Distinguished Life Membership

Deadline for Nominations: January 15, 2014

The Distinguished Life Member grade of Society membership is the Society's most prestigious level of membership and is awarded in recognition of a member's contribution to the ceramics profession. The Constitution of the Society states: "Distinguished Life Members shall be current members of the Society of professional eminence who, because of their achievements in the ceramic arts or sciences, or their service to the Society, are elected to such membership by the Board of Directors."

You must be an ACerS member to nominate someone. Two sponsors are required.

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2012 Distinguished Life Member Awardees

Society Fellows

Deadline for Nominations: September 1, 2013
(for elevation to fellow in October 2014)

Fellows shall be persons of good reputation who have reached their 35th birthday and who shall have been members of the Society at least five years continuously at the established nomination deadline date when nominated. They shall prove qualified for elevation to the grade of Fellow by reason of outstanding contributions to the ceramic arts or sciences; through broad and productive scholarship in ceramic science and technology, by conspicuous achievement in ceramic industry or by outstanding service to the Society.

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Corporate Environmental Achievement Award

Deadline for Nominations: January 15, 2014

The Corporate Environmental Achievement Award (CEAA) was established to recognize and honor a single outstanding environmental achievement made by an ACerS corporate member in the field of ceramics.

These achievements represent either:

• a significant improvement of an existing process and/or product, or
• the development and implementation of a new process and/or product

In both cases the process and/or product should demonstrate improvements in one or more of the following areas:

• reduction in undesirable effluent streams
• expanded recycling of materials
• measurable environmental benefits over previously established processes

A maximum of two awards may be given each year. The award is formally presented to a designated corporate representative at the Annual Meeting banquet. A full-page feature may be included in the Bulletin.

Nominating Process: Any member may submit a nomination on behalf of a current corporate member, or the organization may join as a corporate member in order to qualify for the award. Nominations should consist of a concise description of the achievement (500 words maximum) outlining its significance and its impact on the environment. Appropriate supporting documents that further aid in the evaluation are also requested. Nominations will be evaluated by the CEAA subcommittee, and the winners selected will be forwarded to the Board of Directors for approval. Recipients of the award in any given year shall be eligible again in the following year. Those nominees not selected for an award will remain eligible for two years.

Joint nominations in which two or more companies have combined resources to develop a process and/or product can be submitted. In this case, a representative from one company should coordinate the effort and act as a spokesperson.

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2013 CEAA

Corporate Technical Achievement Award

Deadline for Nominations: January 15, 2014

This award recognizes a single outstanding technical achievement made by an ACerS corporate member in the field of ceramics. The achievement must show significant technical merit and represent a gain to society through commercialization of the technology within the preceding eight years. Through this award, the Society recognizes corporate members who have taken a technology and successfully developed it into a viable commercial product. It is not necessary for the technical and commercial development to be accomplished by one company, and joint nominations can be submitted. Up to two awards may be made each year.

The award is formally presented to a designated corporate representative at the Annual Meeting banquet. A full-page feature may be included in the Bulletin.

Nominating Process: Any member may submit a nomination on behalf of a current corporate member, or the organization may join as a corporate member in order to qualify for the award. Nominations should consist of a concise description of the achievement (500 word maximum) that outlines its significance in terms of technical merit and commercial success. Other appropriate documents that would aid in the evaluation process also are requested. Nominations not selected will remain eligible for consideration for two years. Nominations can be resubmitted, especially when there is new information that shows further developments in the commercial position. Recipients of the award in any given year shall be eligible again in the following year.

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CTAA Award Not Presented in 2012

Frontiers of Science and Society - Rustum Roy Lecture

This annual lecture of The American Ceramic Society honors Professor Rustum Roy of The Pennsylvania State University and recognizes his contributions to science and technology and their interrelationship to society-at-large. The lecture is given each year by an internationally or nationally recognized individual in the area of science, industry or government. The lecture is open to the public and no meeting registration is required to attend. The Rustum Roy committee determines the lecturer for each year.

