Awards & Winners

Edwin N. Lightfoot

Edwin N. Lightfoot is a Chemical Engineer and the Hilldale Professor Emeritus in the Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He is known for his research in transport phenomena, including biological mass-transfer processes, mass-transport reaction modeling, and separations processes. He, along with R. Byron Bird and Warren E. Stewart, is the author of the classic textbook Transport Phenomena. Lightfoot is a recipient of National Medal of Science in 2004.

Awards by Edwin N. Lightfoot

Check all the awards nominated and won by Edwin N. Lightfoot.

2004


National Medal of Science for Engineering
(For his innovative research and leadership in transport phenomena focusing on biochemical and biomedical engineering with application to blood oxygenation, bioseparation techniques, and diabetic responses)