ACerS Awards
New for 2018: ACerS GLOBAL DISTINGUISHED DOCTORAL DISSERTATION AWARD
Nomination Deadline: January 15, 2018
The purpose of this award is to recognize a distinguished doctoral dissertation in the ceramics and glass discipline. The awardee must have been a member of the Global Graduate Researcher Network (GGRN) and have completed a doctoral dissertation as well as all other graduation requirements set by their institution for a doctoral degree within 12 months prior to the application deadline. Read more…
NOMINATION DEADLINES FOR 2018 AWARDS:
Nominations for Society awards that will be presented at the annual awards banquet October 15, 2018 are now open. Additional information on each award, plus many Division and Class awards, is available below. Nomination deadline for all awards is January 15, 2018 unless otherwise noted. (Note that the 2018 Fellows deadline was August 25, 2017).
2019 CLASS OF FELLOWS:
The deadline for the 2019 Class of Fellows is August 30, 2018.
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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ACerS/EPDC: Arthur L. Friedberg Ceramic Engineering Tutorial and Lecture
This ACerS/Education and Professional Development Council (EPDC) 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.
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ACerS/EPDC: 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); currently, the newly formed Education and Professional Development Council (EPDC). 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 EPDC.
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Education and Professional Development 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.
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ACerS Global Distinguished Doctoral Dissertation Award
The purpose of this award is to recognize a distinguished doctoral dissertation in the ceramics and glass discipline. The award is generously sponsored by Morgan Advanced Materials. The awardee must have been a member of the Global Graduate Researcher Network (GGRN) and have completed a doctoral dissertation as well as all other graduation requirements …
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Manufacturing Division: John E. Marquis Award
The John E. Marquis Award shall be presented to the author or authors of the paper on research, engineering or plant practices relating to manufacturing in ceramics and glass published in the prior calendar year (2017) in a publication of the SOCIETY, which is judged to be of greatest value to the members and to the …
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