Printed Electronics Now staff10.19.20
The 16th Otto Schott Research Award was awarded to Profs. Sabyasachi Sen and Josef Zwanziger for their unique achievements in fundamental and experimental glass research.
The award was presented to the two scientists during a virtual ceremony by jury members Prof. Tanguy Rouxel of the LARMAUR Applied Mechanics Laboratory in France, Prof. Kathleen A. Richardson of the University of Central Florida, and Dr. Matthias Müller, VP R&D at SCHOTT.
Profs. Sen and Zwanziger share several key attributes. They have similar scholarly metrics of productivity, as well as the same scientific interest and expertise in the field of glass structure. Both are also regular contributors to global scientific meetings and scholarly activities, advancing our understanding of the traditional and progressive uses of glass in a wide range of forms and applications.
“In light of the originality and sustained productivity of their high-quality research efforts in areas valued by international researchers, combined with significant prior global recognition of their achievements, Profs. Sen and Zwanziger have arrived naturally and indisputably in pole position for this year’s award,” Prof. Rouxel said in his laudation.
Prof. Sen of the University of California, Davis, is honored for his sustained contributions to fundamental and applied research on oxide and non-oxide glasses, including structural modeling and characterization measurements. He has also collaborated with many international partners, contributing to the understanding of the amorphization and zeolite collapse phenomenon.
First nominated in 2016, Prof. Zwanziger of Dalhousie University in Canada was one of the first scientists to develop NMR (nuclear magnetic resonance) techniques to study the atomic structure of glass. He has made significant contributions to the understanding of glasses containing boron, and more recently, to the development of lead-free compositions with zero stress-optic coefficients.
“Profs. Sen and Zwanziger have made seminal contributions to the understanding of glass atomic structure and correlations to properties by a combination of sophisticated theoretical, computational, and experimental techniques,” Richardson said.
