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<div class="vector-body-before-content"> <div class="mw-indicators"> </div> <div id="siteSub" class="noprint">From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia</div> </div> <div id="contentSub"><div id="mw-content-subtitle"></div></div> <div id="mw-content-text" class="mw-body-content"><div class="mw-content-ltr mw-parser-output" lang="en" dir="ltr"><div class="shortdescription nomobile noexcerpt noprint searchaux" style="display:none">American award to inventors</div> <p>The Lemelson–MIT Program awards several prizes yearly to <a href="/wiki/Inventor" class="mw-redirect" title="Inventor">inventors</a> in the <a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States">United States</a>. The largest is the <b>Lemelson–MIT Prize</b> which was endowed in 1994 by <a href="/wiki/Jerome_H._Lemelson" title="Jerome H. Lemelson">Jerome H. Lemelson</a>, funded by the <a href="/wiki/Lemelson_Foundation" title="Lemelson Foundation">Lemelson Foundation</a>, and is administered through the School of Engineering at the <a href="/wiki/Massachusetts_Institute_of_Technology" title="Massachusetts Institute of Technology">Massachusetts Institute of Technology</a>. The winner receives $500,000, making it the largest cash prize for <a href="/wiki/Invention" title="Invention">invention</a> in the U.S. </p><p>The $100,000 Lemelson–MIT Award for Global Innovation (previously named the Award for Sustainability) was last awarded in 2013. The Award for Global Innovation replaced the $100,000 Lemelson–MIT Lifetime Achievement Award, which was awarded from 1995 to 2006. The Lifetime Achievement Award recognized outstanding individuals whose pioneering spirit and inventiveness throughout their careers improved society and inspired others. </p><p>The Lemelson–MIT Program also awards invention prizes for college students, called the Lemelson–MIT Student Prize. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="List_of_Lemelson–MIT_Prize_winners"><span id="List_of_Lemelson.E2.80.93MIT_Prize_winners"></span>List of Lemelson–MIT Prize winners</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Lemelson%E2%80%93MIT_Prize&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: List of Lemelson–MIT Prize winners"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Stephen_Quake_(4866285813).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c2/Stephen_Quake_%284866285813%29.jpg/120px-Stephen_Quake_%284866285813%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="102" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c2/Stephen_Quake_%284866285813%29.jpg/180px-Stephen_Quake_%284866285813%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c2/Stephen_Quake_%284866285813%29.jpg/240px-Stephen_Quake_%284866285813%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3407" data-file-height="2892" /></a><figcaption>Stephen Quake</figcaption></figure> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Rogers_john2.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/06/Rogers_john2.jpg/120px-Rogers_john2.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="180" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/06/Rogers_john2.jpg/180px-Rogers_john2.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/06/Rogers_john2.jpg/240px-Rogers_john2.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2400" data-file-height="3600" /></a><figcaption>John A. Rogers</figcaption></figure> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Carolyn_Bertozzi_IMG_9372.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/40/Carolyn_Bertozzi_IMG_9372.jpg/120px-Carolyn_Bertozzi_IMG_9372.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="80" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/40/Carolyn_Bertozzi_IMG_9372.jpg/180px-Carolyn_Bertozzi_IMG_9372.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/40/Carolyn_Bertozzi_IMG_9372.jpg/240px-Carolyn_Bertozzi_IMG_9372.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2048" data-file-height="1365" /></a><figcaption>Carolyn Bertozzi, receiving the Emanuel Merck Lectureship in 2011</figcaption></figure> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Mirkin_chad_lecture.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/71/Mirkin_chad_lecture.jpg/120px-Mirkin_chad_lecture.