ACerS Awards

2016 AWARD WINNERS ANNOUNCED:

Congratulations to the 2016 Society award winners!! Bios and photos of the 2016 winners are posted on the awards webpages and the awardees were featured in the September 2016 issue of the Bulletin. 

The awards were presented October 24 at the ACerS Honors and Awards Banquet at MS&T 2016 in Salt Lake City, Utah.  

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 was September 1, 2016.

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.

Distinguished Life Membership

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.

Adrian C. Wright

Harry L. Tuller

James E. Houseman

Society Fellows

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.

Alexander Michaelis

Chonglin Chen

Edgar D. Zanotto

Francis Cambier

Gregory S. Corman

Hitoshi Ohsato

Jian Luo

K. Thomas Jacob

Kazumi Kato

Michael L. Alexander

Randy Youngman

Robert J. Flatt

Sharon L. Marra

Ted Day

Young-Wook Kim

Robert L. Coble Award for Young Scholars

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).

Lane W. Martin

Corporate Environmental Achievement Award

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.

NGK Spark Plug Co., Ltd.

Corporate Technical Achievement Award

This award recognizes a single outstanding technical achievement made by an ACerS corporate member in the field of ceramics. The achievement must show significant technical merit and represent a gain to society through commercialization of the technology within the preceding eight years. Through this award, the Society recognizes corporate members who have taken a technology and successfully developed it into a viable commercial product. It is not necessary for the technical and commercial development to be accomplished by one company, and joint nominations can be submitted. Up to two awards may be made each year.

Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co. (SEL) and Sharp Corporation

Sharp Corporation and Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd. (SEL)

Medal for Leadership in the Advancement of Ceramic Technology

The Medal for Leadership in the Advancement of Ceramic Technology recognizes individuals, who through leadership and vision in an executive role, have made substantial contributions to the success of their organization and in turn have significantly expanded the frontiers of the ceramics industry. Two medals will be presented each year, one from the Americas, the other from outside the Americas.

A.N. Sreeram (Winner In the Americas)

Shunpei Yamazaki (Winner Outside of the Americas)

Du-Co Ceramics Young Professional Award

This $1,500 award, established by the late Reldon Cooper, co-founder of Du-Co Ceramics, is awarded to a young professional member of ACerS who demonstrates exceptional leadership and service to ACerS.

Ed Gorzkowski

Richard M. Fulrath Awards

The Fulrath Awards promote technical and personal friendships between professional Japanese and American ceramic engineers and scientists and encourage a greater understanding among the diverse cultures surrounding the Pacific Rim. The awards recognize individuals for their excellence in research and development of ceramic sciences and materials.

Bryan Huey

James Hemrick

Tadachika Nakayama

Tomoyuki Nakamura

Yoshiki Iwazaki

Honorary Membership

Honorary Membership is given to individuals who have been non-members of the Society for at least the previous 5 years prior to consideration for Honorary Membership and who because of their achievements in the ceramics arts and sciences are elected to such membership by the Board of Directors.

John Jeppson Award

The Jeppson Award recognizes distinguished scientific, technical, or engineering achievements in ceramics.

Tatsuki Ohji