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David Needham

Professor Emeritus in the Thomas Lord Department of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science
Thomas Lord Department of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science
3391 Fciemas Building, Box 90300, Durham, NC 27708-0300
3391 Fciemas Building, Box 90300, Durham, NC 27708

Awards & Honors


Doctor of Science

University University of Nottingham · December 2015  Honorary Degree, DSc (honoris causa) More about this award

Honorary Professor

University School of Pharmacy, Nottingham University, Nottingham, UK · December 2014 More about this award

Niels Bohr Professorship,

International Danish National Research Foundation, Denmark · January 2012  Danish National Research Foundation, Niels Bohr Professor, University Southern Denmark, Odense Denmark (2012-2017) 29M DKK plus 6M DKK co-financing from SDU Nat Sci and SUND http://pratt.duke.edu/news/needham-in-denmark (Developing New Strategies for Cancer Drug Delivery, in Denmark and at Duke) http://www.sdu.dk/en/om_sdu/fakulteterne/sundhedsvidenskab/nyt_sund/niels_bohr professor_david_needham_tilknyttes_sdu_sundhedsvidenskab (Niels Bohr Professor David Needham moves to SDU Health Faculty) http://www.pratt.duke.edu/node/3661 (Niels Bohr Professorship) http://www.sdu.dk/en/Om_SDU/Institutter_centre/C_SPSE/News/2013_01_26_Niels_Bohr (Niels Bohr Professorship, SDU) http://www.pratt.duke.edu/news/needham-honored-danish-national-research-foundation http://www.sdu.dk/en/om_sdu/fakulteterne/sundhedsvidenskab/nyt_sund/niels_bohr professor_david_needham_tilknyttes_sdu_sundhedsvidenskab (Niels Bohr Professor David Needham moves to SDU Health Faculty) More about this award

Hans Christian Andersen Academy Professor

International University Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark · 2012  Hans Christian Andersen Academy Professor, University Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark (2012-2013)

VELUX Visiting Professor Program

International VELUX Foundation · 2011  VELUX Visiting Professor Program (2011-12), Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Denmark

Visiting Professor, MEMPHYS/MultiCaps

International University of Southern Denmark, Denmark · 2011

Participant: Series of Workshops and Tutorials on “Cells and Materials at the Interface between Mathematics, Biology and Engineering”

School Institute for Pure and Applied Math, UCLA · March 2006

Participant, “Blue Sky Committee”

School Duke University · 2006

National Academy of Sciences Committee on Biomolecular Materials and Processes

National Board on Physics and Astronomy National Research Council, the National Academies · 2006

Alfred M. Hunt Faculty Scholarship

University Duke University · 1988 (1988-1993)

Recipient F.I.R.S.T. Award

National National Institutes of Health · 1988 (1988-1993)

NATO/SERC (England) Fellowship

International NATO/SERC · 1983 (1983-1985)

Oppenheimer Research Fellowship

School Cambridge University · 1982 (1982-1983)