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="179" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/71/Mirkin_chad_lecture.jpg 1.5x" data-file-width="172" data-file-height="257" /></a><figcaption>Chad Mirkin</figcaption></figure> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Web-2718-crop.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/86/Web-2718-crop.jpg/120px-Web-2718-crop.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="179" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/86/Web-2718-crop.jpg/180px-Web-2718-crop.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/86/Web-2718-crop.jpg/240px-Web-2718-crop.jpg 2x" data-file-width="400" data-file-height="598" /></a><figcaption>Joel Selanikio</figcaption></figure> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:SidneyPestka_NationalMedalOfTech.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0a/SidneyPestka_NationalMedalOfTech.jpg/120px-SidneyPestka_NationalMedalOfTech.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="80" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0a/SidneyPestka_NationalMedalOfTech.jpg/180px-SidneyPestka_NationalMedalOfTech.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0a/SidneyPestka_NationalMedalOfTech.jpg/240px-SidneyPestka_NationalMedalOfTech.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2400" data-file-height="1605" /></a><figcaption>Sidney Pestka (middle) receives the National Medal of Technology from President George W. Bush (right).</figcaption></figure> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Nick_Holonyak_Jr.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6d/Nick_Holonyak_Jr.jpg/120px-Nick_Holonyak_Jr.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6d/Nick_Holonyak_Jr.jpg/180px-Nick_Holonyak_Jr.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6d/Nick_Holonyak_Jr.jpg/240px-Nick_Holonyak_Jr.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1104" data-file-height="1516" /></a><figcaption>Nick Holonyak Jr.</figcaption></figure> <figure 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/120px-Clinton-kamen.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="156" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7a/Clinton-kamen.jpg/180px-Clinton-kamen.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7a/Clinton-kamen.jpg/240px-Clinton-kamen.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1500" data-file-height="1944" /></a><figcaption>President Clinton and Dean Kamen in the White House, Kamen riding the iBOT Mobility System</figcaption></figure> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Raymond_Kurzweil_Fantastic_Voyage.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f4/Raymond_Kurzweil_Fantastic_Voyage.jpg/120px-Raymond_Kurzweil_Fantastic_Voyage.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="149" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f4/Raymond_Kurzweil_Fantastic_Voyage.jpg/180px-Raymond_Kurzweil_Fantastic_Voyage.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f4/Raymond_Kurzweil_Fantastic_Voyage.jpg/240px-Raymond_Kurzweil_Fantastic_Voyage.jpg 2x" data-file-width="664" data-file-height="824" /></a><figcaption>Ray Kurzweil</figcaption></figure> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Robert_Langer_MTMLecture_2008_09_25_portrait.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c2/Robert_Langer_MTMLecture_2008_09_25_portrait.JPG/120px-Robert_Langer_MTMLecture_2008_09_25_portrait.JPG" decoding="async" width="120" height="204" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c2/Robert_Langer_MTMLecture_2008_09_25_portrait.JPG/180px-Robert_Langer_MTMLecture_2008_09_25_portrait.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c2/Robert_Langer_MTMLecture_2008_09_25_portrait.JPG/240px-Robert_Langer_MTMLecture_2008_09_25_portrait.JPG 2x" data-file-width="1740" data-file-height="2954" /></a><figcaption>Bob Langer</figcaption></figure> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Douglas_Engelbart_in_2008.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/78/Douglas_Engelbart_in_2008.jpg/120px-Douglas_Engelbart_in_2008.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="148" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/78/Douglas_Engelbart_in_2008.jpg/180px-Douglas_Engelbart_in_2008.