The Greaves-Walker Lifetime Service Award honors a founding member and the first president of the National Institute of Ceramic Engineers (NICE); currently, the 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. The award consists of a certificate and a commemorative glass piece. Presentation of the award is made at the ACerS Annual Meeting.
Nomination Process
- An individual or group may nominate one or more candidates who are members of EPDC at the time of nomination.
- Nominations must be returned electronically or by mail no later than January 15th of each year.
- The nominee must be 41 years old or older at the time the award is to be presented.
- Selection of an awardee will be based on the nomination and accompanying evidence of scientific contributions, such as a list of publications, selected abstracts, receipt of other awards or recognition.
- The selection committee may also search for candidates among members of EPDC regardless of nominations submitted.
- Nominations shall remain active for a period of five years.
- Nominations should be submitted using the nomination form found at the link below.
Contact
Erica Zimmerman
ezimmerman@ceramics.org
Award Winners
Eva Milar Vogel
Lucent Technologies – Bell Labs, Distinguished Member of Technical Staff, Murray Hill, NJ, USA (retired)
She received B.S./M.S. in Chemical Engineering and Ph.D. in Technology of Silicates from Slovak Technical University, Bratislava, Czechoslovakia. After emigrating to the United States, Eva joined materials science research at AT&T Bell Labs, Murray Hill, NJ, in 1970 and later Bellcore in 1984. She also consulted for ITU in India and Brazil. In 1997 she joined Lucent – Bell Labs. After her retirement Eva joined IRP at The New School, New York, NY and in 2020 she moved to LP2 at The Graduate Center, The City University of New York.
Eva contributed to inventions in the field of ferrites and perovskite catalysts. Also, she contributed to the optical fiber development and ceramic superconductors. Eva became one of the leading scientists on nonlinear optical properties of glasses. In collaboration with Drs. Denise Krol and Janet Jackel they demonstrated all-optical switching devices based on high optical nonlinearities.
She received 8 patents and published over 90 papers. Eva was featured in the book “Successful Women Ceramic and Glass Scientists and Engineers: 100 Inspirational Profiles, “(Wiley 2016). She contributed to NRC, NSF and DOE review panels. Also, she was a Ph.D. and M.S. adviser to students. Eva became the first woman Chair of the Electronics Division 1993–1994 and is also a member of the Glass and Optical Materials Division. She was elected Fellow of The American Ceramic Society, 1992.
Since her retirement Eva has strived to bring the joy of science to a nontechnical audience.