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Kamen – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Dean Kamen" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo mw-list-item"><a href="https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dean_Kamen" title="Dean Kamen – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="Dean Kamen" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Esperanto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dean_Kamen" title="Dean Kamen – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="Dean Kamen" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="Basque" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Euskara</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AF%DB%8C%D9%86_%DA%A9%D8%A7%D9%85%D9%86" title="دین کامن – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="دین کامن" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dean_Kamen" title="Dean Kamen – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Dean Kamen" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EB%94%98_%EC%BC%80%EC%9D%B4%EB%A8%BC" title="딘 케이먼 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="딘 케이먼" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hy mw-list-item"><a href="https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D4%B4%D5%AB%D5%B6_%D5%94%D5%A5%D5%B5%D5%B4%D5%A5%D5%B6" title="Դին Քեյմեն – Armenian" 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.mw-parser-output .infobox-table th,body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table td{padding-left:inherit;padding-right:inherit}}</style><table class="infobox biography vcard"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above" style="font-size:125%;"><div class="fn">Dean Kamen</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Dean_Kamen_visits_Team_Whiteman_160426-F-TQ704-039_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/82/Dean_Kamen_visits_Team_Whiteman_160426-F-TQ704-039_%28cropped%29.jpg/220px-Dean_Kamen_visits_Team_Whiteman_160426-F-TQ704-039_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="213" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/82/Dean_Kamen_visits_Team_Whiteman_160426-F-TQ704-039_%28cropped%29.jpg/330px-Dean_Kamen_visits_Team_Whiteman_160426-F-TQ704-039_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/82/Dean_Kamen_visits_Team_Whiteman_160426-F-TQ704-039_%28cropped%29.jpg/440px-Dean_Kamen_visits_Team_Whiteman_160426-F-TQ704-039_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1181" data-file-height="1145" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption">Kamen at <a href="/wiki/Whiteman_Air_Force_Base" title="Whiteman Air Force Base">Whiteman Air Force Base</a> on April 26, 2016</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Born</th><td class="infobox-data"><div style="display:inline" class="nickname">Dean Lawrence Kamen</div><br /><span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday">1951-04-05</span>) </span>April 5, 1951<span class="noprint ForceAgeToShow"> (age 73)</span><sup id="cite_ref-mit_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-mit-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><br /><div style="display:inline" class="birthplace"><a href="/wiki/Rockville_Centre,_New_York" title="Rockville Centre, New York">Rockville Centre, New York</a>, U.S.<sup id="cite_ref-mit_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-mit-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Nationality</th><td class="infobox-data category">American</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Known for</th><td class="infobox-data">Invention of the <a href="/wiki/IBOT" title="IBOT">iBot Wheelchair</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Segway_PT" class="mw-redirect" title="Segway PT">Segway</a> and founder of <a href="/wiki/For_Inspiration_and_Recognition_of_Science_and_Technology" title="For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology">FIRST</a><br /><a href="/wiki/North_Dumpling_Island" title="North Dumpling Island">North Dumpling Island</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Awards</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Hoover_Medal" title="Hoover Medal">Hoover Medal</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(1995)</span><br /> <p><a href="/wiki/Heinz_Award" class="mw-redirect" title="Heinz Award">Heinz Award</a> in Technology, the Economy and Employment <span style="font-size:85%;"> (1999)</span><br /> <a href="/wiki/National_Medal_of_Technology_and_Innovation" title="National Medal of Technology and Innovation">National Medal of Technology and Innovation</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(2000)</span><br /> <a href="/wiki/Lemelson%E2%80%93MIT_Prize" title="Lemelson–MIT Prize">Lemelson–MIT Prize</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(2002)</span><br /> <a href="/wiki/ASME_Medal" title="ASME Medal">ASME Medal</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(2007)</span><br /> Lindbergh Award <span style="font-size:85%;">(2011)</span><br /> </p> <a href="/wiki/The_Tech_Awards" title="The Tech Awards">Global Humanitarian Award</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(2013)</span></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Dean Lawrence Kamen</b> (<span class="rt-commentedText nowrap"><span class="IPA nopopups noexcerpt" lang="en-fonipa"><a href="/wiki/Help:IPA/English" title="Help:IPA/English">/<span style="border-bottom:1px dotted"><span title="/ˈ/: primary stress follows">ˈ</span><span title="'k' in 'kind'">k</span><span title="/eɪ/: 'a' in 'face'">eɪ</span><span title="'m' in 'my'">m</span><span title="/ɪ/: 'i' in 'kit'">ɪ</span><span title="'n' in 'nigh'">n</span></span>/</a></span></span>; born April 5, 1951) is an American engineer, inventor, and businessman. He is known for his invention of the <a href="/wiki/Segway_PT" class="mw-redirect" title="Segway PT">Segway</a> and <a href="/wiki/IBOT" title="IBOT">iBOT</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-:2_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:2-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> as well as founding the non-profit organization <a href="/wiki/For_Inspiration_and_Recognition_of_Science_and_Technology" title="For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology">FIRST</a> with <a href="/wiki/Woodie_Flowers" title="Woodie Flowers">Woodie Flowers</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Cullinane,_Maeve_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Cullinane,_Maeve-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Kamen holds over 1,000 patents.