ECerS
Awards
During the E.Cer.S Conference, which takes place every two years in one of the countries represented in our Council, our society is honoured to confer to a very distinguished personality :
The International prize:
This award is given to a ceramist who added greatly to the advancement of contacts between the European and the international ceramic community.
The Stuijts Award:
In memory of Prof. A. Leo Stuijts (1922-1982), who contributed considerably to the development of the science and technology of magneto- and electro-ceramic materials. This award is given to a ceramist noted for outstanding contributions to ceramic science or technology.
List of scientists who received the Stuijts Award:
1st ECerS (1989), Maastricht (Nl), Richard Brook
2nd ECerS (1991), Augsburg (Ge), Ton Burggraaf
3rd EcerS (1993), Madrid (Sp), Salvatore de Aza
4th EcerS (1995), Riccione (It), Hans Hausner
5th ECerS (1997), Versailles (Fr), Roman Pampuch
6th ECerS (1999), Brighton (UK), Niels Claussen
7th ECerS (2001), Bruges (Be), Philippe Boch
8th ECerS (2003), Istanbul (Tu), Rudi Metselaar
9th ECerS (2005), Portoroz, (Sl) Hasan Mandal
10th ECerS (2007), Berlin (Ge) Stuart Hampshire
11th ECerS (2009), Crakow, (PL) Gilbert Fantozzi
The International Prize:
4th ECerS, Riccione, Malcolm McLaren
5th ECerS, Versailles, Rudi Metselaar
6th ECerS, Brighton, Bob Newnham
7th ECerS, Bruges, Masahiro Yoshimura
8th ECerS, Istanbul, Gary Messing
9th ECerS Portoroz, (SI) Yukio Sakabe
10th ECerS Berlin, (Ge) Mrityunjay Singh
11th ECerS (2009), Crakow, (PL) Frederich Lange
The programme of the E.Cer.S Conference also includes the organization of a STUDENT COMPETITION at the end of which the E.Cer.S Educational Working Group , through a special jury, assigns the title of Best Lecture and Best Poster.
STUDENT SPEECH CONTEST PAST EDITION
JECS Best Paper Award 2009
Winning paper:
JECS Volume 28, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 1575-1583
"Optimal strength and toughness of Al2O3-ZrO2 laminates designed with external or internal compressive layers"
Raúl Bermejo, Javier Pascual, Tanja Lube and Robert Danzer
doi:10.1016/j.jeurceramsoc.2007.11.003
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Personal winners: Raúl Bermejo, Javier Pascual, Tanja Lube and Robert Danzer
Institutional winner: Institut für Struktur- und Funktionskeramik, Montanuniversität Leoben, Austria