NPRE Professor David Ruzic has received the prestigious Gaede-Langmuir Award from the American Vacuum Society (AVS).
The award is given every two years to recognize and encourage outstanding discoveries and inventions in the sciences and technologies of interest to AVS. According to AVS, the award consists of a cash award, a plaque setting forth the reasons for the award, and an honorary lectureship at a regular session of the International Symposium.
"I am so honored to receive this award," Ruzic said. "I have attended every AVS meeting since 1981 when I was in graduate school. Each year there is one award at this level, and I always try to attend the invited talk the winner gives. It is hard to believe that I will be the one giving it this year!"
AVS supports networking among academic, industrial, government, and consulting professionals involved in a variety of disciplines—chemistry, physics, biology, mathematics, all engineering disciplines, business, sales, etc.—through common interests related to the basic science, technology development, and commercialization of materials, interfaces, and processing area.
This year's AVS Symposium is scheduled to take place October 25-30 in Denver, Colorado.