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Early_life_and_family">Early life and family</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Dean_Kamen&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Early life and family"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Kamen was born on <a href="/wiki/Long_Island" title="Long Island">Long Island</a>, <a href="/wiki/New_York_(state)" title="New York (state)">New York</a>, to a <a href="/wiki/Jewish" class="mw-redirect" title="Jewish">Jewish</a> family.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> His father was <a href="/wiki/Jack_Kamen" title="Jack Kamen">Jack Kamen</a>, an illustrator for <i><a href="/wiki/Mad_(magazine)" title="Mad (magazine)">Mad</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/Weird_Science_(comic)" class="mw-redirect" title="Weird Science (comic)">Weird Science</a></i> and other <a href="/wiki/EC_Comics" title="EC Comics">EC Comics</a> publications. During his teenage years, Kamen was already being paid for his ideas; local bands and museums paid him to build light and sound systems. His annual earnings reached $60,000 before his high school graduation.<sup id="cite_ref-:2_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:2-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>He attended <a href="/wiki/Worcester_Polytechnic_Institute" title="Worcester Polytechnic Institute">Worcester Polytechnic Institute</a>, but in 1976<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> quit before graduating, after five years of private advanced research for the <a href="/wiki/Insulin_pump" title="Insulin pump">insulin pump</a> AutoSyringe.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Career">Career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Dean_Kamen&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Clinton-kamen.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7a/Clinton-kamen.jpg/220px-Clinton-kamen.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="285" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7a/Clinton-kamen.jpg/330px-Clinton-kamen.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7a/Clinton-kamen.jpg/440px-Clinton-kamen.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1500" data-file-height="1944" /></a><figcaption>President <a href="/wiki/Bill_Clinton" title="Bill Clinton">Bill Clinton</a> and Kamen in the <a href="/wiki/White_House" title="White House">White House</a>, Kamen riding the <a href="/wiki/IBOT" title="IBOT">iBOT</a> Mobility System</figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Inventions">Inventions</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Dean_Kamen&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Inventions"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Kamen is known best for inventing the product that eventually became known as the <a href="/wiki/Segway_PT" class="mw-redirect" title="Segway PT">Segway PT</a>, an electric, self-balancing human transporter with a computer-controlled <a href="/wiki/Gyroscope" title="Gyroscope">gyroscopic</a> stabilization and control system. The device is balanced on two parallel wheels and is controlled by moving body weight. The machine's development was the object of much speculation and hype after segments of a book quoting <a href="/wiki/Steve_Jobs" title="Steve Jobs">Steve Jobs</a> and other notable <a href="/wiki/Information_technology" title="Information technology">information technology</a> visionaries espousing its society-revolutionizing potential were leaked in December 2001.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Kamen was already a successful inventor: his company <i>Auto Syringe</i> manufactures and markets the first drug <a href="/wiki/Infusion_pump" title="Infusion pump">infusion pump</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-CodeNG_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CodeNG-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page / location: 13">: 13 </span></sup> His company <a href="/wiki/DEKA_(company)" title="DEKA (company)"> DEKA</a> also holds patents for the technology used in portable <a href="/wiki/Kidney_dialysis" title="Kidney dialysis">dialysis</a> machines, an insulin pump (based on the drug infusion pump technology),<sup id="cite_ref-CodeNG_11-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CodeNG-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page / location: 19">: 19 </span></sup> and an all-terrain electric <a href="/wiki/Wheelchair" title="Wheelchair">wheelchair</a> known as the <a href="/wiki/IBOT" title="IBOT">iBOT</a>, using many of the same gyroscopic balancing technologies that later made their way into the Segway. </p> <figure class="mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Dean_kamen.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/Dean_kamen.jpg/200px-Dean_kamen.jpg" decoding="async" width="200" height="366" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/Dean_kamen.jpg/300px-Dean_kamen.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/bc/Dean_kamen.jpg 2x" data-file-width="386" data-file-height="707" /></a><figcaption>Kamen on one of his inventions, the Segway</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Kamen_still.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/07/Kamen_still.JPG/220px-Kamen_still.JPG" decoding="async" width="220" height="166" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/07/Kamen_still.JPG/330px-Kamen_still.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/07/Kamen_still.JPG/440px-Kamen_still.JPG 2x" data-file-width="770" data-file-height="581" /></a><figcaption>Kamen Stirling Generator 10 coupled to Water Still 12 (from <span><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://patents.google.com/patent/US7340879">U.S. patent 7,340,879</a></span>)</figcaption></figure> <p>Kamen has worked extensively on a project involving <a href="/wiki/Stirling_engine" title="Stirling engine">Stirling engine</a> designs, attempting to create two machines: one that would generate power, and the <a href="/wiki/Slingshot_(water_vapor_distillation_system)" title="Slingshot (water vapor distillation system)">Slingshot</a><sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> that would serve as a <a href="/wiki/Water_purification" title="Water purification">water purification</a> system.