1987
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Alan N. Gent
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University of Akron
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for his outstanding contributions in establishing fracture energy criteria for adhesive failure and developing elegant test procedures based on those criteria
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1988
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Edwin P. Plueddemann
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Dow Corning
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for creating the technology of silane coupling agents used for increased environmental durability of adhesive systems
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1989
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Frederick M. Fowkes
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Lehigh University
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for fundamental understanding of and contributions to interfacial phenomena with particular reference to adhesion science
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1990
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Willard D. Bascom
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University of Utah
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for pioneering research in many subfields of adhesive science, including wetting
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1991
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John D. Venables
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Martin Marietta
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for contributions to our understanding of metal oxide morphology and chemistry with implications for adhesive bond durability
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1992
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Anthony J. Kinloch
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Imperial College
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for his contributions in the application of fracture mechanics and surface science to the study of failure mechanisms in structural adhesive bonds
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1993
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Louis H. Sharpe
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Consultant
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for his recognition of the nature and significance of the interphase and for unparalleled leadership in the establishment of the archival literature in adhesion science
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1994
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Lawrence T. Drzal
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Michigan State University
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for enhancing the understanding of adhesion phenomena in fiber-reinforced composites and for the development of methods to quantify these phenomena
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1995
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Jacques Schultz
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Centre des Nationale Recherches Scientific
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for fundamental work in defining the relationship between wetting and surface energetics and the practical strength of adhesive bonds
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1996
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Robert J. Good
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SUNY Buffalo
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for pioneering the theory of intermolecular forces across interfaces
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1998
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Kevin Kendall
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Keele University
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for the development of a method and theory which allows the direct measurement of adhesion energies between materials and for the novel application of fracture mechanics to explain adhesion phenomena
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1999
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F. James Boerio
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University of Cincinnati
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for the expansion of our knowledge of bonding at interfaces through the use of infrared spectroscopy and related techniques
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2000
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Pierre-Gilles de Gennes
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College de France
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for his contribution to the understanding of molecular mechanisms of adhesion, especially through the notion of connector molecules
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2001
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Hatsuo Ishida
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Case Western Reserve University
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for distinguished service as researcher, teacher and global activist for the benefit of adhesion and composite interface science
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2002
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Kenneth L. Johnson
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Cambridge University
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for his seminal work in the science of contact mechanics and the influence of adhesion between solid surfaces
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2003
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Jacob Israelachvili
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University of California, Santa Barbara
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for clarifying the molecular-level processes associated with adhesion, friction and lubrication and the relationships between them
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2004
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A. Wilhelm Neumann
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University of Toronto
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for a lifetime of contributions to the understanding of surface thermodynamics and wettability, crucial to the science of adhesion
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2005
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Manoj K. Chaudhury
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Lehigh University
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for exceptional creativity and ingenuity in research on adhesion and wetting and the development of simple methods to measure the strength of attraction between materials
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2006
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Hugh Brown
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University of Wollongong
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for his exceptionally creative and diverse contributions to the understanding of the mechanisms of adhesion between polymers, including the effect of block copolymers on the fracture strength of polymer interfaces
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2007
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Liliane Leger
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University Paris – Sud Orsay
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for her seminal contributions to the field of Adhesion Science and Tribology of soft materials
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2008
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John Watts
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University of Surrey
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for the innovative application of surface analysis methods to study the interfacial chemistry of adhesion
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2009
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Herbert J. Waite
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University of California at Santa Barbara
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for his groundbreaking contributions to the understanding of the relation-ship between chemistry and mechanics in bioadhesion
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2010
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David A. Dillard
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Virginia Tech
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for exceptional insight, teaching, and Illuminating experimental investigations concerning the mechanics and durability of bonded systems
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2011
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Chung Yuen (Herbert) Hui
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Cornell University
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for his meritorious and creative contributions to the application of Fracture Mechanics in understanding the problems of adhesion science
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2012
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Wulff Possart
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Universitat des Saarlandes, Germany
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for excellence in the application of physics and chemistry methodologies to fundamental and applied research in adhesion science
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2013
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Costantino Creton
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Laboratorie PCSM -ESPCI, FRANCE
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for his outstanding contributions to the understanding of the mechanism of action of soft adhesives
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2014
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Anand Jagota
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LeHigh University
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for excellence in the application of physics and chemistry methodologies to fundamental and applied research in adhesion science
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2015
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Kenneth Liechti
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University of Texas at Austin
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for his contributions to our understanding of crack growth at material interfaces
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2016
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Ken Shull
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Northwestern University
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for fundamental insight into the balance between surface functionality, polymer physics, and mechanics in adhesion
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2017
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Tom McCarthy
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University of Massachusetts-Amherst
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for his pioneering research in elucidating mechanisms of surface chemistry and wetting of polymers
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2018 |
Ray Pearson |
Lehigh University |
for his pioneering research in elucidating mechanisms of rubber toughening of polymers and structural adhesives |
2019 |
Al Crosby |
University of Massachusetts |
For his creative use of mechanics to understand adhesion phenomena of soft materials, and impactful contributions to the technology of adhesion and adhesives. |
2020 |
Ali Dhinojwala |
University of Akron |
For Fundamental Studies in Adhesion and Friction using Sum-Frequency-Generation Spectroscopy |
2021
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Eduard Arzt |
Leibniz Institute for New Materials |
For Seminal Contributions to Adhesion and Friction of Biomimetic Structured Soft Solids |