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2008 AWARDS RECIPIENTSACADEMY AWARDSThe Academy of Transdisciplinary Learning and Advanced Studies(TheATLAS) is pleased to present an award “the Academy Gold Medalof Honor” for distinguished contribution to the advancement of Transdisciplinary Foundational ideas and activities. The award comeswith Honorary lifetime Membership in the Academy. The Academy Gold Medal of Honor recognizes unusual accomplishment intransdisciplinary education and research, public service, and other allied pursuits beneficial to design and processscience. Award ceremony will be during the Conference Dinner on June 2, 2008.2008 Academy Gold Medal of Honor RecipientDr. Chun-Yen Changmolecular beam devices sent streams of intensely packedmolecules into each other at supersonic speeds. Scientists werethen able to view chemical reactions and discover how and whythey take place. This knowledge has contributed to today’s powerfullasers used by many researchers from diverse disciplines.2008 Academy Gold Medal of Honor RecipientDr. Edgar MitchellDr. Chun-Yen Chang was the former President of National ChiaoTung University in Taiwan. He received his BSEE degree from theNational Chenk Kung University (NCKU), and MS and Ph.D. degreesfrom the National Chiao Tung University (NCTU). Due to hispioneering Ph.D. thesis in 1969, Prof. Chang became the first evergraduate student to receive the first domestic Ph.D. degree in Engineeringin Taiwan. He served as a research fellow at Bell Labs, aprofessor at NCKU, the dean of research, dean of engineering anddean of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at NCTUand President of National Chiao Tung University in Taiwan. Healso was the founding Director of National Nano-Device Labs inTaiwan. In addition to his presidency at NCTU, Dr. Chang heldseveral other positions and affiliations including Foreign Associateof the U.S. National Academy of Engineering, member of AcademiaSinica of the Republic of China, National Chair Professor, NationalPolicy Advisor to the Office of the President of the Republic of China,and Science and Technology Advisor to the Executive Yuan of theRepublic of China.2008 Academy Gold Medal of Honor RecipientDr. Yuan T. Lee, Nobel LaureateOn January 31, 1971, Dr. Edgar Mitchell, then a U.S. Navy Captain,embarked on a journey through outer space of some 500,000 milesthat resulted in becoming the sixth man to walk on the moon. Thathistoric journey terminated safely nine days later on February 9,1971 and was made in the company of two other men of valor -Admiral Alan Shepard and Colonel Stuart Roosa. Scientist, testpilot, naval officer, astronaut, entrepreneur, author and lecturer, Dr.Mitchell’s extraordinary and varied career personifies humankind’seternal thrust to widen its horizons as well as explore its inner soul.His academic background includes a Bachelor of Science in IndustrialManagement from Carnegie Mellon University in 1952, aBachelor of Science in Aeronautics from the U.S. Naval PostgraduateSchool in 1961 and a Doctor of Science degree in Aeronauticsfrom the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1964. In addition,he has received three honorary doctorates from New MexicoState University, the University of Akron and Carnegie Mellon University.2008 Academy Gold Medal of Honor RecipientDr. Ali NayfehYuan T. Lee is a Taiwanese born chemist best known for his NobelPrize winning work in the field of crossed molecular beam research.In 1986 he received the Nobel Prize, along with Herschbach andCanadian scientist John C. Polanyi for their joint work in crossedbeam molecular research, or more particularly, “for theircontributions concerning the dynamics of chemical elementaryprocesses.” Their groundbreaking work made it possible to analyzemuch larger and more complex chemical molecules than thosepreviously studied. Many years after Charles Townes won a Nobelfor his research laying the groundwork for the laser, Yuan Lee tookthat work steps further. Lee’s designs and experiments withProfessor Ali Nayfeh is a University Distinguished Professor at VirginiaTech, Department of Engineering Science and Mechanics.He earned three academic degrees (BS, MS, and Ph.D.) in four anda half years in engineering science and aeronautics and astronauticsfrom Stanford University. He is one of the most prolific engi-