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He hopes the project will help improve living standards in developing countries.<sup id="cite_ref-wired_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-wired-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-guardian_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-guardian-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Kamen has a <a href="/wiki/Patent" title="Patent">patent</a> on his water purifier,<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and other patents pending. In 2014, the film <i>SlingShot</i> was released, detailing Kamen's quest to use his vapor compression distiller to fix the world's water crisis.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Kamen is also the co-inventor of a <a href="/wiki/Pneumatics" title="Pneumatics">compressed air</a> device that would launch a human into the air in order to quickly launch <a href="/wiki/SWAT" title="SWAT">SWAT</a> teams or other emergency workers to the roofs of tall, inaccessible buildings.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2009 Kamen stated that his company <a href="/wiki/DEKA_(company)" title="DEKA (company)">DEKA</a> was now working on <a href="/wiki/Solar_power" title="Solar power">solar powered</a> inventions.<sup id="cite_ref-guardian_15-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-guardian-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Kamen and DEKA also developed the DEKA Arm System or "<a href="/wiki/Luke_Arm" class="mw-redirect" title="Luke Arm">Luke</a>", a <a href="/wiki/Prosthetic" class="mw-redirect" title="Prosthetic">prosthetic</a> arm replacement that offers its user much more fine motor control than traditional prosthetic limbs. It was approved for use by the US <a href="/wiki/Food_and_Drug_Administration" title="Food and Drug Administration">Food and Drug Administration</a> (FDA) in May 2014, and DEKA is looking for partners to mass-produce the prosthesis.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="FIRST">FIRST</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Dean_Kamen&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: FIRST"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 1989, Kamen founded <a href="/wiki/For_Inspiration_and_Recognition_of_Science_and_Technology" title="For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology">FIRST</a> (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology), an organization intended to build students' interests in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (<a href="/wiki/Science,_technology,_engineering,_and_mathematics" title="Science, technology, engineering, and mathematics">STEM</a>). In 1992, working with MIT Professor Emeritus <a href="/wiki/Woodie_Flowers" title="Woodie Flowers">Woodie Flowers</a>, Kamen created the <a href="/wiki/FIRST_Robotics_Competition" title="FIRST Robotics Competition">FIRST Robotics Competition</a> (FRC), which evolved into an international competition that by 2020 had drawn 3,647 teams and more than 91,000 students.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEStone2007204–205_21-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEStone2007204–205-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Cullinane,_Maeve_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Cullinane,_Maeve-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>FIRST organizes robotics competition leagues for students in grades K-12, including FIRST LEGO League Discover for ages 4–6, <a href="/wiki/FIRST_Lego_League_Explore" title="FIRST Lego League Explore">FIRST LEGO League Explore</a> for younger elementary school students, <a href="/wiki/FIRST_Lego_League_Challenge" title="FIRST Lego League Challenge">FIRST LEGO League Challenge</a> for older elementary school and middle school students, <a href="/wiki/FIRST_Tech_Challenge" title="FIRST Tech Challenge">FIRST Tech Challenge</a> (FTC) for middle and high school students, and <a href="/wiki/FIRST_Robotics_Competition" title="FIRST Robotics Competition">FIRST Robotics Competition</a> (FRC) for high school students.<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2017, FIRST held its first Olympics-style competition – FGC (<a href="/wiki/FIRST_Global_Challenge" title="FIRST Global Challenge">FIRST Global Challenge</a>) – in Washington, D.C. </p><p>In 2010, Kamen called FIRST the invention he is most proud of, and said that 1 million students had taken part in the contests.<sup id="cite_ref-Economist_24-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Economist-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Advanced_Regenerative_Manufacturing_Institute">Advanced Regenerative Manufacturing Institute</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Dean_Kamen&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Advanced Regenerative Manufacturing Institute"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 2017, Kamen founded the Advanced Regenerative Manufacturing Institute (ARMI)<sup id="cite_ref-:0_25-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and launched BioFabUSA,<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> a <a href="/wiki/Manufacturing_USA" title="Manufacturing USA">Manufacturing USA</a> Innovation Institute with an $80 million grant from the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Department_of_Defense" title="United States Department of Defense">Department of Defense</a>. BioFabUSA's mission is to "...<i>make practical the large-scale manufacturing of engineered tissues and tissue-related technologies, to benefit existing industries and grow new ones"</i><sup id="cite_ref-:0_25-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In addition to DoD funding, Kamen brought together a consortium of private sector entities to form a <a href="/wiki/Public%E2%80%93private_partnership" title="Public–private partnership">public-private partnership</a> which pledged $214M additional private dollars.