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2012 Rustum Roy Lecturer

Richard M. Fulrath Awards

Deadline: January 15, 2014
The Fulrath Awards promote technical and personal friendships between professional Japanese and American ceramic engineers and scientists and encourage a greater understanding among the diverse cultures surrounding the Pacific Rim. The awards recognize individuals for their excellence in research and development of ceramic sciences and materials. Each of the awardees receives a certificate at the ACerS Annual Meeting banquet, which epitomizes the "Bridge Across the Pacific" theme that the award has come to symbolize since its inception in 1978.

Nomination process: there is no specific form to complete. A letter of nomination and a copy of the nominee’s resume are sufficient. Nominees must be 45 or younger at the time of award presentation (October 2013). Nominations remain active for 5 years or until the nominee reaches 45 years.

There are 5 awardees total: 1 US Academic; 1 Japanese Academic; 1 US Industrial; 2 Japanese Industrial. The two academic awardees shall each receive $2,000 to assist with meeting travel expenses, contingent upon sufficient funds being available in the Fulrath Award Endowment Fund. The industrial awardees are expected to attend the ACerS Annual Meeting at their company's expense. In addition to attending the ACerS Annual Meeting and banquet, each awardee is expected to participate in the Fulrath Symposium and to present a 20- or 40-minute technical paper addressing the topical area for which they were recognized.

The American academic awardee will attend the annual meeting of the Ceramic Society of Japan the following year and present a paper at that meeting. While in Japan, the American awardee is also expected to visit universities and industrial laboratories and present seminars as arranged by members of the Japanese Fulrath Memorial Association Committee.

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W. David Kingery Award

Deadline for Nominations: January 15, 2014
The W. David Kingery Award recognizes distinguished lifelong achievements involving multidisciplinary and global contributions to ceramic technology, science, education and art. The award is open to all people worldwide. There are no limitations regarding nationality, gender or religion and membership in ACerS is not a requirement. A nominee must be living, but in the event of death subsequent to selection but prior to presentation, the award shall be made posthumously.

Nominations should consist of a letter and completed nomination form giving a full and complete statement of the reasons for proposing the candidate, with a record of the candidate’s professional and industrial achievements in sufficient detail to allow the committee to evaluate the nominee’s worthiness to receive the award. Nominations are active for a total of three years, but the person can then be renominated.

The award is a piece of commemorative glassware, a certificate containing a citation of the achievement on which the award is based, and $5,000. The presentation will be made at the ACerS Annual Meeting Awards banquet.

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2012 Kingery Awardee

Karl Schwartzwalder-Professional Achievement in Ceramic Engineering (PACE) Award

Deadline for Nominations: January 15, 2014

The Karl Schwartzwalder - Professional Achievement in Ceramic Engineering (PACE) Award is presented by The American Ceramic Society's National Institute of Ceramic Engineers (ACerS/NICE). It honors this past president and Distinguished Life Member of ACerS.

The award recognizes the nation's outstanding young ceramic engineer whose achievements have been significant to the profession and to the general welfare of the American people. Nominations are open to all branches of the ceramic industry. Any individual or group may enter one or more nominees. A nominee must be between 21 and 40 years of age; not becoming 41 during the award year, and must be a member of NICE and ACerS. Nominations remain active for three consecutive years, then are dropped from the list.

The award consists of a piece of commemorative glassware and a certificate containing a citation of achievement on which the award is based.

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2012 Schwartzwalder-PACE Awardee

Ross Coffin Purdy Award

Deadline: January 15, 2014

Ross Coffin Purdy, in whose honor this award is given, served The American Ceramic Society for 24 years as General Secretary and Editor of its publications. He was the recipient of many awards, a Fellow and Honorary Life Member, and President of the Society. Mr. Purdy was noted for his dynamic leadership, individualism, broad vision, and unswerving devotion to the Society and to the ceramic engineering profession.

The Purdy award shall be given to the author or authors who, in the judgment of the committee, made the most valuable contribution to ceramic technical literature during the calendar year prior to the selection. A technical article is defined as a paper, article, or report published in a technical or trade journal, or in a bulletin from a school, laboratory, technical bureau, or experimental station, or in a pamphlet or book form. It must be complete and readily available to the public. Nominations may be made by sending the article (electronically is preferred) in it's entirety, to Marcia Stout (mstout@ceramics.org) with a statement why the article makes the most valuable contribution to the literature for that year and is deserving of the award.