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/78/Douglas_Engelbart_in_2008.jpg/240px-Douglas_Engelbart_in_2008.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1212" data-file-height="1496" /></a><figcaption>Douglas Engelbart</figcaption></figure> <p>Source:<sup id="cite_ref-Lemelson_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Lemelson-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <dl><dt>2019</dt></dl> <ul><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Cody_Friesen&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Cody Friesen (page does not exist)">Cody Friesen</a> (Lemelson–MIT Prize)<sup id="cite_ref-MIT20_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MIT20-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <dl><dt>2018</dt></dl> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Luis_von_Ahn" title="Luis von Ahn">Luis von Ahn</a> (Lemelson–MIT Prize)<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></li></ul> <dl><dt>2017</dt></dl> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Feng_Zhang" title="Feng Zhang">Feng Zhang</a> (Lemelson–MIT Prize)<sup id="cite_ref-MIT20_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MIT20-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <dl><dt>2016</dt></dl> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ramesh_Raskar" title="Ramesh Raskar">Ramesh Raskar</a> (Lemelson–MIT Prize)<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <dl><dt>2015</dt></dl> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Aquion_Energy" title="Aquion Energy">Jay Whitacre</a> (Lemelson–MIT Prize)<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></li></ul> <dl><dt>2014</dt></dl> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Sangeeta_N._Bhatia" class="mw-redirect" title="Sangeeta N. Bhatia">Sangeeta N. Bhatia</a> (Lemelson–MIT Prize)<sup id="cite_ref-MIT20_2-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MIT20-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <dl><dt>2013</dt></dl> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Angela_Belcher" title="Angela Belcher">Angela Belcher</a> (Lemelson–MIT Prize)<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></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rebecca_Richards-Kortum" title="Rebecca Richards-Kortum">Rebecca Richards-Kortum</a> and Maria Oden (Lemelson–MIT Award for Global Innovation)</li></ul> <dl><dt>2012</dt></dl> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Stephen_Quake" title="Stephen Quake">Stephen Quake</a> (Lemelson–MIT Prize)<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> (Scientist, Inventor, Entrepreneur, Professor of Biophysics and Genomics at Stanford University)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ashok_Gadgil" title="Ashok Gadgil">Ashok Gadgil</a> (Lemelson–MIT Award for Global Innovation)</li></ul> <dl><dt>2011</dt></dl> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/John_A._Rogers" title="John A. Rogers">John A. Rogers</a> (Lemelson–MIT Prize) (Professor, Physical Chemist, and Materials Scientist at Northwestern University)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Elizabeth_Hausler" title="Elizabeth Hausler">Elizabeth Hausler</a> (Lemelson–MIT Award for Sustainability)</li></ul> <dl><dt>2010</dt></dl> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Carolyn_Bertozzi" title="Carolyn Bertozzi">Carolyn Bertozzi</a> (Lemelson–MIT Prize)</li> <li>BP Agrawal (Lemelson–MIT Award for Sustainability)</li></ul> <dl><dt>2009</dt></dl> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Chad_Mirkin" title="Chad Mirkin">Chad Mirkin</a> (Lemelson–MIT Prize), George B. Rathmann Professor of Chemistry, Professor of Medicine, Professor of Materials Science and Engineering, Professor of Biomedical Engineering, and Professor of Chemical and Biological Engineering, and Director of the International Institute for Nanotechnology and Center for Nanofabrication and Molecular Self-Assembly at Northwestern University</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joel_Selanikio" title="Joel Selanikio">Joel Selanikio</a><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> (Lemelson–MIT Award for Sustainability), CEO and co-founder, Magpi, and Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Georgetown University