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V. Ussui, N. B. de Lima, F. B. Noronha, D. R. R. Lazar as the best post-graduate work of the 59th
Brazilian Congress on Ceramics held in Barra dos Coqueiros (SE); 17-20 May, 2015.

The Academy of Dental Materials, during the annual meeting held in Chicago (USA), 12-15
october, 2016, awarded the second place of prize “Paffenbarger” to the research “Y-TZP low
temperature degradation: a sigmoidal or a linear behaviour?” developed by A. Arata, L. R. de
Pretto, V. Ussui, N. B. de Lima, A. Z. de Freitas , J. P. B. Machado, R. N. Tango, G. M. D. de Souza e
D. R. R. Lazar.

Honorable Mention – 8th edition of the Brazilian Association of Automotive Engineering of
Environment with the work - Morphology Coatings NbN / CrN nanoestrutured deposited by
PVD - Juliano Avelar Araujo, Roberto Martins de Souza, Andre Paulo Tschiptschin e Nelson
Batista de Lima

The ‘Distinguished Alumnus Award’ in 2014 from the Indian Institute of Technology, Madras,
India, was conferred on Lalgudi V.Ramanathan for his Technological, Academic and Research
contributions in the area of ‘Corrosion of Materials’. The Indian Institute of Technology, Madras
is the foremost Institute for engineering studies and has an acceptance rate of 0.01%. Up until
2014, from the 40.000 alumni, only 100 had been conferred this award.

An award was given to S. L. Reis and E. N. S. Muccillo for their research work “Improved Densifi-
cation and Ionic Conductivity of of Sr- and G-doped Lanthanum Gallate”, presented in the “11th
International Symposium on Ceramic Materials and Components for Energy and Environmental
Applications” in Vancouver, Canada (June 14-19, 2015).

Dr. E. N. S. Muccillo was selected to have her CV included in the book. Successful Women Ce-
ramic and Glass Scientists and Engineers: 100 Inspirational Profiles, together with women from
America, Europe, Asia and Oceania.

Instituto de Pesquisas Energéticas e Nucleares