American philosopher | Barwise Prize (2018) | Italy: November 11, 1970 - Beijing: April 30, 1928 | Gualtiero Piccinini | Italy: November 11, 1970 - Beijing
Mildred Dresselhaus
- Brooklyn: November 11, 1930 celebration
- Mount Auburn Hospital: February 20, 2019 celebration
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Mildred Dresselhaus -
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United States -
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Mildred Dresselhaus -
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Mildred Spiewak -
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celebration Date of birth
Brooklyn: November 11, 1930 -
deceased Rest in Peace
Mount Auburn Hospital: February 20, 2019 -
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engineering Field of Work
- physics
- nanotechnology
- electrical engineering
- applied physics
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- Gregory Timp
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school Education
- University of Chicago
- Hunter College High School
- Harvard University
- Hunter College
- Cornell University
- Radcliffe College
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trophy Awards & Honors
- IEEE Founders Medal
- Carbon Medal (2001)
- Fellow of the American Physical Society
- Dwight Nicholson Medal for Outreach (1999)
- Vannevar Bush Award (2009)
- L'Oréal-UNESCO Award For Women in Science (2007)
- Honorary Fellow of the Institute of Physics
- Presidential Medal of Freedom (2014)
- Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
- Enrico Fermi Award (2012)
- Oliver E. Buckley Condensed Matter Prize (2008)
- Benjamin Franklin Medal (2017)
- Women in Technology Hall of Fame (1998)
- Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science
- IEEE Founders Medal (2004)
- IEEE Medal of Honor (2015)
- National Inventors Hall of Fame (2014)
- Oersted Medal (2008)
- Kavli Prize in Nanoscience (2012)
- Harold Pender Award (2006)
- Von Hippel Award (2013)
- National Medal of Science (1990)
- honorary doctor of the Hong Kong Polytechnic University
- honorary doctor of ETH Zürich (2015)
- Heinz Award (2005)
- Weizmann Women & Science Award (2000)
- ACS Award for Encouraging Women into Careers in the Chemical Sciences (2010)
- Society of Women Engineers Achievement Award (1977)
- doctor honoris causa from the Pierre and Marie Curie University (1999)
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social_leaderboard Notable Works
- American physicist (1930-2017) | IEEE Founders Medal, Carbon Medal (2001), Fellow of the American Physical Society, Dwight Nicholson Medal for Outreach (1999)