I-Institute of Engineering and Technology (IET) namuhla (ngo-Okthoba 20) inikeze uSolwazi waseNorthwestern University Chad u-A. Mirkin iMedal Faraday ka-2022.
I-Faraday Medal ingenye yemiklomelo ehlonishwa kakhulu yonjiniyela nososayensi, futhi ingumklomelo omkhulu kunayo yonke we-IET onikezwa impumelelo evelele yesayensi noma yezimboni. Ngokusho kwesitatimende esisemthethweni, uMirkin wahlonishwa “ngokusungula nokuthuthukisa amathuluzi amaningi, izindlela, nezinto eziye zachaza inkathi yanamuhla ye-nanotechnology.”
“Lapho abantu bekhuluma ngabaholi bezinga lomhlaba ocwaningweni oluhlanganisa imikhakha eyahlukene, uChad Mirkin uphuma phambili, futhi impumelelo yakhe engenakubalwa ishintshe lo mkhakha,” kusho uMilan Mrksic, iphini likamongameli wocwaningo eNorthwestern University. “UCah uyisilomo emkhakheni we-nanotechnology, futhi ngesizathu esihle. Intshisekelo yakhe, ilukuluku kanye nethalente lakhe kunikezelwe ekubhekaneni nezinselele ezinkulu nasekuthuthukiseni ukusungula izinto ezintsha okuphumelelayo. Impumelelo yakhe eminingi yesayensi kanye neyamabhizinisi idale ubuchwepheshe obuhlukahlukene obusebenzayo, futhi uhola umphakathi ophilayo e-International Institute of Nanotechnology yethu. Lo mklomelo wakamuva uwukuqashelwa okufanelekelayo kobuholi bakhe eNorthwestern University kanye nasemkhakheni we-nanotechnology.”
UMirkin waziwa kabanzi ngokusungulwa kwama-nucleic acid ayindilinga (i-SNA) kanye nokuthuthukiswa kwezinhlelo zokuxilonga kanye nokwelapha zebhayoloji kanye namakhemikhali kanye namasu okwenziwa kwezinto ezisekelwe kuzo.
Ama-SNA angangena ngokwemvelo emangqamuzaneni nasezicutshini zabantu futhi anqobe izithiyo zezinto eziphilayo izakhiwo ezivamile ezingenakukwazi ukuzenza, okuvumela ukutholakala kwezakhi zofuzo noma ukwelashwa kwezifo ngaphandle kokuthinta amaseli anempilo. Aye aba yisisekelo semikhiqizo yezentengiselwano engaphezu kuka-1,800 esetshenziswa ekuxilongweni kwezokwelapha, ekwelapheni, kanye nocwaningo lwesayensi yokuphila.
UMirkin uphinde abe yiphayona emkhakheni wokutholwa kwezinto ezisekelwe ku-AI, okuhlanganisa ukusetshenziswa kwamasu okuhlanganisa i-high-throughput ahlanganiswe nokufunda komshini kanye namasethi edatha amakhulu kakhulu, asezingeni eliphezulu avela emitatsheni emikhulu yezigidi zama-nanoparticles afakwe endaweni ethile. - Thola futhi uhlole ngokushesha izinto ezintsha zokusetshenziswa ezimbonini ezifana nemithi, amandla ahlanzekile, i-catalysis, nokuningi.
UMirkin waziwa nangokusungula i-nanolithography yepeni, i-National Geographic eyiqambe njengenye ye-“100 Scientific Discoveries That Changed the World”, kanye ne-HARP (High Area Rapid Printing), inqubo yokunyathelisa ye-3D engakhiqiza i-rigid, elastic, noma i-ceramic Components. enomphumela oqopha umlando. Ungumsunguli wezinkampani eziningana, okuhlanganisa i-TERA-print, i-Azul 3D kanye ne-Holden Pharma, ezizibophezele ekuletheni intuthuko kwezobuchwepheshe be-nano kwisayensi yokuphila, i-biomedicine kanye nezimboni zokukhiqiza ezithuthukile.
“Kuyamangalisa,” kusho uMilkin. “Abantu abawina esikhathini esidlule bakha labo abashintsha umhlaba ngesayensi nobuchwepheshe. Uma ngibheka emuva kubamukeli besikhathi esidlule, abavumbuli be-electron, umuntu wokuqala owahlukanisa i-athomu, umsunguli wekhompyutha yokuqala, kuyindaba emangalisayo, udumo olumangalisayo, futhi kusobala ukuthi ngiyajabula kakhulu ukuba yingxenye yayo.”
I-Faraday Medal iyingxenye yochungechunge lwe-IET Medal of Achievement futhi iqanjwe ngoMichael Faraday, uyise we-electromagnetism, umsunguli ovelele, isazi semithi, unjiniyela kanye nososayensi. Ngisho nanamuhla, izimiso zakhe zokuqhuba i-electromagnetic zisetshenziswa kabanzi kuma-motor kagesi kanye nama-generator.
Le ndondo, eyaqala ukunikezwa u-Oliver Heaviside eminyakeni eyikhulu edlule, owaziwa ngombono wakhe wemigqa yokudlulisela, ingenye yezindondo ezindala kakhulu ezisanikezwa. UMirkin kanye nabanqobi abavelele okubalwa kubo uCharles Parsons (1923), umsunguli we-turbine yesimanje ye-steam, uJJ Thomson, odunyiswe ngokuthola i-electron ngo-1925, u-Ernes T. Rutherford, othole i-nucleus ye-athomu (1930), kanye noMaurice Wilks, udunyiswa ngokusiza ekuklameni nasekukheni ikhompyutha yokuqala ye-elekthronikhi (1981).
“Bonke abawine izindondo namuhla bangabasunguli bezinto ezintsha abaye baba nomthelela ezweni esiphila kulo,” kusho uMengameli we-IET uBob Cryan esitatimendeni. “Abafundi kanye nochwepheshe bayamangalisa, baphumelele kakhulu emisebenzini yabo futhi bakhuthaza labo ababazungezile. Bonke kufanele baziqhenye ngempumelelo yabo – bayizibonelo ezinhle kakhulu zesizukulwane esilandelayo.”
UMirkin, uSolwazi weKhemistri kaGeorge B. Rathman eWeinberg College of Arts and Sciences, wayeyimbangela ebalulekile ekuveleni kweNorthwest njengomholi womhlaba kwezesayensi ye-nano kanye nomsunguli we-International Institute of Nanotechnology (IIN) yaseNyakatho-ntshonalanga. UMirkin uphinde abe nguSolwazi wezokwelapha eFeinberg School of Medicine eNorthwestern University kanye noSolwazi wezobunjiniyela bamakhemikhali kanye ne-Biological, ubunjiniyela bezokwelapha, isayensi yezinto zokwakha kanye nobunjiniyela eMcCormick School of Engineering.
Ungomunye wabantu abambalwa abakhethwe emagatsheni amathathu e-National Academy of Sciences – i-National Academy of Sciences, i-National Academy of Engineering kanye ne-National Academy of Medicine. UMirkin uphinde abe yilungu le-American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Iminikelo kaMirkin ihlonishwe ngemiklomelo engaphezu kuka-240 kazwelonke kanye neyamazwe ngamazwe. Wayeyilungu lokuqala le-faculty eNorthwestern University ukuthola iFaraday Medal kanye nePrize.
Isikhathi sokuthunyelwe: Novemba-14-2022
