Science & Technology Awards

Awards

• Current Recipients
• Award Descriptions & Sponsors
• How to Nominate
• Past Recipients
• Rubber Technology Training Award
• Best Paper Award
• Service Awards
• Publication Excellence Award

Rubber Division, ACS annually honors the best of the best with the most prestigious awards in our industry – our Science & Technology Awards.

Our Science & Technology Awards include:

• Charles Goodyear Medal – Sponsored by HF GROUP
• Melvin Mooney Distinguished Technology Award – Sponsored by Lion Elastomers
• George Stafford Whitby Award for Distinguished Teaching & Research – Sponsored by Cabot Corporation
• Sparks-Thomas Award – Sponsored by Endurica, LLC
• Chemistry of Thermoplastic Elastomers Award – Sponsored by Renkert Oil, LLC
• Fernley H. Banbury Award – Sponsored by HF GROUP
• Sustainability in Elastomers Award – Sponsored by ACE Laboratories

Recipients are selected by the Science & Technology Awards Committee, composed of distinguished experts from academia and industry. The Committee also includes the current Rubber Division, ACS Chair and Editor of Rubber Chemistry & Technology.

Award winners are honored during our Global Polymer Summit. Winners receive their awards at the Science & Technology Awards Banquet and give a presentation on their work in the Awards Symposium following the banquet.

How to Nominate

Award Descriptions & Sponsors

Nominations are due to the Committee, no later than September 30 each year.

Contact the Rubber Division, ACS office at office@rubber.org or 330-595-5531.