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Not Awarded in 2012

Robert L. Coble Award for Young Scholars

Deadline for Nominations: January 15, 2014

This award honors the late Professor Coble, whose lifelong mission was to enhance the achievement and advancement of young ceramic scientists.

The award recognizes an outstanding scientist who is conducting research in academia, in industry or at a government-funded laboratory. Candidates must be ACerS members and must be 35 years of age or younger. Selection of the awardee will be based on the nominations and accompanying evidence of scientific contributions (e.g., list of publications, selected abstracts, receipt of other awards or recognition).

Nominations can be made by any individual or group. Nominees will be considered for three consecutive years as long as they meet the age requirements. Updated information regarding nominees will be accepted for subsequent judging.

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2012 Coble Awardee

John Jeppson Award

Nomination Deadline: January 15, 2014

John Jeppson, in whose honor this award is made, was instrumental in establishing the Norton Company. His ceramic experience in forming and firing were major factors in producing some of the first ceramic grinding wheels. Mr. Jeppson's work formed the basis for the subsequent growth of an important segment of the ceramic industry.

The Jeppson Award recognizes distinguished scientific, technical, or engineering achievements in ceramics. Nominations should consist of a single page cover letter from the first sponsor setting forth the qualifications of the nominee and giving a full and complete statement of the reasons for proposing the candidate. Single page endorsement letters from additional members may accompany the nomination, but are not necessary. No more than three additional single sided sheets containing a record of the candidate's professional and industrial achievements may be sent. Nominations must conform to this format.

Nominations are active for three years then are dropped from the list. A nominee may, however, be renominated.

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2012 John Jeppson Awardee

Edward Orton, Jr. Memorial Lecture

The Edward Orton, Jr. Memorial Lecture is presented by the invited lecturer at the annual meeting/MS&T. The lecturer is to be noted for scholarly attainments in ceramics or related field. The Committee on the Orton Memorial Lecture shall select the Orton Lecturer.

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2012 Orton Lecturer

Richard and Patricia Spriggs Phase Equilibria Award

Deadline: January 15, 2014
The Spriggs Phase Equilibria Award shall be given to the author or authors who, in the judgment of the award committee, made the most valuable contribution to phase stability relationships in ceramic-based systems literature during the calendar year prior to the selection.

For the purposes of this award, a phase equilibria article is defined as a paper, article, or report published in a technical or trade journal, or in a bulletin from a school, laboratory, technical bureau, or experimental station, or in a pamphlet or book form. It must be complete and readily available to the public. Nominations may be made by sending the article (electronically is preferred) in it's entirety, to Marcia Stout (mstout@ceramics.org) with a statement why the article makes the most valuable contribution to phase stability relationships for that year and is deserving of the award.

The award is a certificate and a cash prize of $1,000 to be divided equally among multiple authors. The eligibility for the Spriggs Phase Equilibria Award is open to all people worldwide.

Winning Article: "Phase Equilibria in Synthetic Coal - Petcoke Slags (Al2O3–CaO–FeO–SiO2–V2O3) under Simulated Gasification Conditions"

by Jinichiro Nakano, Kyei-Sing Kwong, James Bennett, Thomas Lam, Laura Fernandez, Piyamanee Komolwit and Seetharaman Sridhar

Article published in: Energy & Fuels, vol. 25 [7], pp 3298-3306 (2011)

This paper was authored by a mixed team assembled under the Research University Alliance of the National Energy Technology Laboratory, U.S. Department of Energy. In this alliance, Kyei-Sing Kwong (researcher), James Bennett (researcher), and Tom Lam (ORISE graduate student) worked full time for the National Energy Technology Laboratory (Albany, OR); Jin Nakano (researcher) worked for URS Corporation (Albany, OR); and Laura Fernandez (post-doc), Piyamanee Komolwit (post-doc), and Sridhar Seetharaman (professor) worked at the Carnegie Mellon University (Pittsburgh, PA).

