Division and group awards will be given for participation at the AVS 55th International Symposium in Boston, Massachusetts, October 19-24, 2008.  Additional info may be found on www.avs.org

The Applied Surface Science Division is offering awards for the best student presentations.  Students who would like to compete for the awards will need to present a poster or talk during any Applied Surface Science Division sessions, plus an additional “capsule” (3-slide, 5-minute) presentation to the judges, who will choose the winners based on the scientific merit and originality of their work.  The awards consist of three cash prizes totaling $1000 and certificates.  Students wishing to participate in the competition should contact the ASSD Student Award Chair when submitting an abstract (May 2008).  ASSD Student Award Chair - Dr. Julio A. Soares, Materials Research Laboratory - MC230, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL 61801. Tel: (217) 265-6824 or e-mail soares@uiuc.edu. 

The following students were awarded prizes in the
Applied Surface Science Division's 2007 Student Competition:

1st Prize --- Sirnegeda Techane – University of Washington - "Functionalization and Characterization of Gold Nanoparticles"

2nd Prize --- Benjamin W. Schmidt – Vanderbilt University - "Characterization of Ceramic Materials using Electron, Ion, X-ray, and Optical Techniques"

3rd Prize --- David Wells – University at Buffalo - "X-ray Spectromicroscopy and Ion Spectroscopy to Evaluate a Blend of Poly(L)lactic Acid and Fluorine End-capped Poly(L)lactic Acid"

2006 Winners:
1st Prize --- H.A. Ajmera, University of Florida
2nd Prize --- S. Sarkar, University of Nebraska
3rd Prize --- E.T. Bender, The University of Akron

2005 Winners:
C.-Y. Lee --- University of Washington
S.E. Harton --- North Carolina State University
S. Pylypenko --- University of New Mexico:

2004 Winner:
Mingyao Zhu --- College of William and Mary

2003 Winners:
Mingyao Zhu --- College of William and Mary
Svetlana Pylypenko --- University of New Mexico
Xin Zhao --- College of William and Mary

2002 Winners:
Yuki Yoshida --- Colorado School of Mines
Nimel Theodore --- College of William and Mary
Laurie Broadwater -- Kent State University

2001 Winners:
Saravanapriyan Sriraman --- University of California, Santa Barbara
Erik Reimhult --- Chalmers University of Technology
April Carmen --- University of Nevada, Reno

2000 Winners:
Bernd Gotsmann --- University of Muenster
Dietmar Stapel --- University of Muenster
Louisan Tan --- National University of Singapore

1999 Winners:
Chris Moffitt --- University of Missouri, Kansas City
Torsen Stohr

1998 Winner:
Mark D. Mowery --- University of Michigan

1997 Winner:
Jim Zhao --- SUNY at Buffalo, NY

1996 Winner:
Sudipta Seal --- University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee

1995 Winner:
Camille Kassis --- University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill

1994 Winner:
Peiter Gunter --- Technical University Darmstadt, Germany

1993 Winner:
Lee Rumaner --- University of Washington

1992 Winner:
Gerald Magera --- Oregon Graduate Institute of Science and Technology

1991 Winner:
Mary Elizabeth Napier --- Northwestern University

1990 Winner:
Jerry L. Hunter, Jr. --- North Carolina State University

1989 Winner:
Mathew G. Blain --- Texas A&M University

1988 Winner:
Gregory Stauf --- Syracuse University

1987 Winner:
Leticia Quinones --- Texas A&M University

ASSD Student Award Chair
Julio A. N. de T. Soares, PhD
Research Scientist Engineer Laser and Spectroscopy Facility (http://facilities.mrl.uiuc.edu/laserlab/)
Materials Research Laboratory - University of Illinois
104 S Goodwin Ave. - Urbana, IL 61801 - USA
off.: (217) 265-6824 fax: (217) 244-2278
lab.: (217) 333-2096 pager: (217) 265-3113
email: soares@uiuc.edu