D R Ulrich Awards Dr Ulrich pioneered the

D. R. Ulrich Awards Dr. Ulrich pioneered the Air Force structural materials chemistry research program. He established and managed major national and international research programs in the chemical processing of ceramics, ceramic ultrastructure, sol-gel processing, nonlinear optical polymers, ordered polymers, molecular composites, polymer alloys, and multifunctional materials. He was awarded the 1988 Strategic Defense Award and Gold Medal by the American Defense Preparedness Association. He coedited 12 books, published 45 papers, and held five patents. Along with service on many other national committees on science and technology policy, he served as chairman on the subcommittee on monitoring of emerging technologies for the Secretary of Defense's Committee on National Security and Technology Transfer. The late Dr. Ulrich served as a program manager in AFOSR's Directorate of Chemical and Atmospheric Sciences from 1975 until 1990. 15 th International Sol-Gel Conference - Porto de Galinhas (Brazil) - Aug. 23 -27, 2009

Previous awardees 1991 1993 Sevilla (Spain) Paris (France) 1995 Faro (Portugal) 1997 Sheffield (U. K. ) 1999 2001 Yokohama (Japan) Abano (Italy) 2003 Sydney (Australia) 2005 Los Angeles (U. S. A) 2007 Montpellier (France) 2009 Porto de Galinhas (Brazil) David LEVY Thierry WOIGNIER Hervé FLOCH Florence BABONNEAU Edward J. POPE Kazuki NAKANISHI Martin MENNIG Toshiya WATANABE Giovanna BRUSATIN Atsunori MATSUDA Vadim KESSLER Philippe BELLEVILLE Nicola HÜSING David GROSSO Joerg PUTZ Jean-Marie NEDELEC Kiyofumi KATAGIRI Paolo FALCARO Robert KREITER 15 th International Sol-Gel Conference - Porto de Galinhas (Brazil) - Aug. 23 -27, 2009