APSMR Awards

Awards and Scholarships

APSMR sponsors a number of prestigious and competition-based awards every year. Except for the annual Director’s Awards which are by internal nominations, all other APSMR awards listed below are available through open competitions.

APSMR Oral/Poster Presentation Awards

APSMR Presentation Awards are given to selected students who directly participate in delivering excellent presentations at one of the APSMR sponsored conferences. Participating students are automatically being considered for award competitions and final decision will be determined by the conference organizing committee members.

The awards are categorized as (1) Best Oral Presentation Award, (2) Student Oral Presentation Award, (3) Best Poster Presentation Award, (4) Student Poster Presentation Awards, and (5) APSMR Contribution Awards.

Eligibility and Requirements:
Judging Criteria:

APSMR awards are chosen by specially appointed referees of qualified competence. The following evaluation criteria are employed, unless otherwise indicated.

  1. The applicant must be a student member of APSMR.

  2. Student award recipients must be enrolled full time in a materials science or related disciplines at a qualified college or university.

  3. Relatives of members of the APSMR Awards and Scholarships Committee are not eligible.

  • Relevance of Achievement to the award’s focus

  • Academic and Research Achievement

  • Presentation Skills

  • Leadership

  • Participation Efforts

Questions? Contact us at awards@apsmr.org.

The Winning Students

ISAMR 2019

First Prize: Mr. Hisashi OISHI (Kumamoto University, Japan)

Second Prize: Mr. Ming-Wei LU (National Central University, Taiwan)

Third Prize: Mr. Chi-Sheng HUNG (National Central University, Taiwan)

APSMR 2019 Annual Meeting

First Prize: Mr. Daniel LUO (National Institute for Materials Science, Japan)

Second Prize: Mr. Yusuke OTEKI (University of Tokyo, Japan)

Third Prize: Mr. Hanqiao YE (Osaka University, Japan)

Mr. Xianzhu ZHONG (Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, Japan)

Mr. Minjae KIM (Yonsei University, Korea)

SPARCA 2019

First Prize: Ms. Jin LIU (City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong)

Second Prize: Mr. Yudai SHIROKI (Kogakuin University, Japan)

Third Prize: Mr. Masaya UKIMI (Osaka University, Japan)

IC-LYMS 2018

First Prize: Ms. Zhimin LI (Xiangtan University, China)

GREEN 2018

First Prize: Mr. Kuan-Yu LIN (National Taiwan University of Science and Technology, Taiwan)

Second Prize: Ms. Qing WEN (Nagoya Institute of Technology, Japan)

Third Prize: Mr. Wei-You CHEN (National Taiwan University of Science and Technology, Taiwan)

APSMR 2018 Annual Meeting

First Prize: Ms. Hsin-Yi LI (National Chung Cheng University, Taiwan)

Second Prize: Ms. Siti FATIMAH (Yeungnam University, Korea)

Third Prize: Ms. Ayame KITANO (Muroran Institute of Technology, Japan)