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THE COMMITEE IS PLEASED TO ANNOUNCE THE 2008 KENNETH J BUTTON PRIZE WINNER:
Dr. Alexander Litvak
Above: Prof. and Mrs. T.J. Parker accepting the Kenneth J Button Prize at IRMMW-THz 2007 in Cardiff, Wales
DESCRIPTION
The Kenneth J Button Prize is awarded annually, at the International Conference on Infrared and Millimeter Waves and Terahertz Electronics, in recognition of outstanding contributions to the Science of the Electromagnetic Spectrum. The award is named after the founder of the Conference and is administered by the Institute of Physics in London. It consists of a bronze medal, a certificate and a cash prize of £2000. At each annual meeting of the Conference, a committee of the Conference's International Advisory Committee will meet to consider the nominations that have been submitted to the Institute and will elect the recipient of the Prize and Medal. The Medal and Prize will be presented at the following annual meeting of the Conference, and the recipient will normally be invited to give a plenary lecture at that meeting.
NOMINATION PROCEDURE
Any scientist active in the field of the Conference may make a nomination for the K J Button Prize. The closing date for receipt of nominations by the Institute of Physics in London each year will be the same as the deadline for submission of abstracts to the conference, normally about six months before the conference. The exact date each year can be found in the annual Conference Digest and on this website. The closing date will be strictly observed. Any nominations received after that date will be carried forward to the following year. Nominations for 2008 are closed. 2009 Nominations will be due Frdiay April 19, 2008.
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BRIEF HISTORY OF THE PRIZE
In 1990 an award called "The Infrared and Millimeter Wave Prize", to be awarded “for outstanding contributions to the field of infrared and millimeter waves", was initiated by the Program Council (now known as the International Organizing Committee) and awarded in the first instance to Kenneth J Button, founder of the conference series. The following year it was agreed by the Program Council to rename the Prize “The Kenneth J Button Prize" in recognition of Ken Button's outstanding contributions to the Infrared and Millimeter Wave Community, both as a scientist and as the initiator and driving force of this series of conferences. The criterion for awarding the Prize was later changed to its present form: “for outstanding contributions to the science of the electromagnetic spectrum”.
PAST PRIZE WINNERS
The Kenneth J Button Prize
2008 A Litvak
2007 T J Parker
2006 X C Shen
2005 N C Luhmann, Jr
2004 M F Kimmitt
2003 S G Liu
2002 A Hadni
2001 K R Chu
2000 M Thumm
1999 A J Sievers
1998 K Mizuno
1997 Special bronze medal to B Lax
1997 P L Richards
1996 M I Petelin
1995 R J Temkin
1994 F K Kneubuhl
1993 J-I Nishizawa
1992 D H Martin
1991 M von Ortenberg
The Infrared and Millimeter Wave Prize
1990 K J Button
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