John R. Abelson
IBM University Partnership Award, 1955-97
Fakultetsopponent (external Examiner, University of Linkoping, Sweden, 1995
Xerox Award for Faculty Research, U of I College of Engineering, 1966
Engineering Council Award for Excellence in Advising,
U of I, 1997

Carl J. Altstetter
Fellow, American Society for Metals
NATO Senior Science Fellowship, 1977
Distinguished Alumnus, University of Cincinnati, 1978
Council of Scientific and Industrial Research Institute Fellowship, 1985
Peter Winchell Memorial Lecturer, Purdue University, 1988

Pascal Bellon
NSF CAREER Award, 1998
General Electric Scholar, U of I College of Engineering, 1998

Richard L. Berger, Emeritus
Fellow, American Ceramic Society
P. H. Bates Award, American Society for Testing and Materials, 1976

Clifton G. Bergeron, Emeritus
Fellow, American Ceramic Society
Friedberg Memorial Lecturer, National Institute of Ceramic Engineers, 1986
Outstanding Educator Award, American Ceramic Society, 1988

Howard K. Birnbaum
Member, National Academy of Engineering
Fellow, American Academy of Arts and Sciences
Fellow, American Physical Society
Fellow, New York Academy of Science
Fellow, American Society for Metals
Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science
Fellow, The Materials Society
KUMF Fellowship, Kyoto University, 1981
Prize for Outstanding Research in Metallurgy and Ceramics, U.S. Department of Energy, 1984 (with I. M. Robertson)
J. S. Guggenheim Foundation Fellow, 1967
Robert F. Mehl Gold Medal, American Institute of
Metallurgical Engineers, 1986
U.S. Department of Energy Prize for Sustained Excellence in Research in Metallurgy and Ceramics, 1988
Member, Board of Governors, Argonne National Laboratory

Robert W. Bohl, Emeritus
Fellow, American Society for Metals
Andersen Consulting Award for Excellence in Advising,
U of I College of Engineering, 1989

Haydn H. Chen
Fellow, American Society for Materials International
Fellow, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science
International Exchange Program Fellowship, University of Tsukuba, Japan, 1989
Andersen Consulting Award for Excellence in Advising,
U of I College of Engineering, 1989
Japanese Light Metals Educational Foundation Award, 1990-93
Distinguished Lecturer, National Science Council, Republic of China, 1991
Principal Editor, Materials Chemistry and Physics, 1997-

James Economy
Member, National Academy of Engineering
ACS Applied Polymer Science Award, 1985
Chemical Pioneer Award, American Institute of Chemists, 1987
Turner Alfrey Visiting Professorship, Michigan Molecular Institute, 1992
President, Macromolecules Division of IUPAC, 1994-98
President, University Materials Council, 1993-94
Trull Lectureship, University of Texas, 1998
H. F. Mark Award in Polymers, 1998

Gert Ehrlich
Member, National Academy of Sciences
Fellow, American Physical Society
Fellow, New York Academy of Sciences
Fellow, American Vacuum Society
Medard W. Welch Award, American Vacuum Society, 1979
Kendall Award in Colloid or Surface Chemistry, American Ceramics Society, 1982
J. S. Guggenheim Foundation Fellow, 1984
Senior U.S. Scientist Award, Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, Germany, 1992

Richard J. Gaylord
Life Member, Clare College, University of Cambridge, England

Phillip H. Geil
Fellow, American Physical Society
Editor, Journal of Macromolecular Science (Physics), 1963-
Senior Faculty Fellowship, Japanese Society for Preservation of Science, 1988-89
Harold A. Morten Distinguished Visiting Professor, Department of Polymer Engineering, University of Akron, 1995

J. Murray Gibson
Fellow, American Physical Society
Fellow, Royal Microscopical Society, U.K.

Steve Granick
Fellow, American Physical Society
3M Young Faculty Award, 1988
Fellow, Center for Advanced Study, UIUC, 1990-91
Distinguished Polymer Lecturer, Lehigh University, 1993
Xerox Award for Faculty Research, U of I College of Engineering, 1993
NSF Award for Special Creativity, 1993
Sabbatical Scholar, Kyoto University, Japan, 1994
Key Tribology Lecturer, Tsinghua University, China, 1996
University Scholar, U of I, 1997

Joseph Greene
Fellow, American Vacuum Society
John Thornton Award, American Vacuum Society, 1991
University Scholar, U of I, 1991
Tage Erlander Prize in Physics, Swedish Natural Science Research Council, 1992
Honorary Doctor of Science, Linkoping University, Sweden
Technical Excellence Award, Semiconductor Research Corp., 1994
R. F. Bunshah Prize, 1995
U.S. Department of Energy Award for Sustained Outstanding Research in Metallurgy and Ceramics, 1996

Duane D. Johnson
SERC Research Fellowship Award, 1985
National Research Council Fellowship Award, 1986
Award for Excellence, Sandia National Laboratories, 1993

John Kieffer
Amoco Award for Innovation in Undergraduate Instruction, 1992

Waltraud M. Kriven
Fellow, American Ceramic Society
Brunauer Award, American Ceramic Society, 1988, 1991

