annual report 2011 - Office for Research - Northwestern University

together committees of experts in all areas of
scienti�c and technological endeavor. These
experts serve pro bono to address critical
national issues and give advice to the federal
government and the public.
This year, Ted Belytschko, mechanical
engineering, was elected to the National
Academy of Sciences. Belytschko is an expert
in computational methods for computer
simulation of mechanical events such as car
crash, drop test, and other prototype testing.
His main interests lie in the development
of computational methods for engineering
problems.
Don Norman, electrical engineering and
computer science, emeritus, was welcomed
into the National Academy of Engineering.
He is a leader in the application of human-
centered design. Norman was cited for his
“development of design principles based
on human cognition that enhance the
interaction between people and technology.”
CAREER Awards from the National
Science Foundation
The Faculty Early Career Development
(CAREER) Program is the National Science
Foundation’s most prestigious award
program for new faculty members. The
CAREER Award recognizes and supports
the early career development activities of
those teacher-scholars who are most likely
to become the academic leaders of the
21st century. Seven Northwestern faculty
members were recipients of NSF CAREER
Awards in 2011:
Steven Franconeri, psychology
Seema Jayachandran, economics 1
Jens Koch, physics and astronomy
Nicole Immorlica, electrical engineering
and computer sciences
Paul Leonardi, communication studies,
industrial engineering and management
8 Annual Report 2011 | Awards and Recognition
Adilson Motter, physics and astronomy
Hao Zhang, biomedical engineering
1 Hired in 2011
Institute of Medicine Membership with
Current A�liation
University
Members
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2008
Members
2009
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2010
Members
2011
Harvard University 144 143 133 140 145
Stanford University 50 53 61 68 71
Johns Hopkins University 47 56 53 68 70
University of Pennsylvania 41 49 50 62 66
Columbia University 45 45 47 59 60
Yale University 37 41 39 52 52
Duke University 32 33 33 38 38
Massachusetts Institute of Technology 27 28 29 36 38
Washington University 23 26 33 32 32
Cornell University 11 10 9 11 19
University of Rochester 13 15 14 17 17
University of Chicago 10 11 11 17 17
Dartmouth College N/A N/A N/A 12 13
Princeton University 9 9 9 10 10
Georgetown University N/A N/A N/A 8 8
Northwestern University 3 3 3 5 5
Brown University N/A N/A N/A 5 5
Rice University 1 1 1 1 1
Source: Institute of Medicine Public Directory online at www.iom.edu
National Science Foundation CAREER Awards
University 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011
Massachusetts Institute of Technology 12 9 16 8 12
Columbia University 8 5 12 6 7
Yale University 3 6 5 9 1
Cornell University 12 8 14 6 10
University of Pennsylvania 4 2 4 7 7
Princeton University 3 2 8 6 3
Duke University 4 4 7 4 1
Stanford University 9 5 10 4 9
Northwestern University 6 4 12 5 7
Harvard University 1 5 8 6 4
Johns Hopkins University 4 5 6 4 3
Rice University 5 7 5 2 6
Washington University 3 4 3 4 5
University of Chicago 3 4 2 2 3
University of Rochester 1 3 3 3 2
Brown University 2 2 3 4 4
Georgetown University 0 0 2 0 0
Dartmouth University 1 2 3 3 1
Source: www.nsf.gov/awardsearch