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<br>The MIT Arab Students Organization proudly presents:<br>
<br><font size="4"><span style="font-weight: bold;">The 5th Annual MIT ASO Science and Technology Awards Banquet</span></font><br>
<br><span style="font-weight: bold;">Keynote speaker and recipient of the Lifetime Achievement Award:</span><br>Dr. Ahmed Zewail, Professor, California Institute of Technology<br>Winner of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry (1999)<br>
<br><span style="font-weight: bold;">Recipient of the Young Professional Award:</span><br>Dr. Dina Katabi, Associate Professor, Massachusetts Institute of Technology<br><br><span style="font-weight: bold;">Recipient of the Graduate Student Award:</span><br>
Loai Naamani, Doctoral Student, Massachusetts Institute of Technology<br><br><span style="font-weight: bold;">Recipient of the Undergraduate Student Award:</span><br>Ibrahim Kanan '08, Massachusetts Institute of Technology<br>
<br><span style="font-weight: bold;">When:</span><br>Saturday, April 26, 2008<br>6pm – 7pm: Reception<br>7pm – 10pm: Dinner and Presentation of Awards<br><br><span style="font-weight: bold;">Where:</span><br>Republic Ballroom, Sheraton Boston Hotel and Towers<br>
39 Dalton Street, Boston, MA<br><br><span style="font-weight: bold;">About the MIT ASO Science and Technology Awards:</span><br> <br>Every
year, the Arab students at MIT organize the MIT ASO Science and
Technology Awards to recognize outstanding Arab contributions to
science and technology in the US. The ceremony consists of the
following awards:<br>
<br>1. The Lifetime Achievement Award recognizes the career-long achievements of a leading scientist or technologist of Arab origin.<br>2. The Young Professional Award recognizes the early career achievements of a young Arab-American scientist or technologist.<br>
3. The Student Awards, given to one Graduate student and one
Undergraduate student, recognize the academic and leadership
achievements of outstanding Arab students in any US campus. Each of
these awards comes with a $1,000 cash scholarship.<br>
<br><span style="font-weight: bold;">About this year's Lifetime Achievement Award winner, Dr. Ahmed Zewail:</span><br> <br>Ahmed
Zewail is presently the Linus Pauling Chair Professor of Chemistry and
Professor of Physics, and the Director of the Physical Biology Center
for UST and the NSF Laboratory for Molecular Sciences (LMS) at the
California Institute of Technology in Pasadena, California.<br>
<br>Professor Zewail was awarded the 1999 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for
his pioneering developments in the field of femtoscience, making it
possible to observe the movement of the individual atoms in a
femtosecond, a split second that is a millionth of a billionth of a
second. Such a development—which literally changed our view of the
dynamics of matter—holds great promise in the areas of technology and
life sciences. Currently his research interests include the biological
sciences, the complexity of molecular function and the new development
of ultrafast diffraction for the imaging of transient structures in
space and time with atomic-scale resolution.<br>
<br>Professor Zewail was educated in Egypt, received his B.S. (with
first class honors) and M.S. from Alexandria University, and his Ph.D.
from the University of Pennsylvania. His honors include more than 100
prizes and awards, Orders of Merit, and Orders of States from around
the world. These include the Robert A. Welch Prize, Wolf Prize, King
Faisal Prize, Benjamin Franklin Medal, Peter Debye Award, and the E. O.
Lawrence Award. From Egypt he received the Order of the Grand Collar of
the Nile, the highest state honor, and postage stamps were issued to
honor his contributions to science and humanity.<br>
<br>He holds honorary degrees in the sciences, arts, philosophy, law,
medicine, and literature from universities and institutions around the
world including the U.S.A., England, Switzerland, Egypt, Belgium,
Australia, Canada, India, Italy, Scotland, Korea, Sweden, France,
China, Mexico, Ireland, Japan, Lebanon, and Argentina. He is an elected
member of national and international academies and societies, including
the National Academy of Sciences, the American Philosophical Society,
the American Academy of Achievement, the Pontifical Academy of
Sciences, the European Academy of Arts, Sciences, and Humanities, the
Royal Society of London, the Russian Academy of Sciences, the Royal
Swedish Academy of Sciences, the Academy of Sciences of Malaysia, and
the French Academy of Sciences. He is on the Board of Trustees and
Board of Directors of national and international foundations and
universities, and holds the Honorary Chair at the United Nations
University. <br>
<br>Professor Zewail is renowned for his public lectures and writings
encompassing science and technology, education and world affairs, and
for his tireless efforts to help the population of the have-nots. In
his recent biography Voyage through Time—Walks of Life to the Nobel
Prize, he gives an exposé of his life and work until the receipt of the
Nobel Prize, and he suggests a concrete course of action for the world
of the have-nots and for a new vision of world order.<br>
<br>Ahmed Zewail is the father of four children and lives in California. <br><br>(Source: Professor Zewail's website)<br></div>