ACerS Awards and Honors

Corporate Environmental Achievement Award

By Eileen De Guire / March 6, 2013

The Corporate Environmental Achievement Award (CEAA) was established to recognize and honor a single outstanding environmental achievement made by an ACerS corporate member in the field of ceramics. These achievements represent either a significant improvement of an existing process and/or product, or the development and implementation of a new process and/or product. In both cases the process and/or product should demonstrate improvements in one or more of the following areas: reduction in undesirable effluent streams, expanded recycling of materials, and/or measurable environmental benefits over previously established processes.

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Robert L. Coble Award for Young Scholars

By Eileen De Guire / March 1, 2013

The award recognizes an outstanding scientist who is conducting research in academia, in industry or at a government-funded laboratory. Candidates must be ACerS members and must be 35 years of age or younger. Selection of the awardee will be based on the nominations and accompanying evidence of scientific contributions (e.g., list of publications, selected abstracts, receipt of other awards or recognition).

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Brian Lawn

By Eileen De Guire / February 22, 2013

Brian R. Lawn gained B.Sc. and Ph.D. degrees in Physics at the University of Western Australia in 1959 and 1963, respectively. After graduating, he spent four years as a Postdoctoral…

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Society Fellows

By Eileen De Guire / February 22, 2013

Fellows shall be persons of good reputation who have reached their 35th birthday and who shall have been members of the Society at least five years continuously at the established nomination deadline date when nominated.

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Noboru Ichinose

By Eileen De Guire / February 22, 2013

Noboru Ichinose is professor emeritus at Waseda University. He earned his BS in applied physics in 1959 and his PhD in physics in1967, both from Waseda. Prior to joining the…

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Distinguished Life Membership

By Eileen De Guire / February 21, 2013

The Constitution of the Society states: “Distinguished Life Members shall be current members of the Society of professional eminence who, because of their achievements in the ceramic arts or sciences, or their service to the Society, are elected to such membership by the Board of Directors.” You must be an ACerS member to nominate someone. Two sponsors are required.

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