Awards

Graduate Student Awards

The ICMCTF Graduate Student Awards are intended to honor and encourage outstanding graduate students in fields of interest to the Advanced Surface Engineering Division (ASED) of the AVS. ASED seeks to recognize students of exceptional ability who show promise for significant future achievement in ASED-related fields. The nominee must be a graduate student in science or engineering who is in good standing at a University with a recognized graduate degree program and the presenting author of an oral presentation at the annual ICMCTF conference. Nominees who receive their final research degree after the ICMCTF Abstract Submission deadline are still eligible for that year. However, previous Graduate Student Award winners are ineligible.

Submission Deadline: October 27, 2025

Bunshah Award

R.F. Bunshah Award and Honorary ICMCTF lectureship is intended to recognize outstanding research or technological innovation in the areas of interest to the Advanced Surface Engineering Division (ASED) of the AVS, with an emphasis in the fields of surface engineering, thin films, and related topics. The nominee shall have made pioneering contributions to the science or technology of surface engineering, thin films, or related fields of interest to ASED. The Award shall be granted without further restriction except that the current ICMCTF General and Program Chairs and current members of the ASED Executive and Awards Committees are not eligible.

Submission Deadline: October 27, 2025

Bill Sproul Award

The Bill Sproul Award and Honorary ICMCTF lectureship is intended to recognize the achievements of a mid-career researcher who has made outstanding scientific and/or technological contributions in areas of interest to the Advanced Surface Engineering Division (ASED) of the AVS, with emphasis in the fields of surface engineering, thin films, and related topics. The Award shall be granted without further restriction except that the current ICMCTF General and Program Chairs and current members of the ASED Executive and Awards Committees are not eligible.

Submission Deadline: October 27, 2025

Awards Chair

Andre Anders
Plasma Engineering, LLC, USA
asedawards@avs.org