The Eastman Chemical Student Award in Applied Polymer Science

 

The Eastman Chemical Student Award replaces the AzkoNobel Student Award in Applied Polymer Science

 

 

Note: This award is handled primarily through the PMSE Division and administered by POLYED

and the reader should consult their web sites. 

 

2018 Eastman Chemical Student Award in Applied Polymer Science:

Awarded to the author of the best research paper presented at the ACS 2018 fall meeting in Boston, MA.

 

Deadline: Completed applications and preprints for the 2018 Eastman Chemical Student Award Competition must be submitted via e-mail by 11:59 PM Eastern Time March 1, 2018.

 

Purpose: To recognize research excellence by a student in applied polymer science.

 

 

Rules for Eligibility: Graduate students, either currently in graduate school or not more than one year beyond graduation, are invited to submit entries. The submission should include an abstract and a preprint of up to two pages conforming to the former PMSE preprint format (supplied upon request).

 

Nature: Up to six finalists will be selected based on the scientific merit of the submitted papers. Out-of-pocket expenses of up to $900 will be available for each finalist to attend the ACS meeting and present his or her paper in the 2018 Eastman Chemical Award Symposium within the PMSE program. The award winner will be selected based on the quality of the written application and the oral presentation.

 

Papers not selected for presentation in the Eastman Chemical Award Symposium may still be submitted for presentation in the PMSE program but will not be considered for the award.

 

The award winner will receive $1,600 and a commemorative plaque, to be presented at the PMSE Division Awards Reception at the spring ACS meeting in Orlando, Florida. All finalists will also receive a one-year complimentary membership in the PMSE Division.

 

Nomination Procedure: Instructions regarding application procedures and the preprint templates are available by email from John W. Gilmer (King University), the 2018 Chair of the Eastman Chemical Student Award Committee.

 

Primary Contact: 

 John Gilmer. More details should be available from John Droske at PolyEd or from PMSE.

 email: jwgilmer@king.edu

 

Limited information on previous awardees is available

  

2015:  this award replaces the AzkoNobel Student Award in Applied Polymer Science

From 2009-2014 this award was the AkzoNobel Award

From1997-2008 this award was the ICI Award (Awardees)
From1985-1996 this award was the Sherwin Williams Award

 

  

 

 Previous Awardees (1985-2007)

 

Year	Awardee	Institution	Advisor
07	Kelly A. Burke	Case Western Reserve U
06	Megan L. Ruegg	University of California, Berkeley
05	Youngseon Choi	University of Michigan
04	Christopher J. Ellison	Northwester University	John Torkelson
03	Finalists Announced Winner: Brian K. Johnson	Princeton University
02	Jinsang Kim	Massachusetts Institute of Technology	Timothy M. Swager
01	Brian E. Priore	Carnegie Mellon	Lynn M. Walker
00	Amy K. Poshusta (Burkoth)	University of Colorado	Krisit S. Anseth
99	Shu Yang	Cornell University	Christopher Ober
98	David B. Hall	Northwestern University
97	Ellen C. Lee	University of California at Berkeley
96	Hong Yee Low	Case Western Reserve University
95	Valarie Sheares	University of North Carolina
94	Michael L. Greenfield	University of California at Berkeley
93	Joan K. Vrtis	University of Massachusetts at Amherst
92	Nathan A. Mehl	Princeton University
91	Kathryn E. Uhrich	Cornell University
90	Lori P. Engel	University of Florida at Gainesville
89	Rubing Cai	University of North Caroline
88	Peter J. Ludovice	MIT
87	Bruce M. Novak	California Institute of Technology
86	Krishna Venkataswamy	Washington State University
85	Stephen R. Holmes-Farley	Harvard University