Nanoscale Science and Technology Division Graduate Competition
Receive a student registration waiver for the conference!!!
As nanoscience has continued to expand its impact in diverse fields including quantum science, biology, mechanics, and energy, the Nanoscale Science and Technology Division (NSTD) has been a hub of research broadly related to instrumentation, lithography, manipulation, imaging, and translation to industry. The NSTD holds a Graduate Competition at the annual AVS International Symposium to highlight and celebrate exceptional researchers working on the frontiers of nanoscience. All graduate students presenting a poster or oral presentation in an NSTD sponsored or co-sponsored session are encouraged to apply.
To apply submit a cover letter, resume, advisor support letter, and AVS abstract to the awards submission site
by the deadline date of May 10, 2023.
For eligibility, the applicant must not have received a doctoral degree at the time of abstract submission.
All finalists will receive a student registration waiver for the conference!!!
All finalists will be selected by the NSTD Awards Committee, and they will be informed in September 2023. All finalists must present a five-minute talk (with additional time for questions) at the NSTD Sunday plenary session for the awards competition. The winner will be selected based on the quality of the talk, the responses to subsequent questions, and the level of the research. The graduate award winner will receive a certificate and a cash award of $500. This award is made possible by financial support from NSTD's sponsors, who in 2022 were Qnami, Bruker, Heidelberg Instruments, Nanoscribe, Nanosurf, RHK Technology, and SPECS.
Awards Application
Graduate Student Competition Winners
| 2002 |
Jeremy Steinshinder |
2008 |
Qing Hua |
2015 |
Wei Bao |
| 2003 |
Cheol-Soo Young |
2009 |
Mehmet Baykara |
2016 |
Alma Eva Pérez Perrino |
| 2004 |
Qinguang Li |
2010 |
Farzad Behafarid |
2017 |
Xiaolong Liu |
| 2005 |
Kiu-Yuen Tse |
2011 |
Justice Alaboson |
2018 |
Omur Erdinc Dagdeviren |
| 2006 |
Tracie Colburn |
2012 |
David Reid |
2019 |
Jeremy Schultz |
| 2006 |
Dirk Weber |
2013 |
Cedric Barroo |
2020 |
Lin Wang |
| 2007 |
Jacob Palmer |
2014 |
Deep Jariwala |
2021 |
Likun Wang |