NAMBE Awards

The North American MBE Conference sponsors the following awards to researchers in the field of molecular beam epitaxy.

MBE INNOVATOR AWARD
NAMBE YOUNG INVESTIGATOR AWARD
OUTSTANDING STUDENT PAPER AWARDS

Please, see the instruction below for nominating qualified candidates for the first two awards. The nominations will be reviewed by a selection committee consisting of previous award recipients and the NAMBE Advisory Board.

MBE INNOVATOR AWARD (established in 2004)

2006: William Hoke, Raytheon
2007: Norman Cheng, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
2008: James Harris, Stanford University

NAMBE YOUNG INVESTIGATOR AWARD

2006: Hock Ng, Bell Labs
2007: Sanjay Krishna, University of New Mexico
2008: Seth Banks, University of Texas, Austin

NOMINATIONS:
We are now accepting nominations for the 2009 MBE Innovator Award and the NAMBE Young Investigator Award. The deadline for accepting nominations is June 15, 2009.

MBE INNOVATOR AWARD:
Sponsored by the North America MBE Advisory Board and Veeco, the MBE Innovator Award recognizes individuals whose innovative work has significantly advanced the field of molecular beam epitaxy (MBE). Individuals must have outstanding credentials, and their innovative work must have had/or be having a significant impact on the advancement of MBE technology in one (or more) of the following four categories:

• Materials Research
• Device Development
• Device Commercialization
• Equipment Development

The award consists of a plaque and a check of $3,000.

• Nomination Form

NAMBE YOUNG INVESTIGATOR AWARD:
Sponsored by the North America MBE Advisory Board, the Young Investigator Award recognizes individuals who have made significant contributions to the science and technology of MBE or enabled by MBE by the age of 35 and show promise of future leadership in the field. The awardee should have presented the cited work at one or more NAMBE conferences. The award shall consist of a plaque and a check of $1,000.

For award details and nominating procedures download and submit the nomination form(s) below.

• Nomination Form

OUTSTANDING STUDENT PAPER AWARDS:
Two will be given based on the quality of the presentations, either oral or poster, made at the Conference. The student awards will be judged by a selection committee consisting of Program Committee members and Advisory Board members at the 2009 NAMBE Conference. The awards consist of a plaque and a check for $500.

This year the Outstanding Student Paper Awards are being sponsored by The City College of New York.