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2019
Cody Friesen
Creates renewable energy technologies
Lemelson-MIT Prize
2018
Luis von Ahn
Inventor of reCAPTCHA, co-inventor of CAPTCHA and creator of a free language-learning platform, Duolingo
Lemelson-MIT Prize
2017
Feng Zhang
Pioneer of the revolutionary CRISPR technology and optogenetics
Lemelson-MIT Prize
2016
Ramesh Raskar
Inventor of Femto-photography
Lemelson-MIT Prize
2015
Jay Whitacre
Created first mass-produced low-cost, eco-friendly battery
Lemelson-MIT Prize
2014
Dr. Sangeeta Bhatia
Creator of tiny technologies for medicine
Lemelson-MIT Prize
2013
Angela Belcher
Genetically engineers viruses to create new products
Lemelson-MIT Prize
2012
Stephen Quake
Commercialization of inventions Revolutionizing Human Health
Lemelson-MIT Prize
2011
John A. Rogers
Invented healthcare tools that can better integrate with the human body
Lemelson-MIT Prize
2010
Carolyn Bertozzi
Invented the world’s first bioorthogonal chemical reaction, a technology for labeling biomolecules in living cells or animals
Lemelson-MIT Prize
2009
Chad A. Mirkin
Invented Dip-Pen Nanolithography and nanoparticle-based biodetection schemes
Lemelson-MIT Prize
2008
Joseph M. DeSimone
Invented PRINT® (Particle Replication in Non-wetting Templates) technology used to manufacture nanocarriers in medicine.
Lemelson-MIT Prize
2007
Timothy M. Swager
Invented an amplified chemical sensor that uses molecular wires to detect the presence of vapors from explosives.
Lemelson-MIT Prize
2006
James Fergason
Developed and improved modern liquid crystal technology
Lemelson-MIT Prize
2005
Elwood “Woody” Norris
Created a sonar tool to isolate different movements inside the human body: Transcutaneous Doppler system
Lemelson-MIT Prize
2004
Nick Holonyak
Invented the first practical LED (light emitting diode)
Lemelson-MIT Prize
2003
Leroy Hood
Invented some of modern molecular biology's core instruments, including the DNA Sequencer.
Lemelson-MIT Prize
2002
Dean Kamen
Invented IBOT, a battery-powered wheelchair that can climb stairs and the Segway.
Lemelson-MIT Prize
2001
Raymond Kurzweil
Invented the first reading machine for the blind
Lemelson-MIT Prize
2000
Thomas Fogarty
Revolutionized surgical embolectomy procedures
Lemelson-MIT Prize
1999
Carver Mead
Revolutionized the semiconductor industry with very-large-integrated circuits.
Lemelson-MIT Prize
1998
Robert Langer
Langer's research into polymers led to the slow release of micro-encapsulated doses of ionic drugs, peptides and other large molecule drugs
Lemelson-MIT Prize
1997
Douglas Engelbart
Invented the computer mouse
Lemelson-MIT Prize
1996
Herbert Boyer and Stanley Cohen
Opened the door to genetic engineering and laid the foundations for gene therapy and the biotechnology industry
Lemelson-MIT Prize
1995
William Bolander
Developed mathematical models for automotive computers
Lemelson-MIT Prize
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