Charles M.A. Stine Award
Materials Engineering & Sciences Division

The Charles M.A. Stine Award is bestowed annually to a leading researcher in recognition of outstanding contributions to the field of materials science and engineering. The Stine Award is sponsored by E.I. duPont de Nemours & Co. It recognizes an individual's outstanding contribution to the scientific, technological, educational or service areas of materials engineering and science. Selection criteria include: 1. Nominees must be members of AIChE. 2. The award can be given to an individual or a team. 3. Significant discoveries, important research, the development of new processes and products, the initiation of new materials and management, education concepts, or outstanding service to the materials community. The award consists of a plaque and a $1500 cash award. The winner is invited each year as the featured speaker for the Materials Engineering and Sciences Division Plenary session at the National AIChE meeting in the Fall.

The 2009 Stine Award recipient is Chris Bowman of the University of Colorado for his seminal contributions to polymer science through development of novel reaction mechanisms for molecular design of materials with highly-regulated structures, adaptable properties, and biosensing functionality. The Award was presented at the Plenary Stine Award Symposium during the 2008 National AIChE meeting this November in Philadelphia, PA. Prof. Bowman will delivery a lecture on his work entitled Photopolymerizations and Their Application to Biodetection.

Nominations for the Stine Award are due every February 15th, and  must be submitted by members of AIChE, by using the  GENERAL NOMINATION FORM . Send an original and eight copies of nomination to the Materials Engineering & Sciences Division Awards Committee Chair, Professor John G. Ekerdt, Dept. of Chemical Engineering, Austin, Texas 78712-0231, (512) 471-4689 ekerdt@che.utexas.edu.