Applied Surface Science
The Applied Surface Science Division welcomes student(s) to apply for this year’s Student Awards Competition. Candidates for the award must be registered to give an oral or poster presentation at the AVS International Symposium and be either a current student or have received their degree in the year of the Symposium. For the competition, the top finalists will be selected from this year’s applicants and each will present a 3 slide, 5 minute talk summarizing their research. The finalists will be competing for three monetary prizes totaling $1500 as well as reimbursement for the 2025 Symposium for the 1st place winner! In addition to these incentives, the competition is also a great way to interact with the ASSD and get to know some of its members, regardless of whether you are participating in the student awards competition.
Students wishing to participate in the competition should complete the application on the awards submission site and submit a copy of the abstract and current CV by
April 1, 2025. For more information and to find the application please visit our website. If you have any questions or concerns during the application process, please reach out to the ASSD Student Awards Chair at
Jodi.Grzeskowiak@us.tel.com.
Awards Application
Past Winners (1st Place):
| 1987 Leticia Quinones |
1988 Gregory Stauf |
1989 Mathew G. Blain |
| 1990 Jerry L. Hunter, Jr |
1991 Mary Elizabeth Napier |
1992 Gerald Magera |
| 1993 Lee Rumaner |
1994 Peiter Gunter |
1995 Camille Kassis |
| 1996 Sudipta Seal |
1997 Jim Zhao |
1998 Mark D. Mowery |
| 1999 Chris Moffitt |
2000 Berndt Gotsmann |
2001 Saravanapriyan Sriraman |
| 2002 Yuki Yoshida |
2003 Mingyao Zhu |
2004 Xin Zhao |
| 2005 Chi-Ying Lee |
2006 Hiral Ajmera |
2007 Sirnegeda Techane |
| 2008 Joseph Baio |
2009 Michelle Sestak |
2010 Daniel Schmidt |
| 2011 Stefan Schöche |
2012 William Roach |
2013 Tevis Jacobs |
| 2014 Eng Wen Ong |
2015 Alex Pearse |
2016 Gopalakrishnan Ramalingam |
| 2017 Jin Li |
2018 Maiglid Moreno |
2019 Jodi Grzeskowiak |
| 2020 William Blades |
2021 Sarah Zaccarine |
2022 Robert Chrostowski |
| 2023 Matthias Kogler |
2024 Sarah Bamford |
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