neering scholars in the world — his 10 books, 32 book chapters,over 400 journal papers, over 500 conference papers, and over120 invited lectures represent his wide-ranging and penetratingcontributions to the engineering literature. Currently, he is the Editor-in-Chiefof Nonlinear Dynamics and Journal of Vibration andControl. Professor Nayfeh advanced the-state-of-the-art in all fieldsof engineering, including fluid mechanics, structural interaction,structural control, biomedical, and ship and submarine dynamics.He extended his work to power systems and power electronics.His method of multiple scales is the method of choice for treatingnonlinear vibration problems. His work has been cited by almosteveryone working in the area of applied mechanics and every graduatestudent should begin his work by studying Professor Nayfeh’sbooks. It is amazing that his citation exceeds 15,000. ProfessorNayfeh supervised over 75 doctoral and postdoctoral students.Nayfeh was awarded the Gold Medal of Kuwait Prize in basic sciencesin 1981. He is the recipient of the AIAA Pendray AerospaceLiterature Award for his seminal contributions to the aerospacecommunity (1995). In 1996 he received the ASME J. P. Den HartogAward in recognition of lifetime contributions to the teaching andpractice of vibration engineering, and in 2005 he received the ASMELyapunov Award for life long contributions to nonlinear dynamics.He is the first recipient of the newly established Lyapunov Award. In2005 he received Virginia’s Lifetime Achievement in Science Award,presented by the Science Museum of Virginia. His academic careerand pioneering research work have earned him Fellow membershipsin many societies. He received Honorary Doctorates fromoverseas universities, such as Marine Technical University of St.Petersburg in Russia, the Technical University of Munich in Germany,and Politechnika Szczecinska of Poland.Professor Bammer holds degrees in Biochemistry, Psychology andGeography, and a PhD in Behavioural Pharmacology. She had hadthree major career transitions - first from working on science-basedinterdisciplinary problems to working in occupational health; secondto working on illicit drug problems; and third from undertakingresearch on specific problems to developing cross-cutting theoryand methods to support others in performing more effective problem-basedresearch. She was an inaugural Fulbright New CenturyScholar in 2001-2 and the first person to be awarded a Fellowshipunder the Visiting Scholars Program, Competence Centre Environmentand Sustainability, ETH-Zurich (Swiss Federal Institute of TechnologyZurich) in 2007. Her current research involves collaborativeprojects on illicit drug policy, policing and security, natural resourcemanagement, and biosecurity in Australia, as well as the impact ofglobal environmental change on food systems in the Indo-GangeticPlain.George Kozmetsky Distinguished AchievementAward Recipient Dr. Chang-Hai TsaiIn recognition of distinguished and meritorious achievement inTransdisciplinary education and research as evidenced by managementeffectiveness, motivational skill, use of creative and innovativemethods, and outstanding leadershipSDPS AWARDSErtas Transdisciplinary Scientists and EngineersAward Recipient Dr. Gabriele BammerIn recognition of distinguished achievement in transdisciplinaryscience and/or engineering as evidenced by contributions totransdisciplinary education and/or research with the use of creativeand innovative methods and visionary leadershipProfessor Gabriele Bammer is developing the new discipline ofIntegration and Implementation Sciences (www.anu.edu.au/iisn) toimprove the contribution universities can make to tackling complexsocietal problems. This discipline deals with a common set of issuesfaced by all problem-based research - the need to generatefresh thinking, to deal with what we do not know as effectively aswhat we know, to influence decision making and change, and toappreciate that problems are embedded in wider systems. GabrieleBammer is a Professor at the National Centre for Epidemiology andPopulation Health, ANU College of Medicine and Health Sciences,The Australian National University and a Research Fellow at theHauser Center for Nonprofit Organizations, Harvard University. Herempirical research examines integration and implementation conceptsand methods that can be exchanged between populationhealth, policing and security, environmental management and technologicalinnovation.Dr. Tsai received his doctor of medicine from Teikyo University, Japan.He has been involved in research, teaching, and practicemedicine at China Medical University in Taichung , Taiwan. Whilehis research has been well regarded, he became famous duringthe 2003-2004 SARS epidemics as the Commander of Mid-TaiwanSARS Control and Medical Resources Integration CommandingCenter for his outstanding achievement in the prevention ofSARS spreading. For which, he has received a special high honoraward from the Executive Yuan of Taiwan government.Dr. Tsai is currently the Chairman of board of China medical universitywhich has the 3 rd largest hospital under its management. Underhis leadership, both the university and the hospital is expandingrapidly both in academic research and teaching as well asworking with global partners such as building the largest cancerresearch center with M. D. Anderson hospital in Taiwan.Dr. Tsai has always a passion for education. He is the founder andchairman of the Asia University in Taichung, Taiwan. Although it isbarely six year old, it has achieved some spectacular landmarks inthe higher education system of Taiwan.For his work both as a physician, an educator, and social entrepreneur,Dr. Tsai received many awards. He is also an advisor to nationalpolicy in President’s office.CONFERENCE LUNCHEONTuesday, June 2, 2008, 12:30 - 1:30 pm
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