Honors and Recognition
Honors Spotlight:
John B. Goodenough, Ph.D.
Professor
Department of Mechanical Engineering and Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Cockrell School of Engineering
Recipient of the Nobel Prize
John B. Goodenough has been awarded the 2019 Nobel Prize in chemistry — jointly with Stanley Whittingham of the State University of New York at Binghamton and Akira Yoshino of Meijo University — for the development of lithium-ion batteries. Goodenough identified and developed the critical materials that provided the high-energy density needed to power portable electronics, initiating the wireless revolution. The Nobels are considered to be among the most prestigious prizes in the world and have been awarded for achievements in physics, chemistry, physiology or medicine, literature and peace since 1901 by the Nobel Foundation in Stockholm, Sweden.
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- Nobel Prize
- Pulitzer Prize
- National Medal of Science
- National Medal of Technology and Innovation
- National Academy of Education
- National Endowment for the Humanities Fellowships
- Members and Fellows of the American Academy of the Arts and Sciences
- Members of the National Academies
- American Academy of Social Work and Social Welfare
- Presidential Early Career Awards for Scientists and Engineers