Carol E. Anway [2018]
Boeing Company
Citation: For revolutionary advances in the areas of computational industrial physics, specifically in
advanced simulation tools enabling modeling and predictive behavior of sensor and
communication architectures in highly complex systems.
Nominated by: FIAP
Robert Boily [2018]
Inforex Inc.
Citation: For outstanding accomplishments over a 40-year career in physical science and technology, especially in the fields of electronics, photonics, advanced materials, imaging and energy.
Nominated by: FIAP
Siu-Wai Chan [2018]
Columbia University
Citation: For observing and understanding the grain boundary dislocation motion in materials, providing
a seminal impact on superconducting thin film boundary devices, and inventing a novel
ecological synthesis technique of nano-crystals oxides for catalysis applications.
Nominated by: FIAP
Nazir P. Kherani [2018]
University of Toronto
Citation: For distinct contributions to the development of betavoltaic, photovoltaic, and nanoplasmonic
devices for long-lived batteries, high efficiency Si heterojunction solar cells, graded gratings for
high sensitivity bio/chem-sensing applications, and contributions to understanding the Staebler-
Wronski effect.
Nominated by: FIAP
Conal Murray [2018]
IBM Thomas J. Watson Research Center
Citation: For wide-ranging contributions including the development of analytical methods to understand
decoherence for superconducting qubits, and for measurement and modeling of strain in
advanced microelectronics.
Nominated by: FIAP
M. Parans Paranthaman [2018]
Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Citation: For distinguished contributions to the field of materials synthesis and characterization for high
temperature superconductors, solar cells, lithium ion batteries, and additive manufacturing of
magnetic materials.
Nominated by: FIAP
Ping Yang [2018]
Texas A&M University
Citation: For sustained pioneering research in light scattering and radiative transfer with various
applications, especially in remote sensing of the Earth’s atmosphere.
Nominated by: FIAP