The Owens Corning Early Career Award recognizes outstanding independent contributions to the scientific, technological, educational or service areas of materials science and engineering. Selection criteria include: 1. Active and participating membership* in the Materials Engineering and Sciences Division (MESD) of AIChE. 2. Age less than 40 years in the year the Award is given. 3. Outstanding materials-related work in discovery, research, process or product development, education, and/or service. * “Active and participating” presupposes dues payment in MESD, as well as one or more of the following during the past several years: co-authorship of presentations or posters in conference sessions sponsored by MESD, and/or MESD service as session chair/co-chair, program area chair, or Division Director.

Nominations for the Stine Award are due every February 15th, and  must be submitted by members of AIChE, by using the  GENERAL NOMINATION FORM . Send an original and eight copies of nomination to the Owen-Corning Award Committee Chair, Professor Donald G. Baird, Chemical Engineering Department, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State, University, 132 Randolph Hall, Blacksburg, VA, 24061 dbaird@vt.edu