President Honors Top Junior Faculty in Science and Engineering
President Clinton today named 20 National Science Foundation (NSF)-supported researchers as recipients of the 2000 Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE). The awards were presented at the White House Old Executive Office Building by the president’s science advisor, Neal Lane.
The PECASE award is the highest honor bestowed by the U.S. government on outstanding scientists and engineers who are in the early stages of establishing their independent research careers. This is the fifth year of the awards.
Nine participating federal agencies shared 59 PECASE awards for 2000. The Clinton Administration established the awards in February 1996 to recognize some of the nation's finest junior scientists and engineers and to maintain U.S. leadership across the frontiers of scientific research.
"These extraordinarily gifted young scientists and engineers represent the best in our country," President Clinton said. "Through their talent, ability, and dedication, they will quicken the pace of discovery and put science and technology to work advancing the human condition as never before."
"These awards acknowledge much more than past performance," said NSF director Rita Colwell, "They represent our expectation that these women and men will continue to provide leadership in science, engineering and higher education well into the millennium."
NSF awardees have demonstrated a notable commitment to the integration of research and education. Since the White House established the award in 1996, 100 NSF-supported faculty members have received this presidential honor in such diverse fields as biophysics, mathematical modeling, transportation engineering and microeconomics.
NSF selects its PECASE nominees from among its most meritorious CAREER (Faculty Early Career Development) awardees. The CAREER award supports exceptionally promising college and university junior faculty who are committed to the integration of research and education. CAREER awards range from $200,000 to $500,000 for a period of four to five years.
Recipients of the 2000 Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers
The following are National Science Foundation supported researchers receiving the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE).
Youssef Hashash, University of Illinois, UrbanaChampaign - For developing an integrated research and education project that addresses a novel interactive visualization development and learning environment for material constitutive relations, referred to as VizCoRe