<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In early 2020, ARMI was awarded a grant from the Department of Health and Human Services to establish the first Foundry for American Biotechnology,<sup id="cite_ref-:1_28-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> known as NextFab<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> "to produce technological solutions that help the United States protect against and respond to health security threats, enhance daily medical care, and add to the U.S. <a href="/wiki/Biobased_economy" class="mw-redirect" title="Biobased economy">bioeconomy</a>".<sup id="cite_ref-:1_28-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Awards">Awards</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Dean_Kamen&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Awards"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Kamen has won numerous awards. He was elected to the <a href="/wiki/National_Academy_of_Engineering" title="National Academy of Engineering">National Academy of Engineering</a> in 1997 for inventing and commercializing biomedical devices and fluid measurement and control systems, and for popularizing engineering among young people. In 1999 he was awarded the 5th Annual <a href="/wiki/Heinz_Award" class="mw-redirect" title="Heinz Award">Heinz Award</a> in Technology, the Economy and Employment,<sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and in 2000 received the National Medal of Technology from then <a href="/wiki/Bill_Clinton" title="Bill Clinton">President Clinton</a> for inventions that have advanced medical care worldwide. In April 2002, Kamen was awarded the <a href="/wiki/Lemelson-MIT_Prize" class="mw-redirect" title="Lemelson-MIT Prize">Lemelson-MIT Prize</a> for inventors, for his invention of the Segway and of an infusion pump for diabetics. In 2003 his "Project Slingshot", an inexpensive portable <a href="/wiki/Water_purification" title="Water purification">water purification</a> system, was named a runner-up for "coolest invention of 2003" by <i><a href="/wiki/Time_(magazine)" title="Time (magazine)">Time</a></i> magazine.<sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2005 he was inducted into the <a href="/wiki/National_Inventors_Hall_of_Fame" title="National Inventors Hall of Fame">National Inventors Hall of Fame</a> for his invention of the AutoSyringe. In 2006 Kamen was awarded the "Global Humanitarian Action Award" by the <a href="/wiki/United_Nations" title="United Nations">United Nations</a>. In 2007 he received the <a href="/wiki/ASME_Medal" title="ASME Medal">ASME Medal</a>, the highest award from the <a href="/wiki/American_Society_of_Mechanical_Engineers" title="American Society of Mechanical Engineers">American Society of Mechanical Engineers</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> in 2008 he was the recipient of the <a href="/wiki/IRI_Achievement_Award" title="IRI Achievement Award">IRI Achievement Award</a> from the <a href="/wiki/Industrial_Research_Institute" title="Industrial Research Institute">Industrial Research Institute</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and in 2011 Kamen was awarded the <a href="/wiki/Benjamin_Franklin_Medal_(Franklin_Institute)" class="mw-redirect" title="Benjamin Franklin Medal (Franklin Institute)">Benjamin Franklin Medal</a> in Mechanical Engineering of the <a href="/wiki/Franklin_Institute" title="Franklin Institute">Franklin Institute</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-35" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Kamen received an honorary Doctor of Engineering degree from Worcester Polytechnic Institute in 1992,<sup id="cite_ref-36" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute May 17, 1996,<sup id="cite_ref-37" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> a Doctor of Engineering degree from <a href="/wiki/Kettering_University" title="Kettering University">Kettering University</a> in 2001,<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (August 2019)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> an honorary Doctor of Science degree from <a href="/wiki/Clarkson_University" title="Clarkson University">Clarkson University</a> on May 13, 2001,<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (August 2019)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> an honorary "Doctor of Science" degree from the <a href="/wiki/University_of_Arizona" title="University of Arizona">University of Arizona</a> on May 16, 2009,<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (August 2019)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> and an honorary doctorate from the <a href="/wiki/Wentworth_Institute_of_Technology" title="Wentworth Institute of Technology">Wentworth Institute of Technology</a> when he spoke at the college's centennial celebration in 2004,<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (August 2019)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> and other honorary doctorates from <a href="/wiki/North_Carolina_State_University" title="North Carolina State University">North Carolina State University</a> in 2005,<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (August 2019)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> <a href="/wiki/Bates_College" title="Bates College">Bates College</a> in 2007,<sup id="cite_ref-38" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> the <a href="/wiki/Georgia_Institute_of_Technology" class="mw-redirect" title="Georgia Institute of Technology">Georgia Institute of Technology</a> in 2008,<sup id="cite_ref-39" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> the <a href="/wiki/Illinois_Institute_of_Technology" title="Illinois Institute of Technology">Illinois Institute of Technology</a> in 2008<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (August 2019)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> the <a href="/wiki/Plymouth_State_University" title="Plymouth State University">Plymouth State University</a> in May 2008<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (August 2019)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> and <a href="/wiki/Rose-Hulman_Institute_of_Technology" class="mw-redirect" title="Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology">Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology</a> in 2012.