Brown University School of Engineering

Rod Clifton, Rush C. Hawkins University Professor Emeritus and Professor (Research) at the School of Engineering at Brown University, has been selected as the winner of the 2013 Sigma Xi Monie A. Ferst Award. The award is given annually to an educator in engineering or science who has made “notable contributions to the motivations and encouragement of research through education.” Its purpose is to “recognize significant contributions to scientific research by an educator in engineering or science.”