Hospital</li></ul> <dl><dt>2008</dt></dl> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Joseph_DeSimone_(inventor)" class="mw-redirect" title="Joseph DeSimone (inventor)">Joseph DeSimone</a> (Lemelson–MIT Prize)</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Martin_Fisher_(inventor)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Martin Fisher (inventor) (page does not exist)">Martin Fisher</a> (Lemelson–MIT Award for Sustainability)</li></ul> <dl><dt>2007</dt></dl> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Timothy_M._Swager" title="Timothy M. Swager">Timothy M. Swager</a> (Lemelson–MIT Prize)</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Lee_Lynd&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Lee Lynd (page does not exist)">Lee Lynd</a> (Lemelson–MIT Award for Sustainability)</li></ul> <dl><dt>2006</dt></dl> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/James_Fergason" title="James Fergason">James Fergason</a> (Lemelson–MIT Prize) for his liquid crystal display innovations.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sidney_Pestka" title="Sidney Pestka">Sidney Pestka</a> (Lemelson–MIT Lifetime Achievement Award)</li></ul> <dl><dt>2005</dt></dl> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Robert_Dennard" class="mw-redirect" title="Robert Dennard">Robert Dennard</a> (Lemelson–MIT Lifetime Achievement Award)</li></ul> <dl><dt>2004</dt></dl> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Nick_Holonyak_Jr." class="mw-redirect" title="Nick Holonyak Jr.">Nick Holonyak Jr.</a> (Lemelson–MIT Prize) (John Bardeen Endowed Chair Emeritus in Electrical and Computer Engineering and Physics at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edith_M._Flanigen" title="Edith M. Flanigen">Edith M. Flanigen</a> (Lemelson–MIT Lifetime Achievement Award)</li></ul> <dl><dt>2003</dt></dl> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Leroy_Hood" title="Leroy Hood">Leroy Hood</a> (Lemelson–MIT Prize) for his invention of four devices that have helped unlock the human genome, including the automated DNA sequencer.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_P._Murphy_Jr." title="William P. Murphy Jr.">William P. Murphy Jr.</a> (Lemelson–MIT Lifetime Achievement Award)</li></ul> <dl><dt>2002</dt></dl> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Dean_Kamen" title="Dean Kamen">Dean Kamen</a> (Lemelson–MIT Prize) for his invention of the <a href="/wiki/Segway_PT" class="mw-redirect" title="Segway PT">Segway</a> and of an infusion pump for diabetics.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ruth_R._Benerito" title="Ruth R. Benerito">Ruth R. Benerito</a> (Lemelson–MIT Lifetime Achievement Award)</li></ul> <dl><dt>2001</dt></dl> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Raymond_Kurzweil" class="mw-redirect" title="Raymond Kurzweil">Raymond Kurzweil</a> (Lemelson–MIT Prize) (Author, Computer scientist, Inventor and Futurist at Google)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Raymond_Damadian" title="Raymond Damadian">Raymond Damadian</a> (Lemelson–MIT Lifetime Achievement Award) for his work in magnetic resonance imaging (MRI).</li></ul> <dl><dt>2000</dt></dl> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Thomas_Fogarty" class="mw-redirect" title="Thomas Fogarty">Thomas Fogarty</a> (Lemelson–MIT Prize)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alfred_J._Gross" class="mw-redirect" title="Alfred J. Gross">Al Gross</a> (Lemelson–MIT Lifetime Achievement Award) for his invention of the first walkie-talkie, CB radio, the telephone pager, and the cordless telephone.</li></ul> <dl><dt>1999</dt></dl> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Carver_Mead" title="Carver Mead">Carver Mead</a> (Lemelson–MIT Prize)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stephanie_Kwolek" title="Stephanie Kwolek">Stephanie Kwolek</a> (Lemelson–MIT Lifetime Achievement Award) for her work on liquid-crystalline polymers and the development of the armored fabric <a href="/wiki/Kevlar" title="Kevlar">Kevlar</a>.