Eli
Ruckenstein
Distinguished Professor
State University of New York at Buffalo
1998
Engineering
For his pioneering theories of the thermodynamics of microemulsions, hydrodynamics of thin films, interfacial phenomena, nucleation, scaling of transport phenomena, and for imaginative technological and experimental achievements in the areas of catalysis polymer composites, metal-support interactions, and protein separation.
Presented by President William Jefferson Clinton at a White House (East Room) ceremony on Tuesday, April 27, 1999.