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Buessem Award

The Wilhelm R. Buessem Award was created in 1989 by the Center for Dielectric Studies to honor Dr. Wilhelm R. Buessem for his outstanding contributions to the field of dielectrics.

The award is presented annually at a meeting of the Center for Dielectric Studies to a member of the dielectrics community with a lifetime of achievement in the field.

Buessem Award Recipients

Award YearDate PresentedRecipientTitle/Affiliation at Time of Award
202205-Oct-22Eberhard HennigSenior Advisor for PI Ceramic (retired)
202105-Oct-22Takaaki TsurumiProfessor, Tokyo Institute of Technology
202012-Oct-20Akira AndoSenior Principal Researcher of Murata Mfg. Co., Ltd., (retired)
201924-Sept-19Kenji UchinoFounding Director of International Center for Actuators and Transducers, Materials Research Institute and Professor of EE and MatSE, Distinguished Honors Faculty of Schreyer Honors College.
201817-April-18Hiroshi KishiTechnical Advisor of the R&D Center at Taiyo Yuden
201726-April-17Ranier WaserJülich-Aachen Research Alliance, Fundamentals of Future Information Technology (JARA-FIT)
201616-June-16Tadashi TakenakaProfessor Emeritus at the Tokyo University of Science (TUS)
201518-June-15Thomas R. ShroutSenior Scientist and Professor of Materials Science and Engineering (PSU)
201416-May-14Yao XiDirector of the International Center for Dielectric Research (ICDR)
20137-Nov-13Takeshi NomuraTDK Corp. Director & Sr. Vice President (retired); Materials Laboratory of Creative Ceramics (MLCC)
201221-May-13Mike H.S. ChuRetired R&D/Technical Manager (Ferro Corp.), present R&D Manager at TAM Ceramics
201124-Oct-11Nava SetterDirector of the Ceramics Laboratory, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (EPFL)
201026-Oct-10Yukio SakabeCorporate Senior Advisor, Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd., Shiga, Japan
200919-Oct-09David A. PayneProfessor Emeritus of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, USA
200813-Oct-08Nobutatsu YamaokaCompany Auditor; Retired Executive Director of Operation Headquarters, Taiyo Yuden Co., Ltd., Japan
20071-Oct-07Galeb H. MaherPresident, and CEO of MRA Laboratories, Adams, MA, USA
200610-Nov-06Manfred KahnRetired Head of Electrical Ceramics Section, Naval Research Laboratory, Washington, DC, USA
200510-Nov-05Karl Heinz HardtlRetired Professor of Electrical Engineering, Universität Karlsruhe, Germany
200428-Oct-04Detlev HenningsRetired Research Fellow, Philips Research Laboratories, Aachen, Germany
200327-Oct-03Ian BurnRetired from Ferro Corporation; Founder, Ian Burn Consulting, Inc., Hockesin, DE, USA
200224-Apr-03Masatomo YonezawaChief Engineer, Functional Materials Research Laboratories, NEC Corporation, Kawasaki, Japan
200116-Oct-01Robert S. RothRetired Supervisory Research Chemist, National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD, USA
200012-Oct-00Gottfried ArltRetired Professor of Electrical Engineering from RWTH-Aachen, Germany
199916-Nov-99James V. BiggersRetired Director of Center for Dielectric Studies, Materials Research Laboratory, Penn State University, University Park, PA, USA
199829-Oct-98Gene H. HaertlingProfessor Emeritus, Ceramic Dept., Clemson University, Clemson, SC, USA
199719-Nov-97Robert E. NewnhamAlcoa Professor of Solid State Science; Associate Director, Materials Research Laboratory; Penn State University, University Park, PA, USA
19967-Nov-96Kikuo WakinoCorporate Advisor, Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.; Visiting Professor, Ritsumeikan University; Japan
199519-Oct-95John M. HerbertResearch Scientist (retired), Plessey Research Laboratory, United Kingdom
19944-Oct-94Donald W. HamerFounder, Chairman, and CEO, State-of-the-Art, Inc., State College, PA, USA
199322-Sep-93Truman C. RuttResearch Fellow, AVX Corporation, Myrtle Beach, SC, USA
199223-Mar-92Donald SmythPaul B. Reinhold Professor of Materials Science and Engineering; Professor of Chemistry; Director, Materials Research Center; Lehigh University, Bethlehem, PA USA
19917-May-91Eric CrossEvan Pugh Professor of Electrical Engineering; Director, Materials Research Laboratory; Penn State University, University Park, PA, USA
19901-May-90Harold W. StetsonRetired from DuPont, RCA; Member of technical staff, Heraeus, Inc., West Conshohocken, PA, USA
198910-May-89Wilhelm R. BuessemProfessor Emeritus, Ceramic Science, Penn State University, University Park, PA, USA

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