Participants are encouraged to submit entries in one or more of the following categories:

Optical Microscopy (including confocal)
Scanning Electron Microscopy
Transmission Electron Microscopy
Microanalysis (including AEM, EPMA, AES, SIMS, AEM)
Combined Techniques
Problem Solving (include micrographs that provide answers to a problem)
Scanning Probe Microscopy
Undergraduate Studies

First, second and third place winners will be recognized in each classification with a certificate and a monetary awards of $75, $50 and $25, respectively. The Best of Show winner (Roland B. Snow Award) will be announced before the Sosman Lecture and at the Basic Science Division Business Meeting. The Best of Show will receive the Roland B. Snow Award, which includes a $100 monetary award and an inscribed Steuben glass piece.

Rules of Entry:

1. Previous entries are not acceptable
2. Only 2 entries per class per person
3. Entire poster should be mounted on stiff white cardboard or laminated and should have the dimensions 41 cm by 51 cm. Single prints shall be no smaller than 20 by 25 cm. In the case of multiple prints, there shall be no more than four and each shall be no larger than 13 by 18 cm.
4. Entries shall be clearly labeled on the front face with the following information:
   • Classification
   • Concise title
   • 25- to 75-word description of technical significance
   • Names and affiliations of contributors (Label entry on the back with name and return address)
5. Undergraduate student entrants must be enrolled in ceramic courses at the time photographs are produced.
6. If fewer than four entries are received per classification, they may be combined with another classification
7. Entries will be returned one year after the display if requested in writing to the ACerS.

Send all entries to:

Dr. Karren More
Oak Ridge National Laboratory
1 Bethel Valley Rd.
Building 4515, MS 6064
Oak Ridge, TN 37831-6064

Any questions, e-mail: koz@ornl.gov or phone: (865) 574-7788