Just picked this up off the Yahoo Power Assist group.
Congratulations Professor John Goodenough!
AUSTIN, Texas — The University of Texas at Austin engineering Professor John Goodenough, who developed materials critical to the development of lightweight and rechargeable lithium-ion batteries, ushering in the wireless revolution, has been awarded the Enrico Fermi Award, one of the most distinguished science and technology honors given by the White House.
Goodenough will share the presidential honor with Stanford University's Siegfried S. Hecker. Each will receive a gold medal and share the $375,000 honorarium. Both will be honored at a ceremony in Washington, D.C. at a later date. The award is administered on behalf of the White House by the U.S. Department of Energy.
The first two paragraphs from the news story. See link below for the whole article
http://www.utexas.edu/news/2009/09/17/goodenough_fermi/
