Awards

Edwin L. Thomas – Awards and Honors:

Distinguished Lecturer, Physical Sciences and Engineering Division KAUST, Saudi Arabia (2018)
Ernest Dell Butcher Professor of Engineering, Rice University (2017-Current)
Degree Doctorate Honoris Causa from the Technion, Haifa, Israel (2016)
Institute of Materials Science Distinguished Lecture at Los Alamos National Laboratory (2016)
Fellow of the Division of Polymer Materials Science and Engineering, ACS (2014)
American Chemical Society Award in Polymer Chemistry (2012)
William and Stephanie Sick Chair in Engineering, Rice University (2011-2017)
Russell Berrie Lecturer, Technion, Israel (2011)
Bonn Von Humboldt Awardee (2011)
Herron Lecture, Florida State University (2011)
Founding Fellows of the Division of Polymer Chemistry, American Chemical Society (2010)
Van Vlack Lectures in Materials Science and Engineering, University of Michigan (2009)
Member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (2009)
Member of the National Academy of Engineering (2009)
Cornell MS&E Distinguished Alumni Award (2008)
Inaugural Materials Research Society Fellow (2008)
Special Creativity Award, National Science Foundation (2005)
Civilian Patriotic Award, United States Army (2003)
Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (2003)
Butler Lectureship in Polymer Chemistry, University of Florida (2003)
Institute of Materials Science Distinguished Lecturer, University of Connecticut (2001)
Morrison Distinguished Lecturer, Brockhouse Institute, McMaster University (2001)
Turner Alfrey Lecturer, MMI, Dow (2000)
Morton Visiting Professor, University of Akron (1999)
NSF Distinguished Lecture Series in Mathematical and Physical Sciences (1998)
American Physical Society Centennial Speaker (1998)
Special Creativity Award, National Science Foundation (1996)
Leeds, Bradford, Durham IRC Polymer Lecture (1992)
Polymer Physics Prize, American Physical Society (1991)
Fraser Price Lecture, University of Massachusetts (1991)
John Wulff Lecture, MIT (1990)
Morris Cohen Chair in Materials Science and Engineering, MIT (1989)
John Dorn Lecture, Northwestern University (1988)
Special Creativity Award, National Science Foundation (1988)
125 Alumni To Watch Honoree, University of Massachusetts (1988)
Fellow of the American Physical Society (1986)
Distinguished Achievement Award, Fiber Society (1986)
Creative Polymer Chemist Award, American Chemical Society (1985)
College of Engineering Distinguished Alumnus Award, University of Massachusetts (1985)
Polymer Science and Engineering Best Teacher Award (1983)
Alexander von Humboldt Fellow (1981)
Tau Beta Pi (1969)
Phi Kappa Phi (1969)