ACerS Awards

2016 AWARD WINNERS ANNOUNCED:

Congratulations to the 2016 Society award winners!! Bios and photos of the 2016 winners will be posted on the awards webpages over the next few months and the awardees will be featured in the September 2016 issue of the Bulletin. 

The awards will be presented October 24 at the ACerS Honors and Awards Banquet at MS&T 2016 in Salt Lake City, Utah. Be sure to purchase your banquet tickets before the MS&T meeting.  

NOMINATION DEADLINES FOR 2017 AWARDS:

Award nomination deadlines for the 2017 awards is January 15, 2017.

2017 CLASS OF FELLOWS:

Note that the deadline for the 2017 Class of Fellows is September 1, 2016. Late nominations are not accepted.  

Division, Section, and Class members should check below or with their respective groups to determine award nomination deadlines since a few of them are still open.

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

The Nuclear & Environmental Technology Division of The American Ceramic Society is sponsoring two stipends in the amount of $500 each 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.

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.

ACerS/NICE: Arthur L. Friedberg Ceramic Engineering Tutorial and Lecture

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.

Aldo Boccaccini

ACerS/NICE: Greaves-Walker Lifetime Service Award

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.

Denis Brosnan

Ceramic Education Council: Outstanding Educator Award

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.

Wayne Huebner