Memberships and Awards
Carlson has served on several government task forces including the Air Force Scientific Advisory Board, the Army Science Board and the Defense Science Board task force on bio-chemical defense. He is a member of the Highlands Group, which makes recommendations to government officials regarding technological developments of interest to the government. In 2010, he was named to the National Advisory Council on Innovation and Entrepreneurship. He also serves on the National Academy of Engineering Committee on Manufacturing, Design, and Innovation, and is a council member on the Government-University-Industry Research Roundtable, a joint body of the National Academy of Sciences, National Academy of Engineering, and the Institute of Medicine.
In 2002, Carlson was awarded Worcester Polytechnic Institute's Robert H. Goddard Alumni Award for Outstanding Professional Achievement. Carlson has been involved in establishing WPI's Silicon Valley Project Center. He has given several commencement speeches, including at WPI on May 20, 2006; at Stevens Institute of Technology on May 22, 2008; and at University of Richmond on May 8, 2011. He received the Otto H. Schade Award from the Society for Information Display in June 2006. In December 2012, Carlson was named a Charter Fellow of the National Academy of Inventors.
Carlson has received honorary degrees from Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Stevens Institute of Technology and Kettering University. Carlson is a member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Sigma Xi, Tau Beta Pi, and the Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers.
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