</li></ul> <dl><dt>1998</dt></dl> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Robert_Langer" class="mw-redirect" title="Robert Langer">Robert Langer</a> (Lemelson–MIT Prize) (David H. Koch Institute Professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jacob_Rabinow" title="Jacob Rabinow">Jacob Rabinow</a> (Lemelson–MIT Lifetime Achievement Award) for the first disc-shaped magnetic storage media for computers, the magnetic particle clutch, the first straight-line phonograph, the first self-regulating clock, and a "reading machine" which was the first to use the "best match" principle.</li></ul> <dl><dt>1997</dt></dl> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Douglas_Engelbart" title="Douglas Engelbart">Douglas Engelbart</a> (Lemelson–MIT Prize) (computer and Internet pioneer) for his invention of the computer mouse.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gertrude_Elion" class="mw-redirect" title="Gertrude Elion">Gertrude Elion</a> (Lemelson–MIT Lifetime Achievement Award) for the following inventions: <ul><li><a href="/wiki/6-mercaptopurine" class="mw-redirect" title="6-mercaptopurine">6-mercaptopurine</a> (Purinethol), the first treatment for leukemia.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Azathioprine" title="Azathioprine">azathioprine</a> (Imuran), the first immunosuppressive agent, used for organ transplants.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Allopurinol" title="Allopurinol">allopurinol</a> (Zyloprim), for gout.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pyrimethamine" title="Pyrimethamine">pyrimethamine</a> (Daraprim), for malaria.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Trimethoprim" title="Trimethoprim">trimethoprim</a> (Septra), for <a href="/wiki/Meningitis" title="Meningitis">meningitis</a>, <a href="/wiki/Sepsis" title="Sepsis">sepsis</a>, and bacterial infections of the urinary and respiratory tracts.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Acyclovir" class="mw-redirect" title="Acyclovir">acyclovir</a> (Zovirax), for <a href="/wiki/Herpes_simplex_virus" title="Herpes simplex virus">herpes simplex virus</a> infection.</li></ul></li></ul> <dl><dt>1996</dt></dl> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Stanley_Norman_Cohen" title="Stanley Norman Cohen">Stanley Norman Cohen</a> (Co-recipient, Lemelson–MIT Prize) for the development of methods to combine and transplant genes.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Herbert_Boyer" title="Herbert Boyer">Herbert Boyer</a> (Co-recipient, Lemelson–MIT Prize) for the development of methods to combine and transplant genes.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wilson_Greatbatch" title="Wilson Greatbatch">Wilson Greatbatch</a> (Lemelson–MIT Lifetime Achievement Award) for the development of batteries for the early implantable cardiac pacemakers.</li></ul> <dl><dt>1995</dt></dl> <ul><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=William_Bolander&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="William Bolander (page does not exist)">William Bolander</a> (Lemelson–MIT Prize)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_Reddington_Hewlett" class="mw-redirect" title="William Reddington Hewlett">William Hewlett</a> (Co-recipient, Lemelson–MIT Lifetime Achievement Award)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/David_Packard" title="David Packard">David Packard</a> (Co-recipient, Lemelson–MIT Lifetime Achievement Award)</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="List_of_Lemelson–MIT_Graduate_Student_Prize_winners"><span id="List_of_Lemelson.E2.80.93MIT_Graduate_Student_Prize_winners"></span>List of Lemelson–MIT Graduate Student Prize winners</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Lemelson%E2%80%93MIT_Prize&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: List of Lemelson–MIT Graduate Student Prize winners"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Source:<sup id="cite_ref-Lemelson_Student_Prize_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Lemelson_Student_Prize-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <dl><dt>2021</dt></dl> <ul><li>Paige Balcom (Use It! Lemelson–MIT Graduate Student Prize)</li> <li>Nicole Black (Cure It! Lemelson–MIT Graduate Student Prize)</li> <li>Mira Moufarrej (Cure It! Lemelson–MIT Graduate Student Prize)</li> <li>Hilary Johnson (Eat It! Lemelson–MIT Graduate Student Prize)</li></ul> <dl><dt>2020</dt></dl> <ul><li>Daniela Blanco (Use It! Lemelson–MIT Graduate Student Prize)</li> <li>Shriya