Frank Barnes Honored by National Academy of Engineering
$500,000 Prize
February 25, 2004
Dr. Frank Barnes, of the University of Colorado, Boulder, has been awarded the Bernard Gordon prize by the National Academy of Engineering. The honor comes with a check for $500,000. Barnes, a professor of electrical and computer engineering, was cited for “pioneering an interdisciplinary telecommunications program,” which helps engineering students master economics and policy issues.
Barnes is currently the chair of a National Academy of Sciences–National Research Council committee investigating the potential health effects of PAVE PAWS radar radiation. He is a former president of the Bioelectromagnetics Society (2000-2001).