And the winners are ...... the FSCT FSCT Federation of Societies for Coating Technology FSCT Fire Support Control Terminal , the coatings industry, the scientific community, sponsoring companies, universities and organizations, and of course the researchers and authors. Two common and emotional topics throughout the scientific community have been the reduction in funding for research and also the reluctance to publish research work done in private industry. Certainly these are important and valid topics. However, there are excellent illustrations of important research publications within the coatings industry, and some of the most prominent examples have been winners of the FSCT's Roon Awards competition. Members of the FSCT are fortunate to be a part of the premier professional society serving the coatings industry. There are a number of benefits from FSCT membership, including world class technical publications, educational programs, networking opportunities, and awards for professional contributions. The FSCT sponsors a number of prestigious industry awards, several of which are specifically aimed at technical publications and they include the Roon, Gordon, and Hendry awards. The A.L. Hendry Award is given to student authors for papers describing research or comprehensive review of a subject related to coatings technology. The John Gordon John Gordon may mean:
n. pl. o·rig·i·nal·i·ties 1. The quality of being original. 2. The capacity to act or think independently. 3. Something original. Noun 1. , scientific importance, practical value, and composition quality. However, the focus of the award, by far, is originality. The research must reflect a significant step forward in scientific contribution to the coatings industry. One vivid example that comes to mind is the 1972 Roon winning paper by Gordon Bierwagen entitled en·ti·tle tr.v. en·ti·tled, en·ti·tling, en·ti·tles 1. To give a name or title to. 2. To furnish with a right or claim to something: "Critical Pigment pigment, substance that imparts color to other materials. In paint, the pigment is a powdered substance which, when mixed in the liquid vehicle, imparts color to a painted surface. Volume Concentration Calculations." This seminal work A seminal work is a work from which other works grow. The term usually refers to an intellectual or artistic achievement whose ideas and techniques have been adopted or responded to in later works by other people, either in the same field or in the general culture. was considered excellent at that time and continues to be a classic reference on CPVC CPVC Chlorinated Polyvinyl Chloride CPVC Cell Phone Voice Changer CPVC common pulmonary venous chamber and its prediction. Nearly every paper on CPVC since that time has referenced this work. And, anyone doing work related to CPVC should read it. This is just one example of the quality and contributions of Roon Award winning papers since 1957, for nearly 50 years. So, who are the winners? Considering the contributions of previous Roon papers, the authors and their respective organizations have enjoyed the reward and recognition--the prestige--that is represented by a Roon Award. However, the coatings industry and the broader scientific community clearly have benefited from the advancement in science from these papers and the entire body of Roon publications. So, although there are distinct winners of the Roon Foundation Awards, in actuality ac·tu·al·i·ty n. pl. ac·tu·al·i·ties 1. The state or fact of being actual; reality. See Synonyms at existence. 2. Actual conditions or facts. Often used in the plural. the list of benefactors goes far beyond the author list. A call for papers for the 2006 competition has been announced. More information about the Roon and other FSCT publications awards can be found in the November/December issue of JCT JCT Junction JCT Jerusalem College of Technology JCT Joint Contracts Tribunal (UK build contracts governing body) JCT Journal of Coatings Technology JCT John Christner Trucking JCT Journal of Curriculum Theorizing COATINGSTECH and on the FSCT website, www.coatingstech.org. Charles R. Hegedus FSCT Roon Awards Committee Chair |
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