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Nominations are being solicited for the IEEE Nanotechnology Council’s 2019 Awards.

Award categories are Early Career, Pioneer and Distinguished Service.

1. PIONEER AWARD IN NANOTECHNOLOGY

The NTC Pioneer Award in nanotechnology is to recognize individuals who by virtue of initiating new areas of research, development or engineering have had a significant impact on the field of nanotechnology. The award is intended for people who are in the mid or late portions of their careers, i.e., at least 10 years beyond his or her highest earned academic degree on the nomination deadline date.

2. EARLY CAREER AWARD IN NANOTECHNOLOGY

The Nanotechnology Council has established an Early Career Award to recognize individuals who have made contributions with major impact on the field of nanotechnology.

3. DISTINGUISHED SERVICE AWARD

Nanotechnology Council to establish a Distinguished Service Award to recognize an individual who has performed outstanding service for the benefit and advancement of Nanotechnology Council.

See the NTC Award Nominations page for full description and nomination form. Nominations are due by October 1st.

The IEEE Nanotechnology Council announces its 2018 Award Winners. Awards will be presented at its 13th Nanotechnology Materials & Devices Conference (NMDC 2018) which will be held in Portland, Oregon, USA on 14-17 October, 2018.

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The IEEE Nanotechnology Council 2017 Awards Ceremony was held in conjunction with the IEEE NANO 2017 banquet in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (USA) on July 27.

The Pioneer Award in Nanotechnology recipient was Paras N. Prasad, Distinguished Professor of Chemistry, Physics, Medicine and Electrical Engineering, at the University at Buffalo (NY). The Early Career Award in Nanotechnology recipient was Professor Duygu Kuzum of the Jacobs School of Engineering at the University of California, San Diego. The Distinguished Service Award recipient was Dominic Massetti of OmniVision Technologies, Inc., Seal Beach, CA.

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The IEEE Nanotechnology Council announces its 2017 Award Winners. Awards will be presented at its flagship IEEE International Conference on Nanotechnology (IEEE-NANO) being held July 25 to 28, 2017 in Pittsburgh, PA (USA).

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Nominations are being solicited for the IEEE Nanotechnology Council’s 2017 Awards.

Award categories are Early Career, Pioneer and Distinguished Service.

See the NTC Award Nominations page for full description and nomination form. Nominations are due by October 15.

The IEEE Nanotechnology Council 2016 Awards Ceremony was held in conjunction with the IEEE NANO 2016 banquet in Sendai, Japan on August  24.

The Pioneer award in Nanotechnology recipient is Shawn-Yu Lin, Professor of Physics, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, New York. The Early Career Award in Nanotechnology co-recipients are, from academia, Prof. Tak Sing Wong, Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering, the Pennsylvania State University, and from government, Jin-Woo Han, Research Scientist, NASA Ames Research Center, Moffet Field, Calif. The Distinguished Service Award recipient is Edward G. Perkins, consultant, Tualatin (Portland metro area), Ore.

NTC Pioneer Award in Nanotechnology

The NTC Pioneer Award in nanotechnology is to recognize individuals who by virtue of initiating new areas of research, development or engineering have had a significant impact on the field of nanotechnology. The award is intended for people who are in the mid or late portions of their careers, i.e., at least 10 years beyond his or her highest earned academic degree on the nomination deadline date.

 The 2016 recipient of the IEEE NTC Pioneer Award in Nanotechnology is Shawn-Yu Lin, who is a Professor of Physics at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. His award citation states: “For pioneering contribution to the development of 3D optical photonic-crystals and the discovery of the darkest nano-material on earth”.

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The IEEE Nanotechnology Council announces its 2016 Award Winners. Awards will be presented at its flagship IEEE International Conference on Nanotechnology (IEEE-NANO) being held August 22 to 25, 2016 in Sendai, Japan.

Early Career Award

The Early Career Award recognizes individuals who have made contributions with major impact on the field of nanotechnology. Up to two awards may be given per year. There may be one award for academics (persons employed by colleges or universities) and one for persons employed by industry or government organizations.

Prof. Tak Sing Wong
Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering
Pennsylvania State University
tswong@psu.edu

Citation: “For significant contributions to the field of biologically inspired surface nanoengineering”

Jin-Woo Han
Research Scientist
NASA Ames Research Center, Moffet Field, CA
jin-woo.han@nasa.gov

Citation: “For innovative contributions to the development of nanoelectronics, devices, and nanosensors”

Pioneer Award

The Pioneer Award in nanotechnology is to recognize individuals who by virtue of initiating new areas of research, development or engineering have had a significant impact on the field of nanotechnology.

Shawn-Yu Lin,
Professor of Physics
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
sylin@rpi.edu

Citation: “For pioneering contribution to the development of 3D optical photonic-crystals and the discovery of the darkest nano-material on earth”

Distinguished Service Award

The Distinguished Service Award recognizes an individual who has performed outstanding service for the benefit and advancement of the IEEE Nanotechnology Council.

Edward G. Perkins
Consultant
e.perkins@ieee.org

Citation: “For excellence as the IEEE Nanotechnology Council Secretary and outstanding contributions to the Council’s conference activities”

Nominations are being solicited for the IEEE Nanotechnology Council’s 2016 Awards.

Award categories are Early Career, Pioneer and Distinguished Service.

See the NTC Award Nominations page for full description of the awards, nomination process and nomination form. Nominees must be IEEE Members. Three references are required.

You can review the previous award winners here.

Nominations are due by October 15.