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 Year | Date Presented | Recipient | Title/Affiliation at Time of Award |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 09-Oct-23 | Dragan Damjanovic | Professor Emeritus, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne |
| 2022 | 05-Oct-22 | Eberhard Hennig | Senior Advisor for PI Ceramic (retired) |
| 2021 | 05-Oct-22 | Takaaki Tsurumi | Professor, Tokyo Institute of Technology |
| 2020 | 12-Oct-20 | Akira Ando | Senior Principal Researcher of Murata Mfg. Co., Ltd., (retired) |
| 2019 | 24-Sept-19 | Kenji Uchino | Founding Director of International Center for Actuators and Transducers, Materials Research Institute and Professor of EE and MatSE, Distinguished Honors Faculty of Schreyer Honors College. |
| 2018 | 17-April-18 | Hiroshi Kishi | Technical Advisor of the R&D Center at Taiyo Yuden |
| 2017 | 26-April-17 | Ranier Waser | Jülich-Aachen Research Alliance, Fundamentals of Future Information Technology (JARA-FIT) |
| 2016 | 16-June-16 | Tadashi Takenaka | Professor Emeritus at the Tokyo University of Science (TUS) |
| 2015 | 18-June-15 | Thomas R. Shrout | Senior Scientist and Professor of Materials Science and Engineering (PSU) |
| 2014 | 16-May-14 | Yao Xi | Director of the International Center for Dielectric Research (ICDR) |
| 2013 | 7-Nov-13 | Takeshi Nomura | TDK Corp. Director & Sr. Vice President (retired); Materials Laboratory of Creative Ceramics (MLCC) |
| 2012 | 21-May-13 | Mike H.S. Chu | Retired R&D/Technical Manager (Ferro Corp.), present R&D Manager at TAM Ceramics |
| 2011 | 24-Oct-11 | Nava Setter | Director of the Ceramics Laboratory, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (EPFL) |
| 2010 | 26-Oct-10 | Yukio Sakabe | Corporate Senior Advisor, Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd., Shiga, Japan |
| 2009 | 19-Oct-09 | David A. Payne | Professor Emeritus of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, USA |
| 2008 | 13-Oct-08 | Nobutatsu Yamaoka | Company Auditor; Retired Executive Director of Operation Headquarters, Taiyo Yuden Co., Ltd., Japan |
| 2007 | 1-Oct-07 | Galeb H. Maher | President, and CEO of MRA Laboratories, Adams, MA, USA |
| 2006 | 10-Nov-06 | Manfred Kahn | Retired Head of Electrical Ceramics Section, Naval Research Laboratory, Washington, DC, USA |
| 2005 | 10-Nov-05 | Karl Heinz Hardtl | Retired Professor of Electrical Engineering, Universität Karlsruhe, Germany |
| 2004 | 28-Oct-04 | Detlev Hennings | Retired Research Fellow, Philips Research Laboratories, Aachen, Germany |
| 2003 | 27-Oct-03 | Ian Burn | Retired from Ferro Corporation; Founder, Ian Burn Consulting, Inc., Hockesin, DE, USA |
| 2002 | 24-Apr-03 | Masatomo Yonezawa | Chief Engineer, Functional Materials Research Laboratories, NEC Corporation, Kawasaki, Japan |
| 2001 | 16-Oct-01 | Robert S. Roth | Retired Supervisory Research Chemist, National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD, USA |
| 2000 | 12-Oct-00 | Gottfried Arlt | Retired Professor of Electrical Engineering from RWTH-Aachen, Germany |
| 1999 | 16-Nov-99 | James V. Biggers | Retired Director of Center for Dielectric Studies, Materials Research Laboratory, Penn State University, University Park, PA, USA |
| 1998 | 29-Oct-98 | Gene H. Haertling | Professor Emeritus, Ceramic Dept., Clemson University, Clemson, SC, USA |
| 1997 | 19-Nov-97 | Robert E. Newnham | Alcoa Professor of Solid State Science; Associate Director, Materials Research Laboratory; Penn State University, University Park, PA, USA |
| 1996 | 7-Nov-96 | Kikuo Wakino | Corporate Advisor, Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.; Visiting Professor, Ritsumeikan University; Japan |
| 1995 | 19-Oct-95 | John M. Herbert | Research Scientist (retired), Plessey Research Laboratory, United Kingdom |
| 1994 | 4-Oct-94 | Donald W. Hamer | Founder, Chairman, and CEO, State-of-the-Art, Inc., State College, PA, USA |
| 1993 | 22-Sep-93 | Truman C. Rutt | Research Fellow, AVX Corporation, Myrtle Beach, SC, USA |
| 1992 | 23-Mar-92 | Donald Smyth | Paul B. Reinhold Professor of Materials Science and Engineering; Professor of Chemistry; Director, Materials Research Center; Lehigh University, Bethlehem, PA USA |
| 1991 | 7-May-91 | Eric Cross | Evan Pugh Professor of Electrical Engineering; Director, Materials Research Laboratory; Penn State University, University Park, PA, USA |
| 1990 | 1-May-90 | Harold W. Stetson | Retired from DuPont, RCA; Member of technical staff, Heraeus, Inc., West Conshohocken, PA, USA |
| 1989 | 10-May-89 | Wilhelm R. Buessem | Professor Emeritus, Ceramic Science, Penn State University, University Park, PA, USA |