Vasilis Fthenakis Wins the 2022 Böer Solar Energy Medal of Merit
by
Allison Chen
|April 8, 2022
Vasilis Fthenakis of Columbia Engineering has received a prestigious award for his pioneering work in solar energy.
Vasilis Fthenakis MS’78, founding director of the Center for Life Cycle Analysis and adjunct professor of earth and environmental engineering and of electrical engineering, has won the 2022 Böer Solar Energy Medal of Merit. The award, accompanied by a $100,000 prize, honors a world-renowned researcher who has made pioneering advancements in renewable energy as an alternative form of energy.
Fthenakis has helped resolve concerns for rapid growth commercialization through groundbreaking work on…