IRMMW: Kenneth J Button Prize


	KENNETH J BUTTON PRIZE
HOME NEWS COMMITTEES JOURNAL OF IRMMW-THz CURRENT CONFERENCE PAST CONFERENCES FUTURE CONFERENCES KENNETH J BUTTON PRIZE SPONSOR DONATIONS CONTACT US	THE COMMITEE IS PLEASED TO ANNOUNCE THE 2010 KENNETH J BUTTON PRIZE WINNER: PROFESSOR DAVID B. RUTLEDGE of the California Institute of Technology "For pioneering contributions to millimeter wave technology, including integrated-circuit antennas for sub-millimeter waves, imaging antenna arrays, and quasi-optical systems." THE 2009 KENNETH J BUTTON PRIZE WINNER WAS Dr. FRITZ KEILMANN "for outstanding contributions to the field of infrared condensed matter physics, and for bringing the power of infrared and Terahertz spectroscopy to nanoscience by implementing near-field microscopy and frequency-comb spectroscopy" Above: Dr. Fritz Keilmann receiving the 2009 Kenneth J Button Prize from Dr. Terry Parker, Prize Committee Chair. DESCRIPTION The Kenneth J Button Prize is awarded annually at the International Conference on Infrared, Millimeter and Terahertz Waves in recognition of outstanding contributions to the Science of the Electromagnetic Spectrum. The Prize is named after the founder of the Conference Series 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, the Kenneth J Button Prize Committee will meet to consider the nominations that have been submitted and will elect the recipient of the Medal and Prize for the following year. The presentation will be made at the following annual meeting of the Conference and the recipient will normally be invited to give a plenary lecture at that meeting.	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”. 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 the 2011 prize are now closed. 2012 Prize Nominations will be due on the closing date for abstracts for the 2011 conference in Houston Texas, USA. To nominate a colleague, please click here for the nomination instructions. PAST PRIZE WINNERS The Kenneth J Button Prize 2010 D B Rutledge 2009 F Keilmann 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


Last update: June 22, 2010

THE 2009 KENNETH J BUTTON PRIZE WINNER WAS Dr. FRITZ KEILMANN "for outstanding contributions to the field of infrared condensed matter physics, and for bringing the power of infrared and Terahertz spectroscopy to nanoscience by implementing near-field microscopy and frequency-comb spectroscopy"

THE 2009 KENNETH J BUTTON PRIZE WINNER
WAS Dr. FRITZ KEILMANN
"for outstanding contributions to the field of infrared condensed matter physics, and for bringing the power of infrared and Terahertz spectroscopy to nanoscience by implementing near-field microscopy and frequency-comb spectroscopy"