James C. McGroddy Prize for New Materials
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The James C. McGroddy Prize for New Materials is a prize that has been awarded annually by the American Physical Society
since 1975, but was only given this name recently, following its endowment by IBM
in 1999. The recipients are chosen for "outstanding achievement in the science and application of new materials". The prize is named after James C. McGroddy, himself a winner of APS's George E. Pake Prize
in 1995, and currently comes with a cash award of $10,000.
American Physical Society
The American Physical Society is the world's second largest organization of physicists, behind the Deutsche Physikalische Gesellschaft. The Society publishes more than a dozen scientific journals, including the world renowned Physical Review and Physical Review Letters, and organizes more than 20...
since 1975, but was only given this name recently, following its endowment by IBM
IBM
International Business Machines Corporation or IBM is an American multinational technology and consulting corporation headquartered in Armonk, New York, United States. IBM manufactures and sells computer hardware and software, and it offers infrastructure, hosting and consulting services in areas...
in 1999. The recipients are chosen for "outstanding achievement in the science and application of new materials". The prize is named after James C. McGroddy, himself a winner of APS's George E. Pake Prize
George E. Pake Prize
The George E. Pake Prize is a prize that has been awarded annually by the American Physical Society since 1984. The recipients are chosen for "outstanding work by physicists combining original research accomplishments with leadership in the management of research or development in industry". The...
in 1995, and currently comes with a cash award of $10,000.
Recipients
- 2009: Akihisa Inoue, William L. JohnsonWilliam L. JohnsonWilliam L. Johnson is an accomplished American actor and musician.William L. Johnson has held starring and prominent roles in many theatrically released projects. His performance as a lead in director Craig Ross' Blue Hill Avenue helped the movie garner top honors at the Acapulco and Black...
- 2008: Arthur F. Hebard, Jun Akimitsu, Robert C. Haddon
- 2007: Arthur J. Epstein, Joel S. Miller
- 2006: Alex ZettlAlex ZettlAlex Zettl is an American professor of experimental condensed-matter physics. His research involving the properties of novel materials have produced significant advances in the field.-Biography:...
, Hongjie DaiHongjie DaiHongjie Dai is a Chinese-American Chemist and Applied Physicist, the J.G. Jackson & C.J. Wood Professor of Chemistry at Stanford University.He is a leading figure in the study of carbon nanotubes.... - 2005: Yoshinori Tokura
- 2004: Loren Pfeiffer
- 2003: Charles M. Lieber
- 2002: Donald S. Bethune, Sumio IijimaSumio IijimaSumio Iijima is a Japanese physicist, often cited as the discoverer of carbon nanotubes. Although carbon nanotubes had been observed prior to his "discovery", Iijima's 1991 paper generated unprecedented interest in the carbon nanostructures and has since fueled intense research in the area of...
- 2001: Arthur Charles Gossard
- 2000: M. Brian Maple
- 1999: Eugene E. Haller, Thomas Richard Anthony
- 1994: Peter GrünbergPeter GrünbergPeter Andreas Grünberg is a German physicist, and Nobel Prize in Physics laureate for his discovery with Albert Fert of giant magnetoresistance which brought about a breakthrough in gigabyte hard disk drives.-Biography:...
, Albert FertAlbert FertAlbert Fert is a French physicist and one of the discoverers of giant magnetoresistance which brought about a breakthrough in gigabyte hard disks...
, Stuart ParkinStuart ParkinStuart Stephen Papworth Parkin, Ph.D. is an experimental physicist, IBM Fellow and manager of the magnetoelectronics group at the IBM Almaden Research Center in San Jose, California. He is also a consulting professor in the Department of Applied Physics at Stanford University and director of the... - 1993: Gordon C. Osbourn
- 1992: Robert F. Curl, Harold W. Kroto, Richard E. Smalley
- 1991: Francis J. DiSalvo, Jr., Frederic Holtzberg
- 1990: James L. Smith, Hans R. Ott, Frank SteglichFrank SteglichFrank Steglich is a German physicist.He received the Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Prize by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft in 1986 and a number of other recognitions...
, Zachary Fisk - 1989: J.B. MacChesney, R.D. Maurer, Charles K. KaoCharles K. KaoThe Honorable Sir Charles Kuen Kao, GBM, KBE, FRS, FREng is a pioneer in the development and use of fiber optics in telecommunications...
- 1988: J. Georg Bednorz, Paul C. W. Chu, K. Alex Muller
- 1987: Dan Schechtman
- 1986: John Croat, Jan Herbst, Norman C. Koon, Masato Sagawa
- 1985: Leroy L. Chang, Leo EsakiLeo EsakiReona Esaki also known as Leo Esaki is a Japanese physicist who shared the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1973 with Ivar Giaever and Brian David Josephson for his discovery of the phenomenon of electron tunneling. He is known for his invention of the Esaki diode, which exploited that phenomenon...
, Raphael TsuRaphael TsuRaphael Tsu is a Fellow of the American Physical Society and currently serves as a Distinguished Professor of electrical engineering at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte, Charlotte, NC.-Biography:... - 1984: J. P. Remeika
- 1983: David TurnbullDavid TurnbullDavid Turnbull is a politician in Ontario, Canada. He was a Progressive Conservative member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1990 to 2003, and was a candidate for the Conservative Party of Canada in the federal election of 2004.Turnbull was educated at the Edinburgh College of Domestic...
- 1982: John R. Arthur, Jr.John R. Arthur, Jr.John R. Arthur, Jr. is a notable American materials scientist best known as a pioneer of molecular beam epitaxy.Together with Alfred Y. Cho, Arthur pioneered molecular beam epitaxy at Bell Laboratories, where he published a paper in July 1968 that described construction of epitaxial gallium...
, Alfred Y. ChoAlfred Y. ChoAlfred Yi Cho is the Adjunct Vice President of Semiconductor Research at Alcatel-Lucent's Bell Labs. He is known as the "father of molecular beam epitaxy"; a technique he developed at that facility in the late 1960s. He is also the co-inventor, with Federico Capasso of quantum cascade lasers at... - 1981: LeGrand G. van Uitert
- 1980: Pol E. Duwez, William Klement, Jr.
- 1979: J. Eugene Kunzler, Bernd T. Matthias, John K. Hulm
- 1978: J. H. Sinfelt
- 1977: Francis Bundy, H. Tracy Hall, Herbert StrongHerbert StrongHerbert Augustus Strong was an Australian scholar, professor of comparative philology and logic at the University of Melbourne.-Early life:Strong was born at Clyst St Mary near Exeter, England the thirdson of Rev...
, Robert H. Wentorf, Jr.Robert H. Wentorf, Jr.Robert H. Wentorf, Jr. was a staff scientist at General Electric Corporate Research and Development Laboratory in Schenectady, N.Y... - 1976: William G. Pfann, Henry C. Theurer
- 1975: Heinrich WelkerHeinrich WelkerHeinrich Johann Welker was a German theoretical and applied physicist who invented the "transistron", a form of transistor made at Westinghouse independently of the first successful transistor made at Bell Laboratories...
External links
- James C. McGroddy Prize for New Materials, American Physical Society