Awards & Winners

2003 National Medal of Technology and Innovation

Check winners and nominations of 2003 National Medal of Technology and Innovation. Check awards winners of 2003 National Medal of Technology and Innovation. (Click on the Award name to show winners and nominees)

National Medal of Technology and Innovation

Jan D. Achenbach

(For his seminal contributions to engineering research and education and for pioneering ultrasonic methods for the detection of cracks and corrosion in aircraft, leading to improved safety for aircraft structures.)
National Medal of Technology and Innovation

Watts Humphrey

(For his vision of a discipline for software engineering, for his work toward meeting that vision, and for the resultant impact on the U.S. Government, industry, and academic communities.)
National Medal of Technology and Innovation

Robert Metcalfe

(For leadership in the invention, standardization, and commercialization of the Ethernet.)
National Medal of Technology and Innovation

Rodney Bagley, Irwin Lachman, Ronald M. Lewis

(For their pioneering work resulting in the design and manufacture of the cellular ceramic substrate for catalytic converters that enabled auto manufacturers to develop the first commercially mass-produced automotive catalytic converter.)
National Medal of Technology and Innovation

UOP LLC

(For more than 85 years of sustained technical leadership and innovation for the petroleum refining and petrochemical industries; and for the invention and commercialization of adsorbents, catalysts, process plants, and process technology)
National Medal of Technology and Innovation

Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation

(For more than 75 years of support of the cycle of innovation, from research to invention to investment, by supporting faculty and student research at the University of Wisconsin and pioneering the transfer of university ideas to U.S. businesses.)

Yearwise list of National Medal of Technology and Innovation Winners