Charles R. Hegedus Named Winner of Roy W. Tess Award in Coatings for 2010

Dr. Charles R. Hegedus of Air Products and Chemicals will receive the Roy W. Tess Award in Coatings for 2010. The announcement was made by the Officers and the Award Committee of the Division of Polymeric Materials: Science and Engineering (PMSE) of the American Chemical Society. The award is one of the highest achievements in the coatings industry.

Dr. Hegedus is well known in the coatings industry and has made many contributions to it over a period of 30 years. He has carried out significant research and development in corrosion prevention without chromates, self-crosslinking polymer systems, zinc oxide nanoparticles, film formation and other aspects of waterborne coatings and in the characterization of coatings. He has been responsible for the invention and development of a number of products during his career.

Dr. Hegedus is the technical editor of ACA's CoatingsTech magazine, a reviewer for the Journal of Coatings Technology and Research, and a longtime member of the ACA Publications Subcommittee.

The Tess Award will be presented to Dr. Hegedus on Monday, August 23, 2010, during the 240th National Meeting of the American Chemical Society in Boston, MA.

Date Posted: January 15, 2010