Dean Kamen Wins CAD Society Lifetime Achievement Award
 DELAND,
Florida, April 16, 2007 - The CAD Society, not-for-profit CAD industry
association, today announced robotics innovator Dean Kamen as the winner of
its 2007 Lifetime Achievement Award.
Kamen is best known as the inventor of Segway Human Transporter, which
was designed to provide a clean alternative for short distance travel and
enhance people's productivity. His work also extends to other breakthrough
devices to assist in medical and mobility needs, including the HomeChoice
portable dialysis machine, marketed by Baxter Healthcare, and the
Independence IBOT 4000 Mobility System, a sophisticated mobility aid,
developed for Johnson & Johnson. One of Kamen's newest projects is a water
purification system, designed to provide clean drinking water to the
estimated 1.1 billion of people in the world who lack sanitary resources.
The CAD Society Lifetime Achievement Award is presented annually to an
individual who has given a lifetime of outstanding technical and business
contributions to the CAD industry. Marv Muston, CAD Society President,
remarks, "There are a lot of folks that have been doing simply remarkable
things for most, if not all, of their lives. Dean Kamen is one of those
people. The list for this prestigious award was very impressive this year
and we are thrilled to present this award to Mr. Kamen!"
As an inventor, physicist, and entrepreneur, Dean has dedicated his life
to developing technologies that help people lead better lives. Among Dean's
proudest accomplishments is founding FIRST (For Inspiration and Recognition
of Science and Technology). In 2007, its flagship program, the FIRST
Robotics Competition, will reach more than 32,500 high-school students on
1,300 teams in 37 regional competitions.
Kamen is founder of FIRST and is current president of DEKA Research &
Development Corporation based in Manchester, NH. Kamen received the Heinz
Award in Technology, the Economy and Employment (1998), the National Medal
of Technology from President Clinton (2000), the Lemelson-MIT Prize (2002),
and numerous honorary degrees. He is a member of the National Academy of
Engineering and was inducted into the National Inventors Hall of Fame in
2005.
The CAD Society is a not-for-profit industry association with the goal of
fostering a community and encouraging open communication among those who
make their living within the CAD industry including AEC, mechanical,
manufacturing and GIS. Annual CAD Society Awards are presented at the
Congress for the Future of Engineering Software, a yearly industry
conference.
About The CAD Society
The CAD Society (www.cadsociety.org)
is a not-for-profit industry association with the goal of fostering
community and encouraging open communication among those who make their
living within the CAD industry including AEC, mechanical, manufacturing, and
GIS. The CAD Society is dedicated to creating an informative community and
improving the tools its members employ in order to get their jobs done. This
is achieved by providing an open forum of communication, which helps to
illuminate the practices of industry vendors. It has been a leader in
creating interoperability guidelines that encourage software vendors to
develop applications that can openly share data.
About COFES
The seventh annual Congress on the Future of Engineering Software
(COFES), will take place at the Scottsdale Plaza Resort, Scottsdale, Ariz.,
April 12-15, 2007. COFES, a mainstay event of the engineering software
industry, provides an intensive conference atmosphere where private and
public discussions are held. Attendees are executives, end users, CAD and
PLM vendors, analysts, and press who work together to determine, define, and
clarify the business issues of engineering technologies.
COFES is an invitation-only event. To find out more information and to
request an invitation, please visit
www.cofes.com.
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