<sup id="cite_ref-40" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2015, Kamen received an honorary Doctor of Engineering and Technology degree from <a href="/wiki/Yale_University" title="Yale University">Yale University</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-41" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2017, Kamen was honored with an institutional honorary degree from <a href="/wiki/Universit%C3%A9_de_Sherbrooke" title="Université de Sherbrooke">Université de Sherbrooke</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-42" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Kamen received the Stevens Honor Award on November 6, 2009, given by the <a href="/wiki/Stevens_Institute_of_Technology" title="Stevens Institute of Technology">Stevens Institute of Technology</a> and the Stevens Alumni Association.<sup id="cite_ref-43" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On November 14, 2013, he received the James C. Morgan Global Humanitarian Award.<sup id="cite_ref-44" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Kamen received the 2018 Public Service Award from the <a href="/wiki/National_Science_Board" title="National Science Board">National Science Board</a>, honoring his exemplary public service and contributions to the public's understanding of science and engineering.<sup id="cite_ref-45" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Trivia">Trivia</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Dean_Kamen&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Trivia"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Will_I_Am_FIRST.TIF" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cf/Will_I_Am_FIRST.TIF/lossy-page1-220px-Will_I_Am_FIRST.TIF.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="146" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cf/Will_I_Am_FIRST.TIF/lossy-page1-330px-Will_I_Am_FIRST.TIF.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cf/Will_I_Am_FIRST.TIF/lossy-page1-440px-Will_I_Am_FIRST.TIF.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2240" data-file-height="1488" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Will.i.am" title="Will.i.am">Will.i.am</a> speaking at the 2011 <a href="/wiki/For_Inspiration_and_Recognition_of_Science_and_Technology" title="For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology">FIRST</a> kickoff at <a href="/wiki/Southern_New_Hampshire_University" title="Southern New Hampshire University">Southern New Hampshire University</a> with Kamen</figcaption></figure> <p>In 2007, his residence was a <a href="/wiki/Hexagon" title="Hexagon">hexagonal</a>, <a href="/wiki/Shed_style" title="Shed style">shed style</a> mansion he dubbed Westwind,<sup id="cite_ref-wired_14-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-wired-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> located in <a href="/wiki/Bedford,_New_Hampshire" title="Bedford, New Hampshire">Bedford, New Hampshire</a>, just outside <a href="/wiki/Manchester,_New_Hampshire" title="Manchester, New Hampshire">Manchester</a>. The house has at least four levels and is very eclectically conceived, with such things as: hallways resembling <a href="/wiki/Mine_shaft" class="mw-redirect" title="Mine shaft">mine shafts</a>; 1960s novelty furniture; a collection of vintage wheelchairs; <a href="/wiki/Spiral_staircase" class="mw-redirect" title="Spiral staircase">spiral staircases</a>; at least one <a href="/wiki/Secret_passage" title="Secret passage">secret passage</a>; an observation tower; a fully equipped machine shop; and a huge <a href="/wiki/Cast_iron" title="Cast iron">cast iron</a> <a href="/wiki/Steam_engine" title="Steam engine">steam engine</a> which once belonged to <a href="/wiki/Henry_Ford" title="Henry Ford">Henry Ford</a> (built into the multi-story center atrium of the house) which Kamen is working to convert into a <a href="/wiki/Stirling_engine" title="Stirling engine">Stirling engine</a>-powered <a href="/wiki/Kinetic_sculpture" class="mw-redirect" title="Kinetic sculpture">kinetic sculpture</a>.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (August 2019)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> Kamen owns and pilots an <a href="/wiki/Embraer_Phenom_300" title="Embraer Phenom 300">Embraer Phenom 300</a> light jet aircraft<sup id="cite_ref-46" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and three <a href="/wiki/Enstrom_Helicopter_Corporation" title="Enstrom Helicopter Corporation">Enstrom</a> helicopters, including a <a href="/wiki/Enstrom_280" class="mw-redirect" title="Enstrom 280">280FX</a>, a <a href="/wiki/Enstrom_480" title="Enstrom 480">480</a>, and a 480B.<sup id="cite_ref-47" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-aircraftinquiry1_48-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-aircraftinquiry1-48"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>48<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-49" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-49"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>49<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He regularly commutes to work via his helicopters and had a hangar built into his house.<sup id="cite_ref-50" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-50"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>50<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2016 he flew as a passenger in a <a href="/wiki/Northrop_Grumman_B-2_Spirit" class="mw-redirect" title="Northrop Grumman B-2 Spirit">B-2 Spirit bomber</a> at <a href="/wiki/Whiteman_Air_Force_Base" title="Whiteman Air Force Base">Whiteman AFB</a>, marking the opening of the <a href="/wiki/FIRST_Stronghold" title="FIRST Stronghold">2016 FRC World Championship</a> in St. Louis.<sup id="cite_ref-51" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-51"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>51<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>He is the main subject of <i>Code Name Ginger: the Story Behind Segway and Dean Kamen's Quest to Invent a New World</i>, a nonfiction narrative book by journalist Steve Kemper published by Harvard Business School Press in 2003 (released in paperback as <i>Reinventing the Wheel</i>).