July 14, 2009 —
Terence G. Langdon,the William E. Leonhard Professor of Engineering in the USC Viterbi School Department of Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering and the Mork Family Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, has been awarded the Honorary Medal "De Scientia Et Humanitate Optime Meritis" by the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic. The medal, awarded for “exceptionally meritorious contributions in the area of science and the promotion of humanitarian ideas,” is the highest award that academy bestows.
The medal will be presented at a ceremony to be held in Prague in November, 2009.