Srinivasan (Cure It! Lemelson–MIT Graduate Student Prize)</li> <li>Tzu-Chieh (Zijay) Tang (Eat It! Lemelson–MIT Graduate Student Prize)</li></ul> <dl><dt>2019</dt></dl> <ul><li>Arnav Kapur (Use It! Lemelson–MIT Graduate Student Prize)</li> <li>Mercy Asiedu (Cure It! Lemelson–MIT Graduate Student Prize)</li> <li>Julie Bliss Mullen (Eat It! Lemelson–MIT Graduate Student Prize)</li> <li>Federico Scurti (Move It! Lemelson–MIT Graduate Student Prize)</li></ul> <dl><dt>2018</dt></dl> <ul><li>Kayla Nguyen (Use It! Lemelson–MIT Graduate Student Prize)</li> <li>Tyler Clites (Cure It! Lemelson–MIT Graduate Student Prize)</li> <li>Maher Damak (Eat It! Lemelson–MIT Graduate Student Prize)</li> <li>Guy Satat (Drive It! Lemelson–MIT Graduate Student Prize)</li></ul> <dl><dt>2017</dt></dl> <ul><li>Apoorva Murarka (Use It! Lemelson–MIT Graduate Student Prize)</li> <li>Lisa Tostanoski (Cure It! Lemelson–MIT Graduate Student Prize)</li> <li>Katy Olesnavage (Cure It! Lemelson–MIT Graduate Student Prize)</li> <li>Tony Tao (Drive It! Lemelson–MIT Graduate Student Prize)</li> <li>Natasha Wright (Eat It! Lemelson–MIT Graduate Student Prize)</li></ul> <dl><dt>2016</dt></dl> <ul><li>Achuta Kadambi (Use It! Lemelson–MIT Graduate Student Prize)</li> <li>Catalin Voss (Cure It! Lemelson–MIT Graduate Student Prize)</li> <li>Dan Dorsch (Drive It! Lemelson–MIT Graduate Student Prize)</li> <li>Heather Hava (Eat It! Lemelson–MIT Graduate Student Prize)</li></ul> <dl><dt>2015</dt></dl> <ul><li>Carl Schoellhammer (Cure It! Lemelson–MIT Graduate Student Prize)</li> <li>Josh Siegel (Drive It! Lemelson–MIT Graduate Student Prize)</li> <li>Alexander Richter (Eat It! Lemelson–MIT Graduate Student Prize)</li></ul> <dl><dt>2014</dt></dl> <ul><li>Benjamin Peters (Use It! Lemelson–MIT Graduate Student Prize)</li> <li>David Sengeh (Cure It! Lemelson–MIT Graduate Student Prize)</li></ul> <dl><dt>2013</dt></dl> <ul><li>Nikolai Begg (Lemelson–MIT Graduate Student Prize)</li></ul> <dl><dt>2012</dt></dl> <ul><li>Miles Barr (Lemelson–MIT Graduate Student Prize)</li></ul> <dl><dt>2011</dt></dl> <ul><li>Alice Chen (Lemelson–MIT Graduate Student Prize)</li></ul> <dl><dt>2010</dt></dl> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Erez_Lieberman_Aiden" title="Erez Lieberman Aiden">Erez Lieberman-Aiden</a> (Lemelson–MIT Graduate Student Prize)</li></ul> <dl><dt>2009</dt></dl> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Geoffrey_von_Maltzahn" title="Geoffrey von Maltzahn">Geoffrey von Maltzahn</a> (Lemelson–MIT Graduate Student Prize)</li></ul> <dl><dt>2008</dt></dl> <ul><li>Timothy Lu (Lemelson–MIT Graduate Student Prize)</li></ul> <dl><dt>2007</dt></dl> <ul><li>Nate Ball (Lemelson–MIT Graduate Student Prize)</li></ul> <dl><dt>2006</dt></dl> <ul><li>Carl Dietrich (Lemelson–MIT Graduate Student Prize)</li></ul> <dl><dt>2005</dt></dl> <ul><li>David Berry (Lemelson–MIT Graduate Student Prize)</li></ul> <dl><dt>2004</dt></dl> <ul><li>Saul Griffith (Lemelson–MIT Graduate Student Prize)</li></ul> <dl><dt>2003</dt></dl> <ul><li>James McLurkin (Lemelson–MIT Graduate Student Prize)</li></ul> <dl><dt>2002</dt></dl> <ul><li>Andrew Heafitz (Lemelson–MIT Graduate Student Prize)</li></ul> <dl><dt>2001</dt></dl> <ul><li>Brian Hubert (Lemelson–MIT Graduate Student Prize)</li></ul> <dl><dt>2000</dt></dl> <ul><li>Amy Smith (Lemelson–MIT Graduate Student Prize)</li></ul> <dl><dt>1999</dt></dl> <ul><li>Daniel DiLorenzo (Lemelson–MIT Graduate Student Prize)</li></ul> <dl><dt>1998</dt></dl> <ul><li>Akhil Madhani (Lemelson–MIT Graduate Student Prize)</li></ul> <dl><dt>1997</dt></dl> <ul><li>Nathan Kane (Lemelson–MIT Graduate Student Prize)</li></ul> <dl><dt>1996</dt></dl> <ul><li>David Levy (Lemelson–MIT Graduate Student Prize)</li></ul> <dl><dt>1995</dt></dl> <ul><li>Thomas Massie (Lemelson–MIT Graduate Student Prize)</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Lemelson%E2%80%93MIT_Prize&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_engineering_awards" title="List of engineering awards">List of engineering awards</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lemelson_Foundation" title="Lemelson Foundation">Lemelson Foundation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jerome_H._Lemelson" title="Jerome H. Lemelson">Jerome H. 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