The research paper focused on the behavior of vanadium oxide produced during gasification of mixed carbon feedstock. Mineral impurities in the carbon coalesce during gasification, forming slags that must flow from the gasifier. At the temperature of gasification, these slags also attack the refractory lining, causing premature refractory lining failure and gasifier shutdown. Understanding and controlling slag crystalline and non-crystalline phase behavior during gasification was the goal of the research. Because no literature exists on the phase behavior of vanadium compounds at the high temperature/low oxygen partial pressures of gasification, it was the focus of this research. Information in this publication will being used to model mixed feedstock slag and increase gasifier RAM (reliability, availability, and maintainability) by optimizing slag flow (viscosity) and minimizing refractory wear.

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2012 Spriggs Awardees (in alphabetical order)

Du-Co Ceramics Scholarship Award

Deadline: April 1, 2013
This $3,000 scholarship, established by the late Reldon Cooper, co-founder of Du-Co Ceramics, is awarded to an undergraduate student pursing a degree in ceramic science, ceramic engineering, materials science, materials engineering or any combination of these degrees.

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Du-Co Ceramics Young Professional Award

Deadline: April 1, 2013
This $1,500 award, established by the late Reldon Cooper, co-founder of Du-Co Ceramics, is awarded to a young professional member of ACerS who demonstrates exceptional leadership and service to ACerS.

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Darshana and Arun Varshneya Frontiers of Glass Lectures

The Frontiers of Glass Science and the Frontiers of Glass Technology lectures are designed to encourage scientific and technical dialog in glass topics of significance that define new horizons, highlight new research concepts, or demonstrate the potential to develop products and processes for the benefit of humankind. The lectures are presented at the Glass and Optical Materials Division meeting. The Varshneya awards committee will select the lecturers. The choice of lecturers may be from within or outside of the Society.

2013 Varshneya Lecturer

Honorary Membership

Honorary Membership is given to individuals who have been non-members of the Society for at least the previous 5 years prior to consideration for Honorary Membership and who because of their achievements in the ceramics arts and sciences are elected to such membership by the Board of Directors.

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Basic Science Division:
Ceramographic Competition and Roland B. Snow Award

Deadline for 2013: to be determined
The Snow award is presented to the Best of Show winner of the Ceramographic Competition, an annual poster exhibit to promote the use of microscopy and microanalysis as tools in the scientific investigation of ceramic materials. The competition is held during the Annual Meeting and entries are prominently displayed in the Convention Center. The Best of Show poster will be published in a future issue of the Bulletin. Other entries may appear on the back covers of the Journal of the American Ceramic Society throughout the year.

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Basic Science Division:
Graduate Excellence in Materials Science (GEMS) Awards

Deadline to apply: July 1, 2013
The Basic Science Division of The American Ceramic Society announces the Annual Graduate Excellence in Materials Science (GEMS) awards to recognize the outstanding achievements of graduate students in Materials Science and Engineering. The award is open to all graduate students who are making an oral presentation in any symposium or session at MS&T.

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Basic Science Division:
Robert B. Sosman Award and Lecture

Deadline: February 28, Annually
Nominations are now being accepted for the 2014 Sosman Award and Lecture.

The Robert B. Sosman Award is the highest recognition of scientific accomplishment given by the Basic Science Division and is given in recognition of outstanding achievement in basic science of an area that results in a significant impact to the field of ceramics.

The awardee presents a plenary lecture at the ACerS Annual Meeting, and receives a certificate commemorating the event and a piece of glassware. The lecture is given each year by the awardee who has been deemed by the award committee to have made the most significant contribution to the field of ceramics.

For more information, contact:
Dr. Olivia Graeve
Associate Professor
Alfred University
2 Pine Street, Alfred, NY 14802
(607) 871-2749, graeve@alfred.edu

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2012 Sosman Lecturer

Cements Division: S. Brunauer Award

Annually awarded for the best cements paper published by ACerS during the previous year.
The Brunauer Award is awarded annually to the author(s) of the best refereed paper on cements published during the previous calendar year in the Bulletin or the Journal of the American Ceramic Society. Eligible papers must be nominated by a Fellow of the Society who is a member of the Cements Division. Self-nominations are not permitted. The winner(s) will receive a certificate at the Cements Division Business Meeting.

A committee made up of officers of the Cements Division will judge papers based on scientific quality, originality and overall presentation.

