Photo gallery: Rubber Division Spring 2017 Science & Technology Awards

Judit Puskas, a professor of chemical and biomolecular engineering at the University of Akron, receives the Charles Goodyear Medal during the 2017 ACS Rubber Division's Spring Technical Meeting. She is the first female to receive the award. Presenting the medal are Rubber Division Secretary Kim Dempsey-Miller and Rubber Division Chair William Stahl.

Kim Dempsey-Miller (left) fastens the Charles Goodyear medal as she and Rubber Division Chair William Stahl (right) present the award to Judit Puskas.

Judit Puskas, the 2017 Charles Goodyear Medal winner, poses for a photo with some of her students from the University of Akron.

Judit Puskas (left) the 2017 winner of the Rubber Division's Charles Goodyear Medal, poses for a photo with her husband Gabor Kaszas after receiving her award during the Spring Technical Meeting.

Juan L. Valentin (right) the winner of the Sparks-Thomas Award, poses for a photo with R. Christopher Napier after the 2017 Science and Technology Awards Banquet.

Judit Puskas, the 2017 Charles Goodyear Medal winner, poses for a picture after receiving her award.

David Lohse was the winner of the 2017 Melvin Mooney Distinguished Technology Award.

Jimmy Mays poses for a photo after receiving the 2017 Chemistry of Thermoplastic Elastomers Award.

Juan Valentin, the winner of the Rubber Division's 2017 Sparks-Thomas Award, poses for a photo after the Science and Technology Awards Banquet.

Sadhan C. Jana, winner of the George Stafford Whitby Award for Distinguished Teaching and Research, poses for a photo with his award.

Richard Jorkasky was named the recipient of the Fernley H. Banbury Award.

Science and Technology award winners pose for a photo after the banquet. They are (from left), Richard Jorkasky, Jimmy Mays, Judit Puskas, Sadhan Jana and Juan Valentin. David Lohse, who also was honored during the banquet, is not pictured.