Charles Stark Draper Prize Award
Awards Type : InterNational Award
Organized Country : United States
First Award : 1989
The National Academy of Engineering annually awards the Charles Stark Draper Prize, which is given for the advancement of engineering and the education of the public about engineering. It is one of three prizes that constitute the "Nobel Prizes of Engineering" - the others being the Academy's Russ and Gordon Prizes. The winner of each of these prizes receives $500,000. The Draper prize is named for Charles Stark Draper, the "father of inertial navigation", an MIT professor and founder of Draper Laboratory.
Award Organized By: National Academy of Engineering
Website: http://www.draperprize.org/
Latest Charles Stark Draper Prize Awarded
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Isamu Akasaki
Japan
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M. George Craford
United States
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Russel D. Dupuis
United States
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Nick Holonyak Jr
United States
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Shuji Nakamura
United States
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John B. Goodenough
United States
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Yoshio Nishi
Japan
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Rachid Yazami
Singapore
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Akira Yoshino
Japan
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Thomas Haug
Sweden
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Martin Cooper
United States
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Yoshihisa Okumura
Japan
