awards
The National Science Medal is based on the US Congress Act 86-209 based on August 25, 1959. The Honor Medal was originally awarded scientists in the field of physical, biological, mathematics, science or engineering. US President Kennedy established the National Science Medal Committee through administrative orders in 1961, which is managed by the National Science Foundation of the National Science Foundation. In 1979, the US Science Promotion Association proposed to expand the award to society and behavioral science.
Award history
The first national science medal was issued from the President of Kennedy on February 18, 1963, awarded the Adodor Von Carmen of the Jet Promotion Laboratory of California Institute of Technology. To recognize his contribution to the rocket science.
Although Congress Act 86-209 provides 20 people to receive medals each year, it is actually approximately 12-15 people a year. In addition, there was no awards, and there were no awards in 1962 to 2004. As of February 13, 2006, 425 people have been honorable.
Obama awarded the National Science Medal (3 photos)
Washington, USA, May 19, 2016, US President Obama in the White House as Hu Zhengming (Chenming HU), Ms. Nancy Ho, issued a national science medal.Clear Prisoner
Hu Zhengming, born in Beijing in 1947, graduated from Taiwan University in 1968, 1973 received a Ph.D. in Berkeley, California, after MIT, three years In 1976, he returned to Berkeley. From 2001 to 2004, he also served as the Chief Technology Officer of TSMC. He is the inventor of the fin field effect transistor (FINFET) solves the problem of thin leakage after the crystal, and develops up, so that the dielectric structure has become vertical, thus breaking the future of Intel's future semiconductor announced by the world. limits.
Nancy Ho, born in Nanjing, graduated from Taiwan University in 1957, received a Ph.D. in Purdue University in 1968. She has been working on the renewable biofuels in Pudu since 1971. In 1993, a yeast was produced. In addition to making xylose fermented, fructose can become ethanol, so it is possible to produce a large amount of ethanol, which can reduce the dependence of imported oil.