<sup id="cite_ref-CodeNG_11-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CodeNG-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>His company, DEKA, annually creates intricate mechanical presents for him. The company has created a robotic chess player, which is a mechanical arm attached to a chess board, and a vintage-looking computer with antique wood, and a converted typewriter as a keyboard. In addition, DEKA has received funding from <a href="/wiki/DARPA" title="DARPA">DARPA</a> to work on a brain-controlled prosthetic limb called the <a href="/wiki/Luke_Arm" class="mw-redirect" title="Luke Arm">Luke Arm</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-52" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-52"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>52<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Kamen is a member of the <a href="/wiki/USA_Science_and_Engineering_Festival" title="USA Science and Engineering Festival">USA Science and Engineering Festival</a>'s Advisory Board<sup id="cite_ref-53" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-53"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>53<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and is also a member of the Xconomists, an ad hoc team of editorial advisors for the tech news and media company, <a href="/wiki/Xconomy" title="Xconomy">Xconomy</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-54" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-54"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>54<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He is also on the Board of Trustees of the <a href="/wiki/X_Prize_Foundation" class="mw-redirect" title="X Prize Foundation">X Prize Foundation</a>. </p><p><i><a href="/wiki/Dean_of_Invention" title="Dean of Invention">Dean of Invention</a></i>, a TV show on <a href="/wiki/Planet_Green" class="mw-redirect" title="Planet Green">Planet Green</a>, premiered on October 22, 2010. It starred Kamen and correspondent <a href="/wiki/Joanne_Colan" title="Joanne Colan">Joanne Colan</a>, in which they investigate new technologies,<sup id="cite_ref-55" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-55"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>55<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Kamen was a keynote speaker at the 2015 Congress of Future Science and Technology Leaders.<sup id="cite_ref-56" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-56"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>56<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In the <a href="/wiki/2016_United_States_Senate_election_in_New_Hampshire" title="2016 United States Senate election in New Hampshire">2016 United States Senate election in New Hampshire</a>, Kamen endorsed <a href="/wiki/Kelly_Ayotte" title="Kelly Ayotte">Kelly Ayotte</a>, appearing in an ad supporting her. <sup id="cite_ref-57" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-57"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>57<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> 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Carlson">Hjalmar G. Carlson</a></li> <li>1922: <a href="/wiki/Frederick_A._Halsey" title="Frederick A. Halsey">Frederick A. Halsey</a></li> <li>1923: <a href="/wiki/John_R._Freeman" class="mw-redirect" title="John R. Freeman">John R. Freeman</a></li> <li>1926: <a href="/wiki/Robert_Andrews_Millikan" title="Robert Andrews Millikan">Robert Andrews Millikan</a></li> <li>1927: <a href="/wiki/Wilfred_Lewis" title="Wilfred Lewis">Wilfred Lewis</a></li> <li>1928: <a href="/wiki/Julian_Kennedy" title="Julian Kennedy">Julian Kennedy</a></li> <li>1930: <a href="/wiki/W._L._R._Emmet" class="mw-redirect" title="W. L. R. Emmet">W. L. R. Emmet</a></li> <li>1931: <a href="/wiki/Albert_Kingsbury" title="Albert Kingsbury">Albert Kingsbury</a></li> <li>1933: <a href="/wiki/Ambrose_Swasey" title="Ambrose Swasey">Ambrose Swasey</a></li> <li>1934: <a href="/wiki/Willis_Carrier" title="Willis Carrier">Willis Carrier</a></li> <li>1935: <a href="/wiki/Charles_T._Main" title="Charles T. Main">Charles T. Main</a></li> <li>1936: <a href="/wiki/Edward_Bausch" title="Edward Bausch">Edward Bausch</a></li> <li>1937: <a href="/wiki/Edward_P._Bullard_Jr." title="Edward P. Bullard Jr.">Edward P. Bullard Jr.</a></li> <li>1938: <a href="/wiki/Stephen_J._Pigott" title="Stephen J. Pigott">Stephen J. Pigott</a></li> <li>1939: <a href="/wiki/James_E._Gleason" title="James E. Gleason">James E. Gleason</a></li> <li>1940: <a href="/wiki/Charles_F._Kettering" title="Charles F. Kettering">Charles F. Kettering</a></li> <li>1941: <a href="/wiki/Theodore_von_K%C3%A1rm%C3%A1n" title="Theodore von Kármán">Theodore von Kármán</a></li> <li>1942: <a href="/wiki/Ervin_G._Bailey" title="Ervin G. Bailey">Ervin G. Bailey</a></li> <li>1943: <a href="/wiki/Lewis_K._Sillcox" title="Lewis K. Sillcox">Lewis K. Sillcox</a></li> <li>1944: <a href="/wiki/Edward_G._Budd" title="Edward G. Budd">Edward G. Budd</a></li> <li>1945: <a href="/wiki/William_F._Durand" title="William F. Durand">William F. Durand</a></li> <li>1946: <a href="/wiki/Morris_E._Leeds" title="Morris E. Leeds">Morris E. Leeds</a></li> <li>1947: <a href="/wiki/Paul_W._Kiefer" title="Paul W. Kiefer">Paul W. Kiefer</a></li> <li>1948: <a href="/wiki/Frederick_G._Keyes" title="Frederick G. Keyes">Frederick G. Keyes</a></li> <li>1949: <a href="/wiki/Fred_L._Dornbrook" title="Fred L. Dornbrook">Fred L. Dornbrook</a></li> <li>1950: <a href="/wiki/Harvey_C._Knowles" title="Harvey C. Knowles">Harvey C. Knowles</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1951–1975</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>1951: <a href="/wiki/Glenn_B._Warren" title="Glenn B. Warren">Glenn B. Warren</a></li> <li>1952: <a href="/wiki/Nevin_E._Funk" title="Nevin E. Funk">Nevin E. Funk</a></li> <li>1953: <a href="/wiki/Crosby_Field" title="Crosby Field">Crosby Field</a></li> <li>1954: <a href="/wiki/E._Burnley_Powell" title="E. Burnley Powell">E. Burnley Powell</a></li> <li>1955: <a href="/wiki/Granville_M._Read" title="Granville M. Read">Granville M. Read</a></li> <li>1956: <a href="/wiki/Harry_F._Vickers" class="mw-redirect" title="Harry F. Vickers">Harry F. Vickers</a></li> <li>1957: <a href="/wiki/Llewellyn_M._K._Boelter" title="Llewellyn M. K. Boelter">Llewellyn M. K. Boelter</a></li> <li>1958: <a href="/wiki/Wilbur_H._Armacost" title="Wilbur H. Armacost">Wilbur H. Armacost</a></li> <li>1959: <a href="/wiki/Martin_Frisch" title="Martin Frisch">Martin Frisch</a></li> <li>1960: <a href="/wiki/C._Richard_Soderberg" class="mw-redirect" title="C. Richard Soderberg">C. Richard Soderberg</a></li> <li>1962: <a href="/wiki/Philip_Sporn" title="Philip Sporn">Philip Sporn</a></li> <li>1963: <a href="/wiki/Igor_I._Sikorsky" class="mw-redirect" title="Igor I. Sikorsky">Igor