Dr.
Mildred
Dresselhaus'
career
combines
research
accomplishments
at
the
highest
level
with
sustained
leadership,
advocacy
and
service
on
behalf
of
the
engineering
and
science
professions.
A
voice
for
national
competitiveness
and
security,
she
served
as
director
of
the
Office
of
Science
in
the
U.S.
Department
of
Energy
from
2000
to
2001.
One
of
12
institute
professors
at
the
Massachusetts
Institute
of
Technology
(MIT)
in
Cambridge,
Massachusetts,
where
she
has
taught
since
1967,
Dr.
Dresselhaus
also
directed
the
MIT
Center
for
Materials
Science
and
Engineering
from
1977
to
1983.
Her
research
has
been
at
the
forefront
of
advances
in
carbon
materials
science,
and
her
peers
call
her
work
on
carbon
nanotubes
among
the
most
exciting
in
nanoscale
development.
Since
the
mid-1970s,
Dr.
Dresselhaus
has
campaigned
to
improve
women's
access
to
careers
in
technology
and
science.
Her
1975
article
'Some
Personal
Views
on
Engineering
Education
for
Women'
(IEEE
Transactions
on
Education)
remains
both
valuable
and
relevant.
Serving
as a
role
model,
she
has
mentored,
formally
and
informally,
countless
young
women
at
MIT
and
around
the
world.
An
IEEE
Life
Fellow,
Dr.
Dresselhaus
is a
member
of
the
U.S.
National
Academy
of
Engineering
and
the
National
Academy
of
Sciences.
She
chairs
the
governing
board
of
the
American
Institute
of
Physics
and
has
served
as
treasurer
of
the
National
Academy
of
Sciences
and
as
president
of
the
American
Physical
Society
and
the
American
Association
for
the
Advancement
of
Science.
Her
numerous
awards
include
a
Fulbright
fellowship
and
the
U.S.
National
Medal
of
Science.
Dr.
Dresselhaus
was
awarded
the
2004
IEEE
Founders
Medal
"For
leadership
across
many
fields
of
science
and
engineering
through
research
and
education,
and
for
exceptional
and
unique
contributions
to
the
profession."
