ACerS Awards

Nominations are now closed for most awards that will be presented at the ACerS 115th Annual Meeting held in conjunction with MS&T’13 in Montreal, Canada from October 27-31, 2013.

Most award nomination deadlines for the 2014 awards will be January 15, 2014. Note that the deadline for the 2014 Class of Fellows will be Sept. 1, 2013. Division, Section, and Class members should check below or with their respective groups to determine award nomination deadlines since some of them are still open.

Brief bios and photos of the 2013 awardees can be found below. Congratulations to this outstanding group of winners!

Cements Division: S. Brunauer Award

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.

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.

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.

Electronics Division: Edward C. Henry Award

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.

Electronics Division: Lewis C. Hoffman Scholarship

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.

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.

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.

Engineering Ceramics Division: Bridge Building Award

This award recognizes individuals outside of the United States who have made outstanding contributions to engineering ceramics.

Engineering Ceramics Division: Global Young Investigator Award

The Global Young Investigator (GYI) award recognizes the outstanding young ceramic engineer and scientist whose achievements have been significant to the profession and to the general welfare of the community around the globe. Nominations are open to candidates from industry, academia, or government-funded laboratory – across the world.

The award winner will present a keynote lecture at the Global Young Investigator Forum of the International Conference on Advanced Ceramics and Composites (ICACC) meeting. The award consists of US $1,000 honorarium and a certificate of achievement, as well as complimentary registration.

Engineering Ceramics Division: James I. Mueller Lecture

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.