Meet Our 2018 Recipient

Ichiro Takeuchi
Professor, Materials and Science Engineering

Professor Takeuchi pioneered the combinatorial approach, allowing synthesis and screening of a large number of different compounds to rapidly discover new materials. This research — applicable to a range of topics, from materials for information technology and medical devices, to high-strength metallic allows and renewable energy materials — has led to several discoveries, including the invention of elastocaloric cooling, an alternative non-vapor compression cooling technology.

Past Recipients

• 2017: Norman Wereley, Aerospace Engineering
• 2016: Howard Milchberg, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Physics, IREAP
• 2015: Gary Rubloff, Materials Science and Engineering
• 2014: Christopher Davis, Electrical and Computer Engineering
• 2013: Manfred Wuttig, Materials Science and Engineering
• 2012: Peter Kofinas, Bioengineering
• 2011: Michael Zachariah, Materials Science and Engineering, Chemistry
• 2010: Allen Davis,  Civil and Environmental Engineering
• 2009: Michael Pecht, Mechanical Engineering and Center for Advanced Life Cycle Engineering
• 2008: K. J. Ray Liu, Electrical and Computer Engineering
• 2007: Rama Chellappa, Electrical and Computer Engineering
• 2006: Ashwani Gupta, Mechanical Engineering
• 2005: Edward Ott, Electrical and Computer Engineering
• 2004: Thomas Antonsen, Electrical and Computer Engineering
• 2003: William Bentley, Bioengineering
• 2002: Inderjit Chopra, Aerospace Engineering
• 2001: Ramamoorthy Ramesh, Materials Science and Engineering