I. Sikorsky</a></li> <li>1964: <a href="/wiki/Alan_Howard_(engineer)" title="Alan Howard (engineer)">Alan Howard</a></li> <li>1965: <a href="/wiki/Jan_Burgers" title="Jan Burgers">Jan Burgers</a></li> <li>1967: <a href="/wiki/Mayo_D._Hersey" title="Mayo D. Hersey">Mayo D. Hersey</a></li> <li>1968: <a href="/wiki/Samuel_C._Collins" class="mw-redirect" title="Samuel C. Collins">Samuel C. Collins</a></li> <li>1969: <a href="/wiki/Lloyd_H._Donnell" title="Lloyd H. Donnell">Lloyd H. Donnell</a></li> <li>1970: <a href="/wiki/Robert_R._Gilruth" title="Robert R. Gilruth">Robert R. Gilruth</a></li> <li>1971: <a href="/w/index.php?title=Horace_Smart_Beattie&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Horace Smart Beattie (page does not exist)">Horace Smart Beattie</a></li> <li>1972: <a href="/wiki/Waloddi_Weibull" title="Waloddi Weibull">Waloddi Weibull</a></li> <li>1973: <a href="/wiki/Christopher_C._Kraft_Jr." title="Christopher C. Kraft Jr.">Christopher C. Kraft Jr.</a></li> <li>1974: <a href="/wiki/Nicholas_J._Hoff" title="Nicholas J. Hoff">Nicholas J. Hoff</a></li> <li>1975: <a href="/wiki/Maxime_A._Faget" class="mw-redirect" title="Maxime A. Faget">Maxime A. Faget</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1976–2000</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>1976: <a href="/wiki/Raymond_D._Mindlin" title="Raymond D. Mindlin">Raymond D. Mindlin</a></li> <li>1977: <a href="/w/index.php?title=Robert_W._Mann&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Robert W. Mann (page does not exist)">Robert W. Mann</a></li> <li>1979: <a href="/wiki/Jacob_Pieter_Den_Hartog" title="Jacob Pieter Den Hartog">Jacob P. Den Hartog</a></li> <li>1980: <a href="/wiki/Soichiro_Honda" title="Soichiro Honda">Soichiro Honda</a></li> <li>1981: <a href="/w/index.php?title=Robert_S._Hahn&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Robert S. Hahn (page does not exist)">Robert S. Hahn</a></li> <li>1983: <a href="/w/index.php?title=Jack_N._Binns_Sr.&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Jack N. Binns Sr. (page does not exist)">Jack N. Binns Sr.</a></li> <li>1984: <a href="/wiki/Aaron_Cohen_(Deputy_NASA_administrator)" title="Aaron Cohen (Deputy NASA administrator)">Aaron Cohen</a></li> <li>1985: <a href="/w/index.php?title=Milton_C._Shaw&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Milton C. Shaw (page does not exist)">Milton C. Shaw</a></li> <li>1986: <a href="/w/index.php?title=Orlan_W._Boston&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Orlan W. Boston (page does not exist)">Orlan W. Boston</a></li> <li>1987: <a href="/wiki/Philip_G._Hodge" title="Philip G. Hodge">Philip G. Hodge</a></li> <li>1988: <a href="/wiki/Eric_Reissner" title="Eric Reissner">Eric Reissner</a></li> <li>1989: <a href="/wiki/William_R._Sears" title="William R. Sears">William R. Sears</a></li> <li>1990: <a href="/wiki/Harley_A._Wilhelm" title="Harley A. Wilhelm">Harley A. Wilhelm</a></li> <li>1992: <a href="/wiki/Daniel_C._Drucker" title="Daniel C. Drucker">Daniel C. Drucker</a></li> <li>1993: <a href="/wiki/Richard_H._Gallagher" title="Richard H. Gallagher">Richard H. Gallagher</a></li> <li>1996: <a href="/w/index.php?title=Robert_C._Dean_Jr.&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Robert C. Dean Jr. (page does not exist)">Robert C. Dean Jr.</a></li> <li>1997: <a href="/wiki/Bernard_Budiansky" title="Bernard Budiansky">Bernard Budiansky</a></li> <li>1998: <a href="/wiki/Frank_Kreith" title="Frank Kreith">Frank Kreith</a></li> <li>1999: <a href="/wiki/H._Norman_Abramson" title="H. Norman Abramson">H. Norman Abramson</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">2000–present</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>2000: <a href="/w/index.php?title=Arthur_E._Bergles&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Arthur E. Bergles (page does not exist)">Arthur E. Bergles</a></li> <li>2001: <a href="/w/index.php?title=Warren_M._Rohsenow&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Warren M. Rohsenow (page does not exist)">Warren M. Rohsenow</a></li> <li>2002: <a href="/wiki/Leroy_S._Fletcher" title="Leroy S. Fletcher">Leroy S. Fletcher</a></li> <li>2003: <a href="/wiki/Norman_R._Augustine" title="Norman R. Augustine">Norman R. Augustine</a></li> <li>2004: <a href="/wiki/Bradford_W._Parkinson" class="mw-redirect" title="Bradford W. Parkinson">Bradford W. Parkinson</a></li> <li>2005: <a href="/w/index.php?title=Robert_E._Uhrig&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Robert E. Uhrig (page does not exist)">Robert E. Uhrig</a></li> <li>2006: <a href="/w/index.php?title=Richard_J._Goldstein&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Richard J. Goldstein (page does not exist)">Richard J. Goldstein</a></li> <li>2007: <a href="/wiki/Dean_L._Kamen" class="mw-redirect" title="Dean L. Kamen">Dean L. Kamen</a></li> <li>2008: <a href="/w/index.php?title=Frank_E._Talke&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Frank E. Talke (page does not exist)">Frank E. Talke</a></li> <li>2009: <a href="/wiki/Suh_Nam-pyo" title="Suh Nam-pyo">Nam-pyo Suh</a></li> <li>2010: <a href="/wiki/John_Abele" title="John Abele">John Abele</a></li> <li>2011: <a href="/wiki/C._Daniel_Mote,_Jr." class="mw-redirect" title="C. Daniel Mote, Jr.">C. Daniel Mote, Jr.</a></li> <li>2012: <a href="/wiki/Jan_D._Achenbach" title="Jan D. Achenbach">Jan D. Achenbach</a></li> <li>2013: <a href="/w/index.php?title=Siavouche_Nemat-Nasser&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Siavouche Nemat-Nasser (page does not exist)">Siavouche Nemat-Nasser</a></li> <li>2014: <a href="/wiki/Van_C._Mow" title="Van C. Mow">Van C. Mow</a></li> <li>2015: <a href="/wiki/James_R._Rice" title="James R. Rice">James R. Rice</a></li> <li>2016: <a href="/wiki/J._N._Reddy_(engineer)" title="J. N. Reddy (engineer)">J. N. Reddy</a></li> <li>2017: <a href="/w/index.php?title=Zd%C4%9Bnek_P._Ba%C5%BEant&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Zděnek P. Bažant (page does not exist)">Zděnek P. Bažant</a></li> <li>2018: <a href="/wiki/Thomas_J.R._Hughes" title="Thomas J.R. Hughes">Thomas J.R. Hughes</a></li> <li>2019: <a href="/wiki/Reginald_I._Vachon" title="Reginald I. Vachon">Reginald I. Vachon</a></li> <li>2020: <a href="/wiki/Subra_Suresh" title="Subra Suresh">Subra Suresh</a></li> <li>2021: <a href="/w/index.php?title=Pol_D._Spanos&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Pol