to Congress: Broadening Participation in STEM sponsored by the United States House Committee on Science, Space and Technology; and 3) the 2019 "Science Nation" video "Research immerses HBCU undergrads in biomedical engineering."Dr. Thompson earned her Bachelor of Science degree in mechanical engineering from the University of Massachusetts Lowell, followed by a Master of Science degree in aeronautical and astronautical engineering at Stanford University and a doctoral degree in biomedical engineering from the Harvard-MIT Program in Health Sciences and Technology. Her doctoral research was the first to demonstrate that a vestibular-based sensory prosthetic can improve the ability to maintain balance.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.

美国国家科学基金会（NSF）任命哥伦比亚特区大学机械工程副教授Lara A. Thompson博士为2022年Alan T. Waterman奖三位获奖者之一。该奖项是美国国家科学基金会的最高荣誉，每年表彰40岁或以下或不超过10年的杰出研究人员，在提名当年的12月31日之前获得博士学位。该奖项资助获得者在任何科学或工程领域的研究。今年，每位获奖者将获得100万美元的资助，为期五年，用于在他或她的领域进一步深造。她的创新研究结合了工程学、传感器技术和感觉运动生理学的多学科方法，研究并改善了因年龄、创伤和疾病而受损的人的人体姿势、步态和平衡的临床诊断。汤普森开发的革命性方法正在推动康复工程和生物力学领域的发展，并改善行动不便人群的生活质量。汤普森开创了新的研究计划和教育项目，并率先建立了与生物医学工程相关的新基础设施。在她发表的59篇论文中，许多都有本科生研究助理参与撰写。她在2017年获得了高等教育新兴学者国家奖的多元化问题，并在2019年获得了年度STEM创新奖的黑人工程师。她是《哈佛耳鼻喉科学》杂志2019年秋季版的专题校友：“在研究和医学之间找到适当的平衡。”她是三次美国国家科学基金会活动的特邀科学家：1)2021年题为“我们国家HBCUs的黑人科学家和工程师：现在创造美国历史”的杰出小组讨论；2)由美国众议院科学、空间和技术委员会主办的2020年国会报告：扩大对STEM的参与；3) 2019年“科学国度”视频“研究让HBCU本科生沉浸在生物医学工程中”。Thompson获得the University of Massachusetts Lowell的机械工程学士学位，随后获得Stanford University的航空和航天工程硕士学位，以及Harvard-MIT Health Science and Technology项目的生物医学工程博士学位。她的博士研究首次证明，基于前庭的感觉假肢可以提高保持平衡的能力。该奖项反映了美国国家科学基金会的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的知识价值和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。