The Global Young Investigator (GYI) award recognizes the outstanding young ceramic engineer and scientist whose achievements have been significant to the profession and to the general welfare of the community around the globe. Nominations are open to candidates from industry, academia, or government-funded laboratory – across the world.
The award winner will present a keynote lecture at the Global Young Investigator Forum of the ICACC meeting. The award consists of US $1,000 honorarium and a certificate of achievement, as well as complimentary registration.
Nomination Process
The main criteria used in selecting the recipient of this award will be:
(1) the individual’s contribution to the field of Ceramic Science and Engineering, including expansion of the knowledge base and their commercial use and
(2) the individual’s contributions to the promotion of conferences and technical events, global young professional forum, and other professional events, which resulted in visibility of the field and international advocacy.
A nominee must be 35 years old or younger at the time of award presentation (January of the award year), and is required to be a member of The American Ceramic Society. Nominations can be made by any individual or group. Self nominations are permitted, but are not recommended/preferred. Nominations made by a sponsor who is a member of The American Ceramic Society are strongly preferred.
The deadline for nominations is July 1 in the year preceding the next International Conference on Advanced Ceramics and Composites.
Contact
Send your nominations by email including a written statement of the nominee’s qualifications and contributions, to:
Amjad Almansour
amjad.s.almansour@nasa.gov
Award Winners
Yuki Nakashima
Yuki Nakashima is a research scientist at Multi-Materials Research Institute, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), Nagoya, Aichi, Japan. He received his Ph. D. degree from Nagoya Institute of technology and joined AIST in 2018. Nakashima has published more than 30 papers in peer-reviewed journals and holds 2 patents. He has given more than 3 invited/plenary/keynote talks in the field of powder processing, silicon nitride, and artificial intelligence. He has received awards including global young investigator award (2023) from the American Ceramic Society (ACerS), young investigator award (2015) at The 6th Asian Particle Technology Symposium, best presentation award (2017) at Spring Meeting of the Society of Powder Technology. His research interests include controlled microstructural design of silicon nitride ceramics for better performance as well as data-driven strategies to create artificial intelligence model with ceramic researcher-like mind and discrimination.