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File Type: PDF Document (.pdf) - Sparks Thomas
File Type: PDF Document (.pdf) - TPE
File Type: PDF Document (.pdf) - Banbury
File Type: PDF Document (.pdf) - Goodyear
File Type: PDF Document (.pdf) - Whitby
File Type: PDF Document (.pdf) - 2011 S&T Award Winners Photos & Biographies
File Type: Word Document (.doc) - S&T Award Descriptions
File Type: PDF Document (.pdf) - Nominations Checklist
File Type: PDF Document (.pdf) - Sample Nominations Letter
File Type: PDF Document (.pdf)
S&T Awards
Nominations
Two copies (one printed, one electronic) of the Nomination Package must be provided to the Division's Science and Technology Awards Committee and be received no later than July 15 of every year for the Awards Banquet at the following Spring Technical Meeting.
Please download the Award Descriptions, Nominations Package Checklist and the Sample Nominations Letter to continue.
Ralph S. Graff Foundation
The foundation was started by Ralph S. Graff to sponsor the Chemistry of TPE Award. This foundation is now open to any person, company or group who wishes to contribute to it. See the award details above under "Award Descriptions". If you wish to make a contribution to the foundation, please contact Accounting Manager Lakisha Barclay at or 330-972-6696. All contributors will be listed on this web page as follows, plus they will be listed in the next Science & Technology Awards Banquet program in the event following their contribution.
Founding Sponsor
Ralph S. Graff (2008)
Platinum Contributors (> $2,000)
Thomas N. Loser (2011)
Gold Contributors (> $1,000)
Silver Contributors (> $500)
Bronze Contributors ($500 or less)
2011 Recipients
2011 Science & Technology Awards Winners Photos & Biographies
- Dr. Joseph Kuczkowski - Charles Goodyear Medal
- Dr. Avraam Isayev - George S. Whitby Award for Distinguished Teaching and Research
- Dr. P. S. Ravishankar - Melvin Mooney Distinguished Technology Award
- Dr. Alfred Crosby - Sparks-Thomas Award
- Dr. Nikos Hajichristidis - Chemistry of Thermoplastic Elastomers Award
Past Recipients
- Charles Goodyear Medal
- Melvin Mooney Distinguished Technology Award
- Chemistry of Thermoplastic Elastomers Award
- Fernley H. Banbury Award
- George Stafford Whitby Award for Distinguished Teaching and Research
- Sparks-Thomas Award
Rubber Division Service Awards
Arnold Smith Special Service Award
Rubber Division ACS Distinguished Service Award
Rubber Division ACS Certificates of Special Appreciation
Rubber Band Contest
The Rubber Band Contest was started in 2008 by a joint venture between the University of Akron's "Akron Global Polymer Academy" and the "Rubber Division ACS". The first contest's award ceremony was held in 2009, the second in 2010 and third in 2011. The following link is to the Rubber Band Contest web page, hosted by AGPA: http://rubberbandcontest.org/.
2011 Contest Winners
