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      • 2023 R.F. Bunshah Award & ICMCTF Lecture Recipient
      • 2023 Bill Sproul Award and Honorary ICMCTF Lecture Recipient
    • Call for Awards Nominations
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      • 2023 R.F. Bunshah Annual Award & ICMCTF Lecture Nominations
      • 2023 Bill Sproul Award and Honorary ICMCTF Lecture Nominations
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    • Special Events
      • Career Center
      • Exhibitors Keynote Lecture
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    • Symposia
      • A. Coatings for Use at High Temperatures
      • B. Hard Coatings and Vapor Deposition Technologies
      • C. Functional Thin Films and Surfaces
      • D. Coatings for Biomedical and Healthcare Applications
      • E. Tribology and Mechanical Behavior of Coatings and Engineered Surfaces
      • F. New Horizons in Coatings and Thin Films
      • G. Surface Engineering – Applied Research and Industrial Applications
      • H. Advanced Characterization Techniques for Coatings, Thin Films, and Small Volumes
      • TS1. Coatings for Energy Storage and Conversion – Batteries and Hydrogen Applications
      • TS2. Sustainable Surface Solutions, Materials, Processes and Applications
      • TS3. Processes of Materials for Printed and Flexible Film Technologies
  • Courses
    • Plasma Basics- 5/21/23
    • Physics of Plasmas used in Deposition Processes – 5/22/23
    • Fundamentals of Sputter Deposition – 5/22/23
    • Control of Micro- and Nanostructure Evolution during Physical Vapor Deposition – 5/23/23
    • Fundamentals of HiPIMS Plasmas for Thin Film Deposition – 5/23/23
    • Advanced Understanding of HIPIMS Plasmas for Thin Film Deposition – 5/24/23
    • Practical Thin Film Characterization – 5/24/23
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Protocol for R.F. Bunshah Annual Award & ICMCTF Lecture

Purpose

The R.F. Bunshah Award and Honorary ICMCTF lectureship is intended to recognize outstanding research or technological innovation in the areas of interest to the Advanced Surface Engineering Division (ASED) of the AVS, with an emphasis in the fields of surface engineering, thin films, and related topics.

Eligibility

The nominee shall have made pioneering contributions to the science or technology of surface engineering, thin films, or related fields of interest to ASED. The Award shall be granted without further restriction except that the current ICMCTF General and Program Chairs and current members of the ASED Executive and Awards Committees are not eligible.

Nomination Procedure

A nomination may be made by anyone qualified to evaluate, highlight, and validate the nominee’s accomplishments. Any individual may submit one nominating or seconding letter for the award in any given year. The nomination packages MUST include the following.

Nomination Letter: The letter nominating an individual for an award must describe the work for which the award is proposed and indicate the role the work has played in solving particular scientific or technological problems. The significance of these problems and the impact of the nominee’s accomplishments in the field should be discussed. If the work was performed in collaboration with others, the contributions of the nominee should be clearly stated. A proposed citation, a one-sentence synopsis of the reason for selecting the nominee, and a list of individuals sending supporting letters, must also be included. The nominating letter should not exceed two pages in length but should be as detailed as possible to allow the Award Committee to evaluate the nominee’s contributions.

Supporting Letters: A minimum of two and a maximum of five supporting letters must be arranged by the nominator. Typically, the letters should not exceed one page. Their main purpose is to endorse the nomination and to provide additional evidence of the nominee’s accomplishments. The supporting letters should be written by individuals at institutions other than that of the nominee.

Description of Research Highlights: A two-page summary of research accomplishments citing key papers and patents must be included. The purpose of the material is to document the scope of a nominee’s technical career, placing in context the specific work being nominated for the award.

Biographical Materials: A Curriculum Vitae or biographical sketch of the nominee and a list of publications and patents must be submitted.

Nominations remain active for three years.

Nature of the Award

The award consists of a $1500 cash award, an engraved statuette, and an honorary lectureship at the ICMCTF conference at which the award is presented. This award is conferred annually, subject to availability of suitable candidates. The Award Recipient shall receive complimentary meeting registration, travel expenses up to $1500, and up to six nights lodging at the Town and Country Hotel.

Nomination Submission and Deadline

All nomination materials must be compiled by the nominator and submitted as one package. The complete nomination package is to be sent electronically to the current Chair of the ASED Awards Committee (asedawards@avs.org) such that it is received by November 15, 2023. Late or incomplete application packages will not be evaluated.

Ivan Petrov
University of Illinois, USA
Linköping University, Sweden
asedawards@avs.org

Learn More

2022 R.F. Bunshah Award Recipient
Jolanta E. Klemberg-Sapieha
(Award presented to Jolanta E. Klemberg-Sapieha by Ivan Petrov)

Previous Laureates of the R.F. Bunshah Award

  • 2022 – Jolanta E. Klemberg-Sapieha, Polytechnique Montreal, Canada
  • 2021 – André Anders, Leibniz Institute of Surface Engineering (IOM), Leipzig, Germany, and Felix Bloch Institute, Leipzig University, Leipzig, Germany
  • 2020 – Christian Mitterer, Department of Materials Science, Montanuniversität Leoben, Austria
  • 2019 – Joe Greene, University of Illinois, USA, Linköping University, Sweden, National Taiwan Univ. Science & Technology, Taiwan.
  • 2018 – Allan Matthews, University of Manchester, UK
  • 2017 – John A. Woollam, University of Nebraska, Lincoln NE, USA & J.A. Woollam Co.
  • 2016 – Boris A. Movchan, National Academy Sciences of Ukraine
  • 2015 – Péter B. Barna, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Hungary
  • 2014 – Jindrich Musil, University of West Bohemia, Plzeň, Czech Republic
  • 2013 – William D. Sproul, Reactive Sputtering, Inc, USA
  • 2012 – Sture Hogmark, Uppsala University, Sweden
  • 2011- Stan Veprek, Technical University, Munich, Germany
  • 2010- Helmut Holleck, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Germany
  • 2009- Ivan Petrov, University of Illinois, USA
  • 2008- Steve Rossnagel, IBM, USA
  • 2007- Wolf-Dieter Munz, Sheffield Hallam University, UK

Awards Chair

Ivan Petrov
University of Illinois, USA
Linköping University, Sweden
asedawards@avs.org

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Key Dates

Call for Abstracts Deadline:
November 15, 2022

Awards Nomination Deadline:
November 15, 2022

Call for Abstracts Late News Deadline:
February 22, 2023

Early Registration Deadline:
April 14, 2023

Housing Extended Deadline:
April 27, 2023 (Limited Availability)

Manuscript Deadline:
July 15, 2023

Downloads

  • Call for Abstracts (PDF)
  • Copyright Agreement (PDF)
  • Exhibit & Sponsor Form (PDF)
  • Health & Safety Plan (PDF)
  • Schedule of Events (PDF)
  • Technical Program (PDF)

Contact

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Yvonne Towse

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New York, NY 10038
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