ISCST Awards & Honors


Nomination deadline for both ISCST awards: June 1, 2008.

Nomination procedure for both ISCST awards: Nominations must include a brief professional history of the nominee and specify how the nominee meets the criteria of the award. To submit a nomination, open and print the Tallmadge Award Nomination form, or the Young Investigator Award, (Adobe Acrobat PDF format) found at www.iscst.org, ISCST Awards & Honors. Complete the form, and e-mail it with the necessary attachments by June 1, 2008 to bghiggins@usdavis.edu (Tallmadge Award) or lfrancis@umn.edu (Young Investigator Award).

Presentation: The two awards will be presented at the 14th International Coating Science and Technology Symposium, September 7-10, 2008 at the Marriott Hotel, Marina del Rey, CA.


John A. Tallmadge Award for Contributions
to Coating Technology


Description: Recognizes an individual's significant contributions to the understanding or improvement of the technology of the coating of continuous webs.  The award is presented bi-annually, in even numbered years.

Sponsored by:  International Society of Coating Science and Technology, and AIChE.

Nomination deadline: July 1, 2008.

Award: A plaque and $1,000.

Nomination procedure:  Nominations must include a brief professional history of the nominee and specify how the nominee meets the criteria of the award.  To submit a nomination, open and print the Tallmadge Award Nomination form (Adobe Acrobat PDF format*), complete the form, and mail it with the necessary attachments by July 1, 2008. Click here if you prefer an MS Word version of the nomination document.

Presentation: The next award will be presented at the 14th International Coating Science and Technology Symposium, September 2008, Marina del Rey CA.

Previous Recipients of the John A. Tallmadge Award

1992  Professor L. E. Scriven, Regents Professor, Department of ChemicalEngineering, University of Minnesota-Twin Cities 
1994  Dr. E. B. Gutoff, Consultant 
1996  Dr. J. E. Hens, retired, AGFA 
1998  Dr. Kenneth J. Ruschak, Eastman Kodak Company, Rochester, New York 
2000  Dr. Edward D. Cohen, retired, DuPont Fellow 
2002  Dr. Terrence D. Blake, Kodak Ltd., Harrow, Middlesex, UK 
2004  Professor Brian G. Higgins, Department of Chemical Engineering & Materials Science, University of California, Davis 
2006  Dr. Peter Schweizer, Polytype Converting AG,Fribourg Switzerland  

L.E. Scriven Young Investigator Award


Description: This award is given in recognition of outstanding sustained achievements or one-time breakthroughs in the area of continuous liquid film coating science and technology. Those nominated for this award must be forty years old or younger. The award will be presented at the Symposium.

Sponsored by: International Society of Coating Science and Technology

Nomination deadline: July 1, 2008.

Award: A plaque and $500.

Nomination procedure: Nominations must include a brief professional history of the nominee and specify how the nominee meets the criteria of the award. To submit a nomination, open and print the Young Investigator Award Nomination form (Adobe Acrobat PDF format*), complete the form, and mail it, either electronically or by mail, with the necessary attachments by July 1, 2008. Click here if you prefer an MS Word version of the nomination document.

Presentation: The next award will be presented at the 14th International Coating Science and Technology Symposium, September 2008, Marina del Rey CA.

Past Recipients of the Young Investigator Award

1998  Dr. Dennis Coyle, General Electric Company, Niskayuna, New York 
Dr. Cyrus Aidun, Institute of Paper Chemistry, Georgia Institute of Technology-Atlanta 
2000  Dr. Steven J. Weinstein, Eastman Kodak Company, Rochester, New York 
2002  Dr. Andrew Clarke, Kodak Ltd., Harrow, Middlesex, UK
Dr. W. Blake Kolb, 3M, St. Paul, Minnesota
2004  Professor Marcio D. Carvalho, Pontificia Universidade Catolica do Rio de Janeiro,Brazil  
2006  Professor Richard Cairncross, Drexel University, Philadelphia,PA  

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