D. Spanos (page does not exist)">Pol D. Spanos</a></li> <li>2022: <a href="/wiki/Katepalli_R._Sreenivasan" class="mw-redirect" title="Katepalli R. Sreenivasan">Katepalli R. Sreenivasan</a></li> <li>2023: <a href="/wiki/Huajian_Gao" title="Huajian Gao">Huajian Gao</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="Henry_Laurence_Gantt_Medal" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks hlist mw-collapsible mw-collapsed navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239400231"><div class="navbar plainlinks hlist navbar-mini"><ul><li class="nv-view"><a href="/wiki/Template:Henry_Laurence_Gantt_Medal" title="Template:Henry Laurence Gantt Medal"><abbr title="View this template">v</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-talk"><a href="/wiki/Template_talk:Henry_Laurence_Gantt_Medal" title="Template talk:Henry Laurence Gantt Medal"><abbr title="Discuss this template">t</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-edit"><a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:Henry_Laurence_Gantt_Medal" title="Special:EditPage/Template:Henry Laurence Gantt Medal"><abbr title="Edit this template">e</abbr></a></li></ul></div><div id="Henry_Laurence_Gantt_Medal" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em"><a href="/wiki/Henry_Laurence_Gantt_Medal" title="Henry Laurence Gantt Medal">Henry Laurence Gantt Medal</a></div></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1929–1950</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap">1929: <a href="/wiki/Henry_Gantt" title="Henry Gantt">Henry Laurence Gantt</a> (posthumously)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1930: <a href="/wiki/Fred_J._Miller" title="Fred J. Miller">Fred J. Miller</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1931: <a href="/wiki/Leon_P._Alford" title="Leon P. Alford">Leon P. Alford</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1932: <a href="/wiki/Henry_S._Dennison" title="Henry S. Dennison">Henry S. Dennison</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1933: <a href="/wiki/Henry_Wallace_Clark" title="Henry Wallace Clark">Henry Wallace Clark</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1934: <a href="/wiki/Horace_B._Cheney" title="Horace B. Cheney">Horace B. Cheney</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1935: <a href="/wiki/Arthur_Howland_Young" title="Arthur Howland Young">Arthur Howland Young</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1936: <a href="/wiki/Morris_E._Leeds" title="Morris E. Leeds">Morris E. Leeds</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1940: <a href="/wiki/William_Loren_Batt" title="William Loren Batt">William Loren Batt</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1941: <a href="/wiki/Paul_Eugene_Holden" title="Paul Eugene Holden">Paul Eugene Holden</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1943: <a href="/wiki/Dexter_S._Kimball" title="Dexter S. Kimball">Dexter S. Kimball</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1944: <a href="/wiki/Frank_Bunker_Gilbreth_Sr." class="mw-redirect" title="Frank Bunker Gilbreth Sr.">Frank Bunker Gilbreth Sr.</a> (posthumously) and <a href="/wiki/Lillian_Moller_Gilbreth" title="Lillian Moller Gilbreth">Lillian Moller Gilbreth</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1945: <a href="/wiki/John_Milton_Hancock" title="John Milton Hancock">John Milton Hancock</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1946: <a href="/wiki/Paul_G._Hoffman" title="Paul G. Hoffman">Paul G. Hoffman</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1947: <a href="/wiki/Alvin_E._Dodd" title="Alvin E. Dodd">Alvin E. Dodd</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1948: <a href="/wiki/Harold_Fowler_McCormick" title="Harold Fowler McCormick">Harold Fowler McCormick</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1949: <a href="/wiki/Arthur_Clinton_Spurr" title="Arthur Clinton Spurr">Arthur Clinton Spurr</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1950: <a href="/wiki/Charles_R._Hook_Sr." title="Charles R. Hook Sr.">Charles R. 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Millsop</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1954: <a href="/wiki/Clarence_Francis" title="Clarence Francis">Clarence Francis</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1955: <a href="/wiki/Walker_Lee_Cisler" title="Walker Lee Cisler">Walker Lee Cisler</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1956: <a href="/wiki/Henning_Webb_Prentis_Jr." title="Henning Webb Prentis Jr.">Henning Webb Prentis Jr.</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1957: <a href="/wiki/Harold_F._Smiddy" title="Harold F. Smiddy">Harold F. Smiddy</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1958: <a href="/wiki/Richard_Redwood_Deupree" title="Richard Redwood Deupree">Richard Redwood Deupree</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1959: <a href="/wiki/Peter_Drucker" title="Peter Drucker">Peter Drucker</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1960: <a href="/wiki/Charles_Perry_McCormick" title="Charles Perry McCormick">Charles Perry McCormick</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1961: <a href="/wiki/Lyndall_Urwick" title="Lyndall Urwick">Lyndall Urwick</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1962: <a href="/wiki/Austin_J._Tobin" title="Austin J. Tobin">Austin J. Tobin</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1963: <a href="/wiki/Lawrence_A._Appley" title="Lawrence A. Appley">Lawrence A. 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Connor</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1974: <a href="/wiki/Willard_Rockwell" title="Willard Rockwell">Willard Rockwell</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1975: <a href="/wiki/Patrick_E._Haggerty" title="Patrick E. Haggerty">Patrick E. Haggerty</a></span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1976–1999</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap">1976: <a href="/wiki/Kenneth_Daniel" title="Kenneth Daniel">Kenneth Daniel</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1982: <a href="/wiki/Charles_Luckman" title="Charles Luckman">Charles Luckman</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1983: <a href="/wiki/Walter_A._Fallon" title="Walter A. Fallon">Walter A. 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