This award honors Dr. Stephen Brunauer, who spent much of his career studying cements. A native of Hungary, Brunauer came to the United States in 1921 and received a PhD from Johns Hopkins University in 1933. He was a professor emeritus of Clarkson University in Potsdam, NY when he died in 1986. He is perhaps best known as an author of the famous 1938 BET paper (Brunauer, Emmett, and Teller) on “Adsorption of Gases in Multi-Molecular Layers.” His contributions to cements include a well known microstructural model of the C-S-H gel phase of cement paste. Stephen Brunauer received the Cements Division Award of Distinction, later renamed the Copeland Award, in 1977.

Cements Division: L.E. Copeland Award

The Copeland award is presented to an individual in recognition of outstanding contributions to the development and understanding of cement and concrete science. The award will be presented whenever the Copeland Award Committee feels that there is a suitable candidate. The winner(s) will receive a certificate at the Cements Division Business Meeting.

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Cements Division: Della Roy Lecture

The Della Roy Lecturer is selected by consensus of the division executive committee in consultation with Elsevier Science, who sponsors the lecture. The person selected does not need to be a member of ACerS or the Cements Division. An honorarium of $1,000 and a certificate are awarded to the lecturer.

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Electronics Division: Edward C. Henry Award

Deadline: July 31, 2013
The Edward C. Henry Award is given annually to an outstanding paper reporting original work in the Journal of the American Ceramic Society or the Bulletin during the previous calendar year on a subject related to electronic ceramics.

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Electronics Division: Lewis C. Hoffman Scholarship

Deadline: July 31, 2013
The Electronics Division invites applications for the Lewis C. Hoffman Scholarship. The purpose of the $2,000 tuition award is to encourage academic interest and excellence among undergraduate students in the area of ceramics/materials science and engineering. The 2013 essay topic is "Coupled Properties for Multi-functional Electroceramics."

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Electronics Division: Student Presentation Awards

Each year, the Electronics Division presents two best student presentation awards, one for best oral presentation, the other for best poster presentation.

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Engineering Ceramics Division: Bridge Building Award

Deadline: July 15, 2013
This award recognizes individuals outside of the United States who have made outstanding contributions to engineering ceramics.

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Engineering Ceramics Division: James I. Mueller Lecture

Deadline: July 15, 2013
This award recognizes the enormous contributions of James I. Mueller to the Engineering Ceramics Division and the field of engineering ceramics. It is the intent of this award to recognize the accomplishments of individuals who have made similar contributions.

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Engineering Ceramics Division: Best Paper and Poster Awards

Each year, ECD selects best papers and best posters from the papers and posters that are presented at the annual Daytona Beach Conference. The awards, which will be presented at the following year’s Daytona Beach meeting, consist of first, second and third place prizes for each category. The cash awards will be $500, $300 and $200, respectively. All winning authors will also receive award certificates.

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Glass & Optical Materials Division: Alfred R. Cooper Scholars Award

Deadline: May 15, 2013
The Glass & Optical Materials Division of The American Ceramic Society invites nominations for the Cooper Scholars Award. This undergraduate award is named in honor of the late Professor Alfred R. Cooper, Jr., member of the faculty at Case Western Reserve University and a prominent contributor to the understanding of many glass phenomena and glass problems.

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Glass & Optical Materials Division: Norbert J. Kreidl Award

Deadline: January 21, 2014
The Norbert J. Kreidl Award for Young Scholars, recognizing research excellence in glass science, is open to all degree-seeking graduate students (MSc or PhD) or those who have graduated within a twelve month period of the annual GOMD meeting. A letter from a faculty advisor verifying compliance to this rule must accompany the application. The selection is based on an extended abstract of the nominee’s work (approximately 2,000 words plus figures) relevant to interests of the Division. The winner if presented with a check for $500, a certificate, and a commemorative glass piece.

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Glass & Optical Materials Division: George W. Morey Award

Deadline: January 21, 2014
The George W. Morey Award is presented by the Glass and Optical Materials Division of ACerS and sponsored by PPG Industries. The award recognizes new and original work in the field of glass science and technology. The criterion for winning the award is excellence in publication of work, either experimental or theoretical, done by an individual. Nomination deadline is January 15, 2014. The award committee will select each year's winner.

