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) 获得 2012 年艾伦·T·沃特曼奖。伍德博士是维斯仿生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。今年是第一年选出两名获奖者。除了奖牌之外，今年的每位获奖者还将获得 100 万美元的资助（是去年奖金的两倍），用于在五年内在其领域进行进一步的深造。伍德教授是哈佛微型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来开发特征尺寸在微米到厘米级的仿生机器人。 他的团队开发机器人飞行昆虫的项目于 2009 年获得了美国国家科学基金会远征计算奖。他的其他奖项包括入选麻省理工学院 TR35（《麻省理工技术评论》杂志年度全球 35 名创新者名单） 35 岁，并获得 2010 年 NSF 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。