Henry B. Linford Award for Distinguished Teaching
Uziel Landau
Wednesday, 1020h / Pacific C
Overcoming Challenges in Teaching Electrochemical Engineering
by Uziel Landau
Uziel Landau is Professor Emeritus of Chemical Engineering at Case Western Reserve University. His research combines fundamental analysis with practical applications and focuses on the study of deposit distribution and structure on macro and micro scales. Prof. Landau received his BSc (1964) and MSc (1968) from the Technion – Israel Institute of Technology. He completed his PhD (1975) at the University of California, Berkeley, with Prof. Charles Tobias, who, as his research advisor, introduced him to electrochemical engineering. After graduating, Prof. Landau joined Bell Laboratories where he developed plating processes. To combine teaching with research, Prof. Landau joined the Department of Chemical Engineering at Case Western Reserve University in 1977. He has taught and conducted research there for 45 years, serving as Department Chair from 2009 to 2016. Addressing the multi-disciplinary nature of electrochemical engineering, Prof. Landau developed a novel electrochemical engineering course specifically designed for students from different disciplines. The week-long condensed version of this course, offered annually, has attracted over 450 participants from industry, government, and academia. This short course has also been taught on site at numerous industrial corporations and universities. Many of Prof. Landau’s former graduate students occupy leading industrial positions; others continue his legacy in academia. Prof. Landau is a Fellow of The Electrochemical Society and received the ECS Cleveland (now Mid-America) Section Ernest B. Yeager Electrochemistry Award, Intel Outstanding Researcher ward, and Case Western Reserve School of Engineering Innovation Award.
Vittorio de Nora Award
Daniel Lincot
Wednesday, 1400h / Sierra A
When Solid State Semiconductor Physics and Devices Meet Photoelectrochemistry: From Growth and Interfacial Processes to Photovoltaics
by Daniel Lincot
Daniel Lincot is Emeritus Researcher at the Centre national de la recherche scientifique (CNRS) and former Scientific Director of the Institut Photovoltaïque d’Île-de-France (IPVF). He began PhD studies in Solid State Physics in 1978, then joined CNRS at Chimie ParisTech for a PhD in Photoelectrochemistry of Semiconductors, with a focus on interfacial energetics. Prof. Lincot’s passion for the fabrication of functional semiconductors from solution by electrodeposition or chemical deposition produced key results on CdTe, zinc oxide, and later CIGS. He broadened his research in photovoltaics with materials and device elaboration (atomic layer deposition and PVD) and characterization. At IRDEP from 2005-2019, Prof. Lincot started the industrial transfer of electrodeposition processes, culminating in the creation of the startup NEXCIS (2009-2015) with EDF Energies Nouvelles. In 2013, he pioneered the creation of the Institut Photovoltaïque d’Île de France (IPVF), serving as scientific director until 2019. In 2021, he founded a startup to produce thin film solar cells and from 2021-2022 held the Industrial Innovation Chair on Photovoltaic Solar Energy and Energy Transition at the Collège de France. Prof. Lincot received the 2020 Académie des Sciences’ Ivan Peychès Prix, 2015 Société Chimique de France Prix Pierre Süe, 2013 ECS Electrodeposition Division Research Award, 2011 Société Française de Métallurgie et des Matériaux Prix Charles Eichner, and 2004 Médaille d’argent du CNRS.
