Editing Harold Pender Award

{{Short description|American engineering award}}
The '''Harold Pender Award''', initiated in 1972 and named after founding Dean [[Harold Pender]], is given by the Faculty of the [[University of Pennsylvania School of Engineering and Applied Science|School of Engineering and Applied Science]] of the [[University of Pennsylvania]] to an outstanding member of the engineering profession who has achieved distinction by significant contributions to society.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.seas.upenn.edu/about-seas/lectures/pender.php |title=The Harold Pender Award |publisher=[[University of Pennsylvania School of Engineering and Applied Science|School of Engineering and Applied Science]], [[University of Pennsylvania]] |accessdate=February 5, 2011 |archive-date=February 22, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120222032929/http://www.seas.upenn.edu/about-seas/lectures/pender.php |url-status=dead }}</ref> The Pender Award is the School of Engineering's highest honor.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2003-09-08 |title=Penn Engineering to Honor UNIX Co-Creators Dennis Ritchie and Kenneth Thompson with Pender Award |url=https://penntoday.upenn.edu/news/penn-engineering-honor-unix-co-creators-dennis-ritchie-and-kenneth-thompson-pender-award |access-date=2024-09-20 |website=Penn Today |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=The Harold Pender Award Lecture |url=https://events.seas.upenn.edu/distinguished-lectures/pender-lecture/ |access-date=2024-09-19 |website=Penn Engineering |language=en-US}}</ref>

==Past recipients==
* 2018: [[Yann LeCun]], for his work in [[convolutional neural networks]].
* 2013: [[Barbara Liskov]], for her work in programming languages, programming methodology and distributed systems.
* 2010: [[Robert E. Kahn]] and [[Vinton G. Cerf]], for their pioneering and seminal contributions to network-based information technology, and especially for the design and implementation of the [[TCP/IP|TCP/IP protocol suite]], which continues to provide the foundation for the growing Internet
* 2006: [[Mildred Dresselhaus]], for pioneering contributions and leadership in the field of carbon-based [[nanostructures]] and [[nanotechnology]], and for promoting opportunities for women in science and engineering
* 2003: [[Dennis Ritchie]] and [[Ken Thompson (computer programmer)|Ken Thompson]], for development of the [[Unix|UNIX]] operating system and [[C (programming language)|C programming language]]
* 2002: [[John Hopfield|John J. Hopfield]], for his pioneering accomplishments in the field of [[computational neuroscience]] and neuroengineering
* 2000: [[Jack Kilby|Jack St. Clair Kilby]], for his contribution to the invention of the [[integrated circuit]], or microchip
* 1999: [[John H. Holland]], founder of [[genetic algorithms]] and innovative research in the science of [[complexity]] and adaptation
* 1995: [[George Dantzig]], developer of the [[simplex algorithm]] spawning the field of [[linear programming]]
* 1993: [[Hiroshi Inose]], leader in advances in digital communication and in increasing our understanding of the effects of information flow on society
* 1991: [[Arno Penzias]], discoverer of the background microwave [[blackbody radiation]] of the universe
* 1990: [[Dana S. Scott]], pioneer in application of concepts from [[logic]] and [[algebra]] to the development of mathematical [[semantics]] of [[programming languages]]
* 1989: [[Leo Esaki]], pioneer in tunneling phenomena in [[semiconductors]] and development of [[quantum well]] structures
* 1988: [[John Bardeen]], co-inventor of the [[transistor]] and contributor to the theory of [[superconductivity]]
* 1987: [[Herbert A. Simon]], contributor to cross-disciplinary work between computer science, psychology, economics, and management, including the development of [[artificial intelligence]] and [[cognitive science]]
* 1986: [[Ronold W. P. King]], leader in the development of [[electromagnetic antenna theory]]
* 1985: [[Amnon Yariv]], innovator in [[quantum electronics]] and [[integrated optics]]
* 1984: [[Carver Mead]] and [[Lynn Conway]], developers of [[Computer-aided design|CAD]] techniques for [[VLSI]] technology and authors of first VLSI textbook
* 1983: [[John Backus]], developer of speed-coding and [[FORTRAN]]
* 1982: [[Maurice V. Wilkes]], developer of world's second large-scale general-purpose electronic digital computer and author of first digital computer programmers textbook
* 1981: [[Richard W. Hamming]], father of [[algebraic coding theory]]
* 1980: [[Robert N. Noyce]], developer of the [[integrated circuit]]
* 1979: [[Edwin H. Land]], Inventor of instant [[photography]]
* 1978: [[Claude E. Shannon]], creator of quantitative [[Information theory]]
* 1977: [[Jan A. Rajchman]], electronic and computer research
* 1976: [[Hyman G. Rickover]], USN, father of the nuclear navy
* 1975: [[Chauncey Starr]], founder of the [[Electric Power Research Institute]] (EPRI)
* 1974: [[Peter C. Goldmark]], inventor of the 33-1/3 rpm long-playing record (among other things)
* 1973: [[John Mauchly]] and [[J. Presper Eckert]], inventors of [[ENIAC]]
* 1972: [[Edward E. David Jr.]], science advisor to the [[President of the United States]]

==See also==

* [[List of engineering awards]]

==References==
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