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These awards honored graduate students whose academic achievements and current materials research display a high level of excellence and distinction. Meet our winners from this year's event.
Outstanding Young Investigator Award Talk
The MRS Outstanding Young Investigator Award recognizes outstanding, interdisciplinary scientific work in materials research by a young scientist or engineer. Learn more about our 2019 recipient, Sheng Xu.
The MRS Communications Lecture Award recognizes excellence in the field of materials research through work published in MRS Communications. Timothy J. Bunning was honored for his paper—Dynamic Optical Properties of Gold Nanoparticles/Cholesteric Liquid-Crystal Arrays.
The 2018 JMR Paper of the Year Award was presented to Huachen Cui, Ryan Hensleigh, Hongshun Chen and Xiaoyu Zheng of Virginia Tech for "Additive Manufacturing and size-dependent mechanical properties of three-dimensional microarchitected, high-temperature ceramic metamaterials".
Congratulations to our Innovation in Materials Characterization Award recipient, Stig Helveg!
Congratulations 2019 MRS Fellows! We honored MRS Members who are notable for their distinguished research accomplishments and outstanding contributions to the advancement of materials research worldwide.
The MRS Impact Award honors outstanding individuals who have displayed excellence in areas of science communication, education, advancing diversity, mentoring, or community engagement, which reflect the Society's pursuit to advance materials science and technology to improve the quality of life. Congratulations to this year's recipient, Meyya Meyyappan.
The MRS Postdoctoral Awards recognize postdoctoral scholars who show exceptional promise. Meet this year's award winners, Kaifu BIan and Nicholas E. Jackson.
Mid-Career Researcher Award Talk
The Mid-Career Researcher Award recognizes exceptional achievements in materials research made by mid-career professionals. Congratulations to Hongyou Fan on this recognition.