Society Awards and Honors
2003 Awards
Dean Matson Receives American Chemical Society Regional Industrial Innovation Award
Dean Matson has been chosen to receive an American Chemical Society (ACS) Regional Industrial Innovation Award for his work in the development of Ultra Barrier Coatings. Matson is a Senior Research Scientist in PNNL’s Energy Science and Technology Directorate (ESTD) and has been with the Lab since 1985. He has 15 years of experience related to various aspects of vapor-deposited coating technology, and has received multiple awards and patents related to commercial application of his work in this and other areas. He received his BS in Chemistry and BA in Education from Western Washington State College in 1976, and PhD in Physical Chemistry from the University of Hawaii in 1984.
The ACS Regional Industrial Innovation Award Program (www.chemistry.org/industry/regionalawards) allows ACS to recognize scientific researchers for their creative contributions to society and their corporate leadership for its advancement of a healthy regional economy. Only fourteen nominees from six companies around the country were selected to receive this award. Dr. Matson will be recognized for this honor at the ACS 58th Northwest Regional Meeting in Bozeman, Montana in June of 2003. (announced 4/22/2003)