{"id":37,"date":"2014-07-16T12:20:14","date_gmt":"2014-07-16T12:20:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.asminternational.org\/ims\/?page_id="},"modified":"2026-02-06T19:35:16","modified_gmt":"2026-02-06T19:35:16","slug":"ims-awards","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.asminternational.org\/ims\/membership\/ims-awards\/","title":{"rendered":"IMS Awards"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"37\" class=\"elementor elementor-37\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-64c41664 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"64c41664\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-618c75aa\" data-id=\"618c75aa\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-51d6082f elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"51d6082f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2>Henry Clifton Sorby Award<\/h2><p>The recipient is an individual, internationally recognized for contributions made throughout his or her career to the broad fields of metallography and materials science. Each year, the Sorby Award Selection Committee chooses an awardee from a group of nominated individuals. The Awardee is invited to present a keynote lecture at the IMS\/ASM annual meeting. A commemorative walnut plaque is presented to the Awardee at the ASM Awards Banquet. The Henry Clifton Sorby Award was first presented by IMS in 1976.<\/p><p><a href=\"\/ims\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/40\/files\/content\/sorbyawardrulesrevisionapprovedbyboard5-02-19.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Rules<\/a><\/p><h3><a href=\"https:\/\/cdn-prd-main.asm-media.cloud\/uploads\/sites\/40\/2026\/02\/2026-Henry-Clifton-Sorby-Awardee.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">2026 Awardee<\/a><\/h3><p><a href=\"https:\/\/cdn-prd-main.asm-media.cloud\/uploads\/sites\/40\/2025\/05\/SORBY-AWARD-PAST-RECIPIENTS-ONLY-1.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Past Recipients<\/a>\u00a0<\/p><p>Contact <a href=\"mailto:chris.mcs@pes-testing.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Chris Bagnall<\/a> for more information.<\/p><hr \/><h2>IMS Buehler Technical Paper Award<\/h2><p>The award is presented for the Best Paper in the IMS journal <em>Metallography, Microstructure, and Analysis<\/em>.\u00a0 A commemorative plaque and a $1,000 cash award, endorsed by Buehler are presented at the IMS Annual Convention to the author(s) of the paper judged best in dealing with the practice of the metallographic arts.\u00a0 The award is endowed by Buehler Ltd.<\/p><p><a href=\"https:\/\/cdn-prd-main.asm-media.cloud\/uploads\/sites\/40\/2025\/11\/Past-Recipients-updated-version-2025.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Past Recipients<\/a><\/p><p>Contact <a href=\"mailto:mike.keeble@buehler.com?subject=Buehler%20Best%20Paper%20Award\">Mike Keeble<\/a> for more information.<\/p><hr \/><h2>International Metallographic Contest<\/h2><p>This contest draws the interest of metallographers around the world, as they compete for the prestigious ASM-IMS Jacquet Lucas Award of $3,000.\u00a0 The award is endowed by Buehler Ltd. There are five different classes of competition covering all fields of optical and electron microscopy. In Classes 1 through 3, multiple images and captions are expected to be used to describe how metallography was used to help solve a problem or to describe a unique or unusual technique. Classes 4 and 5 are for artistic pictures. The contest is open to members and non-members alike.<\/p><h3>Awards Include:<\/h3><ul><li>Jacquet-Lucas Award<\/li><li>The DuBose-Crouse Award<\/li><li>The George L. Kehl Award<\/li><\/ul><h3>\u00a0<\/h3><h2><a href=\"https:\/\/cdn-prd-main.asm-media.cloud\/uploads\/sites\/40\/2025\/11\/2025-International-Metallographic-Contest.mp4\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">View 2025 Winners<\/a><\/h2><p style=\"padding-left: 40px\"><a href=\"\/ims\/membership\/imc\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">See past contest winners and detailed IMC information &gt;<\/a><\/p><p style=\"padding-left: 40px\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cdn-prd-main.asm-media.cloud\/uploads\/sites\/40\/2025\/11\/Jacquet-Lucas-Award-Past-Recipients-List.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">See past Jacquet-Lucas Award Winners<\/a><\/p><hr \/><h2>President’s Award<\/h2><p>The President’s Award is conferred annually by the IMS President in recognition of outstanding service to IMS.<\/p><p><a href=\"\/ims\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/40\/files\/content\/imspresidentsawardrules.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Rules<\/a><br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/cdn-prd-main.asm-media.cloud\/uploads\/sites\/40\/2025\/10\/Past-Recipients_IMS_PresAward.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff\">Past recipients\u00a0<\/span><\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Henry Clifton Sorby Award The recipient is an individual, internationally recognized for contributions made throughout his or her career to the broad fields of metallography and materials science. 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