Awards Received by CEES Researchers

Argonne National Laboratory

Khalil Amine

• Argonne National Laboratory Distinguished Fellow, 2012
• R&D100 Award, Concentration Gradient Electrode for a Lithium Battery, 2012
• Technology Award, Battery Division, Electrochemical Society, 2010
• Technology Award, International Battery Association, 2010
• R&D100 Award, Lithium Battery Composite Electrode, 2009

Michael Bedzyk

• Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, 2012

Dana Dlott

• American Chemical Society, Physical Chemistry Division, 2013 Award in Experimental Physical Chemistry

Jeffrey Elam

• R&D100 Award, Large Area Microchannel Plates, 2012

Paul Fenter

• Warren Diffraction Award, American Crystallographic Association, 2012

Jeffrey Greeley

• Early Career Research Award, U.S. Department of Energy, 2011

Vilas Pol

• Grand Prize Winner, American Chemical Society's worldwide “How Does Chemistry Help YOU Be Green?” video contest, 2010
• Near Hit Award, Argonne National Laboratory, 2010

Michael Thackeray

• Yeager Award, International Battery Association,2011
• Vehicle Technologies Program R&D Award, U.S. Department of Energy, 2010
• R&D100 Award, Lithium Battery Composite Electrode, 2009

Lynn Trahey

• Northwestern-Argonne Early Career Investigator Award for Energy Research, 2012

Northwestern University

Mark Hersam

• Fellow, American Vacuum Society, 2012
• Fellow, Materials Research Society, 2012
• Fellow, International Society for Optics and Photonics, 2012
• Outstanding Young Investigator Award, Materials Research Society, 2010
• SES Research Young Investigator Award, Electrochemical Society, 2010

Harold Kung

• Gabor A. Somorjai Award for Creative Research in Catalysis, American Chemical Society, 2011

Chris Wolverton

• Fellow, American Physical Society, 2011

University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign

Ben Blaiszik

• Director's Postdoctoral Fellowship, Argonne National Laboratory, 2011
• Finalist, Quadrant Award for Innovation in Plastics and Composites, 2011

Andrew Gewirth

• Fellow, Electrochemical Society, 2012
• Fellow, American Associations for the Advancement of Science, 2009

Ralph Nuzzo

• Fellow, American Chemical Society, 2011
• Forschungspreis, Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, 2011
• George E. Smith Award (co-recipient), IEEE, 2009

Susan Odom

• Best Poster Award, Materials Research Symposium, 2010
• American Competitiveness in Chemistry Fellowship, National Science Foundation, 2009 

Nancy Sottos

• Frocht Award for Experimental Mechanics Educator of the Year, Society for Experimental Mechanics, 2011
• Lazan Award for Distinguished Technical Contributions in Experimental Mechanics, Society of Experimental Mechanics, 2011

November 2012