Bridge Building Award

This award recognizes individuals outside of the United States who have made

outstanding contributions to engineering ceramics.

The two main criteria used in selecting the recipient are:

Contribution to the field of engineering ceramics, including expansion of the knowledge

 base and commercial use thereof, and


Contribution to the visibility of the field and international advocacy.

The award consists of a plaque, certificate, and an honorarium of $1000.

Please send your nominations (preferably by email), including a written statement of the

nominee's qualifications and contributions, by July 15, 2008, to either:

Dr. Jonathan Salem

2009 Chair-Elect, Engineering Ceramics Division

NASA-GRC

2100 Brookpark Rd, Cleveland, OH 44135, USA

email: jonathan.a.salem@nasa.gov

or 

Dr. Sanjay Mathur

2009 ECD Award Committee Chair

University of Wuerzburg

Wuerzburg and Leibniz-Institut für Neue Materialien

Saarland University, Germany

email: smathur@inm-gmbh.de or s.mathur@uni-wuerzburg.de