Gordon Prize

The Bernard M. Gordon Prize was established by the United States National Academy of Engineering to life in 2001. Its purpose is to recognize and reward executives in science for the development of new pedagogies in engineering and technology. Each year, the Bernard M. Gordon Prize will be awarded with a prize money of U.S. $ 500,000. Of this, the winner will receive $ 250,000. The other half of the prize money will be paid to the Institute to support it so that development will continue there. Although the Bernard M. Gordon Prize is still rather new, it is considered to be the American equivalent of the Nobel Prize.

Award criteria

  • The ability of the nominee to develop pedagogical paradigms that enable skills and attitudes for managers in mechanical engineering to generate and develop.
  • Demonstrated impact on the above-mentioned range and emphasis on the transferability of innovation. Additional criteria may be: a verifiable effect on students ( number of students pursuing a career in the industry, as active engagement in shaping the course, pursuit of advanced technical training, etc. ), student evaluation of relevant courses and recognition of the uniqueness the new pedagogical approach.
  • Significant impact within the institution or the reproducibility in other institutions.
  • Focus on project success.
  • Success in leadership training in mechanical engineering. Nominees should be identifiable individuals who have benefited from the innovation, including their past and present positions.
  • The potential of the nominee to take advantage conferred by the price of resources and to expand the innovative approach, including, but not limited to, the reproducibility of the innovation in other academic areas.
  • The nominees must be U.S. citizens or have permanent residency in the U.S. and seek in an Institute of the U.S. to develop the pedagogical approach for engineering.
  • The prize is awarded only to living people.

Award winners

  • 2014 John P. Collier, Robert J. Graves, Joseph J. Helble and Charles E. Hutchinson from Dartmouth College for their Dartmouth Engineering Entrepreneurship Program
  • 2013 Richard Miller, David Kerns, Sherra Kerns Jr. and Franklin W. Olin College of the engineering for the creation of the Olin College and its student -centered approach to leadership training in mechanical engineering.
  • Clive L. Dym 2012, M. Mack Gilkeson and J. Richard Phillips from Harvey Mudd College for the production and dissemination of innovations in undergraduate engineering design management training in mechanical engineering.
  • 2011 Edward Crawley of MIT CDIO initiative is co-founder of, for innovation and rethinking of engineering education. CDIO has over 50 employees worldwide ( as of 2011).
  • 2009 Thomas H. Byers and Tina Seelig for forward-looking, constantly evolving and tireless technology diffusion of entrepreneurial training resources for engineering students and educators around the world ( STVP Program at Stanford University).
  • 2008 Jacquelyn F. Sullivan and Lawrence E. Carlson for the integrated teaching and learning program, the practical influences on motivation and learning during the engineering education for future managers.
  • 2007 Arthur W. Winston, Harold S. Goldberg and Jerome E. Levy for innovation in engineering and technology education. They were founder and teacher at Gordon Institute in its early years.
  • 2006 Jens E. Jorgensen, John S. Lamancusa, Lueny Morell, Allen L. Soyster and Jose Zayas - Castro, develop for the development of a learning factory in the multidisciplinary student tables team characteristics and abilities of leaders in engineering, in which they solve real problems.
  • 2005 Edward J. Coyle, Leah H. Jamieson and William C. Oakes for progress in the training of future leaders in engineering through the development and dissemination of engineering projects in non-profit programs ( EPICS ).
  • 2004 Frank S. Barnes pioneered an interdisciplinary telecommunications program (ITP ), for leaders, building bridges, for social science, and public policy.
  • 2002 Eli Fromm for innovation, technical, social and experiential learning an undergraduate curriculum to integrate.
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