George W. Morey spent most of his career (1912-1953) at the Geophysical Laboratory of the Carnegie Institution of Washington, where he and others made major contributions to glass and ceramic science and technology over most of the past century.

Morey was associated with the Geological Survey of the U.S. Dept. of the Interior from 1957 until he died in 1965. A pioneer in the study of glass properties, he was an Honorary Member of The American Ceramic Society. Dr. Morey's book "The Properties of Glass" is a classic work in the field of glass technology.

The Award consists of an engraved glass piece.

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Glass & Optical Materials Division: Stookey Lecture of Discovery

Deadline: January 21, 2014
The Glass and Optical Materials Division invites nominations for the Stookey Lecture of Discovery, named in honor of materials pioneer Dr. S. Donald Stookey. Dr. Stookey created major life-changing inventions including photosensitive and photochromic glasses, and glass-ceramics and was presented with the National Medal of Technology from President Ronald Reagan in recognition of his scientific achievements in 1986.

This award recognizes an individual’s lifetime of innovative exploratory work or noteworthy contributions of outstanding research on new materials, phenomena, or processes involving glass, that have commercial significance or the potential for commercial impact.

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Nuclear & Environmental Technology Division: Best Paper Award

The Best Paper Award is open to anyone who presents a paper in an NETD-sponsored symposium at the ACerS Annual Meeting/MS&T and submits the paper for publication in the proceedings. The award, which consists of an engraved plaque, is presented at the NETD Annual Business Meeting the year following the presentation of the paper.

For more information, contact:
Dr. Kevin Fox, Savannah River National Laboratory

Nuclear & Environmental Technology Division: D.T. Rankin Award

This award recognizes a member of the Nuclear & Environmental Technology Division who has demonstrated exemplary service to the division. The award honors Tom Rankin's memory and service to the division, and will be presented at the Division Business Meeting held in conjunction with ACerS Annual Meeting and MS&T. The award committee selects each year's winner.

Nuclear & Environmental Technology Division: Student Stipend for MS&T/ACerS Annual Meeting

Deadline for Entries: to be determined (for MS&T'13)

The Nuclear & Environmental Technology Division of The American Ceramic Society is sponsoring stipends in the amount of $250 to help fund students in attending MS&T combined with the ACerS Annual Meeting. These stipends are targeted at deserving students with current or future interests in the nuclear and/or environmental fields of ceramic and materials engineering. Student participation in NETD sponsored symposia through an oral or poster presentation is encouraged but not required. The nomination form should be completed by any student and recognized by a faculty member familiar with the student’s academic performance.

For more information, contact:
Dr. Allen Apblett, Oklahoma State University

Refractory Ceramics Division: Alfred W. Allen Award

This biennial award was established to honor Alfred W. Allen's legacy as an educator, technical contributor and supporter of the Refractory Ceramics Division. The award committee will review the technical literature of the last two years and select the author(s) of the technical paper on refractory ceramics that reflects the highest level of technical quality.

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Whitewares & Materials Division: John E. Marquis Memorial Award

The Marquis award is given to the author or authors of a paper on research, engineering or plant practices relating to whitewares or materials published in the prior calendar year in a publication of The American Ceramic Society, which is judged to be of greatest value to members to the industry. All members of the Society are eligible for consideration for the award.

The award consists of a certificate, a china plate, and an honorarium.

NICE:
Greaves-Walker Lifetime Service Award

Deadline for Nominations: January 15, 2014

The Greaves-Walker Lifetime Service Award honors a founding member and the first president of the National Institute of Ceramic Engineers (NICE). It is presented to an individual who has rendered outstanding service to the ceramic engineering profession and who, by life and career, has exemplified the aims, ideals and purpose of NICE. The award consists of a certificate and a commemorative piece. Presentation of the award is made at the ACerS Annual Meeting.

