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 ICACC meeting. The award consists of US $1,000 honorarium and a certificate of achievement, as well as complimentary registration.
Nomination Process
The main criteria used in selecting the recipient of this award will be:
(1) the individual’s contribution to the field of Ceramic Science and Engineering, including expansion of the knowledge base and their commercial use and
(2) the individual’s contributions to the promotion of conferences and technical events, global young professional forum, and other professional events, which resulted in visibility of the field and international advocacy.
A nominee must be 35 years old or younger at the time of award presentation (January of the award year), and is required to be a member of The American Ceramic Society. Nominations can be made by any individual or group. Self nominations are permitted, but are not recommended/preferred. Nominations made by a sponsor who is a member of The American Ceramic Society are strongly preferred.
The deadline for nominations is July 1 in the year preceding the next International Conference on Advanced Ceramics and Composites.
Contact
Send your nominations by email including a written statement of the nominee’s qualifications and contributions, to:
Yuki Nakashima
nakashima-yuki@aist.go.jp
Award Winners
Lyndsey McMillon-Brown
Dr. Lyndsey McMillon-Brown is a research engineer at NASA Glenn Research Center where she focuses on solar cell materials development. She was the lead investigator of one effort to develop solar cells that can be manufactured in space and on the moon and a separate terrestrial effort to improve atmospheric air quality by capturing toxic emissions at their source. Lyndsey was recently awarded the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE) the highest honor bestowed by the United States federal government on outstanding scientists and engineers in the early stages of their independent research careers. Lyndsey has also received the NASA Early Career Achievement medal and the NASA Space flight awareness trailblazer award for her work developing solar cells for implementation in space and for her dedication to ensuring safety and mission success in support of NASA’s human space flight programs, respectively. Outside of the lab, Lyndsey is a voracious reader and general nature lover. Prior to joining NASA, Lyndsey earned her Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering at Yale in 2019 where she researched novel materials and nano-patterns for advanced light trapping in solar cells. Lyndsey earned her bachelor’s in Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering from Miami University in Ohio in 2013.