Jennifer A. Lewis
NSF Presidential Faculty Fellow Award, 1994
Burnett Teaching Award, U of I Department of Materials Science and Engineering, 1994
Arnold O. Beckman Research Award, U of I, 1994
Schlumberger Foundation Award, 1995
MRS Travel Award for Young Scientists, International Conference on Advanced Materials, ICAM, 1995
Engineering Council Advisors List for Outstanding Advising, U of I, 1994, 1995
Xerox Award for Faculty Research, U of I College of Engineering, 1996
Allied Signal Foundation Faculty Research Award, 1998

David A. Payne
Fellow, Institute of Ceramics, U.K.
Fellow, American Ceramic Society
Fellow, International Academy of Ceramics, Italy
Fellow, Institute of Materials, U.K.
Xerox Award for Faculty Research, U of I College of Engineering, 1981
Richard M. Fulrath Award, University of California at Berkeley, 1986
Mitsui Toatsu Chemical Co. Chair, University of Tokyo Research Center for Advanced Science and Technology, 1989-92
Henry Award, American Ceramic Society, Best Paper in Electrical Ceramics, 1995
Centennial Fellow, College of Earth and Mineral Sciences, Pennsylvania State University, 1996
Norbert J. Kreidel Memorial Lecture Award, 1996

Ian M. Robertson
Prize for Outstanding Research in Metallurgy and Ceramics, U.S. Department of Energy, 1984 (with H. K. Birnbaum)
SERC Visiting Fellowship, Oxford University
Senior Associate, Pembroke College, Oxford University

T. J. Rowland, Emeritus
Fellow, American Physical Society
Andersen Consulting Award for Excellence in Advising,
U of I College of Engineering, 1989

Kenneth S. Schweizer
Fellow, American Physical Society
Sandia National Laboratories Award for Excellence, 1990
John H. Dillon Medal, American Physical Society, Division of High Polymer Physics, 1991
R&D 100 Award for Technical Innovation, 1992
U.S. Department of Energy Award for Outstanding Scientific Accomplishment in Materials Chemistry, 1996
Burnett Teaching Award, 1997
Sabbatical Scholar, Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research and University of Mainz, Germany, 1998

Samuel I. Stupp
Fellow, American Physical Society
Xerox Award for Faculty Research, U of I College of Engineering, 1985
French Embassy Materials Science Lectureship, 1988
Max Planck Institute for Polymer Science, Visiting Lecturer, 1990
Outstanding Scientific Accomplishment in Materials Chemistry, U.S. Department of Energy, 1991
Tau Beta Pi Daniel C. Drucker Eminent Faculty Award,
U of I College of Engineering, 1991
National Science Foundation Creativity Extension, 1996
Swanlund Endowed Chair, U of I, 1996
Joliot Curie Professor at Ecole Superieure de Physique et de Chimie, Paris, 1997 (invited by P. G. DeGennes)

Yong-Qian Sun
Mr. and Mrs. John Jaffe Donation Research Fellowship, Royal Society, London, 1992
College Research Fellow, Wolfson College, Oxford University, 1993
Royal Society Merit Award, London, 1995
NSF CAREER Award, 1998

Dwight Viehland
U.S. Office of Naval Research Young Investigator, 1995
Xerox Award for Faculty Research, U of I College of Engineering, 1995

C. Marvin Wayman, Emeritus
Fellow, Institution of Metallurgists
Fellow, American Society for Metals
Fellow, Metallurgical Society, American Institute of Mining and Metallurgical Engineers
Fellow, Yamada Science Foundation
J. S. Guggenheim Foundation Fellow, 1969
Mathewson Gold Medal, American Institute of Mining and Metallurgical Engineers
Case Centennial Scholar, Case-Western Reserve University, 1980
Galick Lecturer, University of Missouri, 1980
Japan Society for the Promotion of Science Fellowship, 1982
Korean Institute of Metals Lecturer, 1987
Buehler Technical Paper Merit Award for Excellence, International Metallographic Society, 1989
Honorary Professor, Harbin Institute of Technology, 1990
Honorary Professor, Dalian University of Technology, 1990
Honorary Member, Dalian Society of Materials Engineering, 1990
Tau Beta Pi Daniel C. Drucker Eminent Faculty Award,
U of I College of Engineering, 1991
Winchell Memorial Lecturer, Purdue University, 1986
Honorary Member, Materials Research Society of Japan, 1993

Charles A. Wert, Emeritus
Fellow, American Society for Metals
Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science
Fellow, Metallurgical Society
Alumni Achievement Award, Morningside College, 1971
Senior U.S. Scientist Award, Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, Germany, 1981

Gerald P. Wirtz, Emeritus
Fulbright-Hays Scholarship, 1978
Exchange Scholar, Fulbright-Hays Award, University of Aveiro, Portugal, 1979

J. Francis Young
Fellow, American Ceramic Society
Fellow, American Concrete Institute
Brunauer Award, Cement Division, American Ceramic Society, 1988, 1991
Copeland Award, Cement Division, American Ceramic Society, 1992

Avigdor Zangvil
First Prize, Problem Solving Category, American Ceramic Society Ceramographic Exhibit, 1995
First Prize, Combined Techniques Category, American Ceramic Society Ceramographic Exhibit, 1995