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2012 Greaves-Walker Awardee

NICE: Arthur L. Friedberg Ceramic Engineering Tutorial and Lecture

Deadline for Nominations: January 15, 2014

This ACerS/NICE lecture honors the memory of Arthur L. Friedberg for his teaching, research and numerous contributions to the ceramic engineering profession. The lecture is intended to provide a tutorial that reviews and instructs in some area of ceramics with a distinct engineering flavor. The lecture is presented at a level that is accessible to all ceramists. The award for this prestigious lecture is a certificate commemorating the engineering and professional contributions made to the ceramics professions by Dr. Friedberg.

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2012 Friedberg Lecturer

Ceramic Educational Council: Outstanding Educator Award

Deadline for Nominations: January 15, 2014

The purpose of the award is to recognize truly outstanding work and creativity in teaching, in directing student research, or in the general educational process (lectures, publications, etc.) of ceramic educators.

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2012 0utstanding Educator Awardee

Ceramic Educational Council: Graduate Student Poster Contest

Deadline for Entries: to be determined (for MS&T'13)

The purpose of the contest, open to graduate students or persons who received M.S. or Ph.D. degrees within six months of MS&T, is to recognize superior research performed during graduate study. All graduate student posters are submitted during the MS&T Call for Papers and must be accepted for the general poster session to be entered into the contest. Posters for the contest will be displayed and winners will be announced at the general poster on Sunday of MS&T. First, second and third place prizes are given in the amounts of $250, $150 and $100, respectively. Recognition will be given to the winners at the Material Advantage Student Awards Ceremony. Posters will be evaluated on technical content, poster quality and effectiveness of verbal explanation.

For more information, contact:
Dr. Ed Sabolsky, West Virginia University, 304-293-3111

Ceramic Educational Council: Undergraduate Student Poster Competition

Deadline for Entries: to be determined

The purpose of the undergraduate student poster competition is to encourage undergraduate students to present their undergraduate research and to improve their communication skills. The poster entered must be the work of an undergraduate and completed during the undergraduate education of the student. The work presented in the poster does not have to be performed at the student's home institution, but could be, for example, from a project performed as part of a co-op experience, a summer internship, or a Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) project.

The subject matter of the poster can be any materials-related technical topic. Poster entrants must submit name, title of poster, and an abstract of no more than 100 words, preferably as an attached Word file. These posters must be submitted separately from the general poster session and will not be listed in the MS&T program or on the Web site. Any Material Advantage student member is eligible to enter the competition. Students who enter this poster competition must register for and attend MS&T.

Winners will receive cash prizes. First, second, and third places will be given in the amounts of $500, $250, and $100, respectively. In addition, two honorable mentions will be given in the amount of $50 each. Winners will be recognized at the Material Advantage Student Awards Ceremony at MS&T.

For more information or to enter a poster abstract, contact:
Dr. Shen Dillon, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 937-231-0569

Ceramic Educational Council: Student Speaking Contest

Deadline for Entries: to be determined

The purpose of the Student Speaking Contest is to encourage undergraduate students to present technical papers and to improve their presentation skills. Each entrant will receive a partial transportation allowance to MS&T. The contestant must participate in the semifinals and finals at the Annual Meeting (if selected) to receive the transportation allowance. Prizes to be awarded include, (i) a cash award of $200 to the winner (ii) a cash award of $100 to the First runner-up, and (iii) a cash award of $50 to two (2) Second runners-up.

The Nominating Process
All schools and departments are allowed one entry in the Student Speaking Contest at MS&T. The student must be a Material Advantage Student Member. Each entrant will be the winner of a local speaking contest, which will have had at least two contestants. Local contests shall be directed by the Material Advantage Faculty Advisor of the Material Advantage Chapter or a member of the Department Faculty at schools without a Material Advantage Chapter. Previous first place winners of the National Contest are not eligible to be entrants. The presentation subject must be technical but can relate to any aspect of materials science and engineering. Each entrant will receive a partial transportation allowance to MS&T. The contestant must participate in the semifinals and finals (if selected) at MS&T to fulfill an obligation for accepting the transportation allowance. Each contestant will be allowed six to eight minutes for presentation. Use of visual aids is acceptable. All entrants will be randomly and evenly split to speak at two concurrent semifinals. Two entrants from each semifinal will advance to the finals.

For more information, contact:
Dr. Erica Corral, The University of Arizona, 520-621-8115