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.

国家科学基金会（NSF）任命哥伦比亚大学机械工程副教授拉拉·汤普森（Lara A.该奖项是NSF的最高荣誉，该奖项每年都会认可一名杰出的研究人员，该研究人员年仅40岁或不超过10年，才获得博士学位。学位，到提名年的12月31日。该奖项为收件人在任何科学或工程领域的研究提供了资金。今年，每个获奖者将在五年内获得100万美元的赠款，以在其领域进行进一步的高级研究。汤普森（Thompson）因其创新的研究而受到认可，该研究结合了工程，传感器技术和感觉运动生理学的多学科方法，以调查和改善有关人类姿势，步态和平衡因年龄，创伤和疾病损害的临床诊断。汤普森（Thompson）开发的革命方法正在推进康复工程和生物力学领域，并改善了流动性障碍人群的生活质量。汤普森（Thompson）开拓了新的研究计划和教育计划，并带领与生物医学工程相关的新基础设施。 在她的59个出版物中，本科研究助理是合着者。 她在2017年获得了高等教育新兴学者奖的多样化问题，并在2019年获得了年度黑人工程师STEM Innovator奖。她是2019年秋季哈佛耳鼻喉科杂志的特色校友：“在研究与研究之间找到正确的平衡。药品。”她曾是美国国家三个国家科学基金会活动中的特色科学家：1）2021年的杰出小组讨论，标题为“我们国家HBCUS的黑人科学家和工程师：现在建立美国历史”； 2）2020年向国会发表的演讲：扩大了美国众议院科学，太空和技术委员会赞助的STEM的参与； 3）2019年的“科学国家”视频研究使HBCU本科生在生物医学工程中。汤普森（Thompson）获得了马萨诸塞大学洛厄尔大学（University of Massachusetts Lowell）的机械工程学理学学士学位，随后是斯坦福大学航空和宇航员工程学的理学硕士学位，并获得了哈佛大学卫生科学和技术领域的生物医学工程博士学位。她的博士研究是第一个证明，基于前庭的感觉假体可以提高维持平衡的能力。该奖项反映了NSF的法定任务，并且使用基金会的知识分子优点和更广泛的影响审查标准，被认为值得通过评估来提供支持。