Brno, September 21, 2009 – Honeywell (NYSE:HON) today announced that its Czech Republic National Executive and Head of Honeywell Prague Laboratory, Jaroslav Dolezal, received an honorary doctorate degree from the Brno University of Technology (BUT). Dolezal was recognized for his work in building research and development partnerships between engineering companies and the country’s universities.

“Jaroslav did a terrific job in establishing and expanding a world-class research and development center for Honeywell in the Czech Republic. His efforts in creating a successful partnership between Honeywell and area universities resulted in key research and development projects such as developing an advanced aircraft crack and corrosion monitoring system. I congratulate him on his efforts and this tremendous recognition," said Honeywell’s Chairman and CEO Dave Cote.

Dolezal graduated with distinction from Czech Technical University (CTU) in Prague in 1970 with a degree in electrical engineering. He received his doctorate in technical cybernetics from Czechoslovak Academy of Sciences - Institute of Information Theory & Automation in 1974. His research involved mathematical modeling, control theory and decision making.

His studies and research have taken him to the Mathematical Institute, Moscow (1973), the Stefan Banach Center, Poland (1973-74), Oregon State University (1980-81) and the Imperial College London (1985). He has also received awards from the Czechoslovak Academy of Sciences.

In the 1990s Dolezal represented Czechoslovakia and the Czech Republic in the International Federation for Information Processing, where he received the Silver Core medal for his work. In 1993, Dolezal started work on a joint research laboratory with Honeywell and the CTU electrical engineering faculty which eventually led to Honeywell’s design center in Brno.

Dolezal is a vice-chair of the R&D council of the Czech government and a member of the Engineering Academy of the Czech Republic. He also serves on the Scientific Board, Brno University of Technology, and Board of Trustees of the CTU of Prague, and the Board of Directors of the American Chamber of Commerce in the Czech Republic.

Honeywell funds undergraduate research in the Czech Republic in fields such as avionics, aerospace modeling, simulation, diagnostics and control systems. The company promotes scientific research scholarships and access to its research facilities for talented technical graduates and undergraduates.

In addition, Honeywell’s Nobel-Initiative brings former Nobel Prize winning scientists to the Czech universities to present their work and inspire future scientists. In 2009, Professor Theodor W. Hänsch, the 2005 Nobel Laureate in Physics, visited the CTU in Prague.

The Honeywell-Nobel Laureate Lecture Series is part of Honeywell's Science Education Initiative, an effort designed to inspire the next generation of engineers and scientists beginning with students and teachers at middle schools and extending to targeted universities around the world.

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