Prof. Dan Shechtman, Technion Institute of Technology and Iowa State University, was honored by FLOGEN with the 2014 Fray International Sustainability Award (Official Award Web site here) and with the entire Sustainable Industrial Processing Summit (SIPS 2014) held in Cancun, Mexico, June-July 2014 (Official Web site here)

Dr. Florian Kongoli, President of SIPS and President of FLOGEN, awarding Professor Dan Shechtman, Technion Institute of Technology and Iowa State University, 2011 Nobel Prize Winner, with the FLOGEN 2014 Fray International Sustainability Award

Following the footsteps of other FLOGEN award recipients who have subsequently achieved further recognition, Professor Dan Shechtman, was awarded in November/December 2018 an Honorary Doctorate from Aristotle University of Thessaloniki for his outstanding achievements in the field of quasicrystals. During the ceremony were present the ambassadors of USA, Israel and India as well as the General Consuls of Germany and Russia in Greece.

Prof. Dan Shechtman receiving the Honorary Doctorate Certificate by Prof. Perikles A. Mitkas, the Rector of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki and Prof. Panagiotis E. Prinos, Chairman of the School of Civil Engineering at Aristotle University of Thessaloniki

Prof. Dan Shechtman receiving the Honorary Doctorate Medal by Prof. Perikles A. Mitkas, the Rector of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki and Prof. Panagiotis E. Prinos Chairman of the School of Civil Engineering at Aristotle University of Thessaloniki

Prof. Dan Shechtman giving a lecture on the occasion of receiving the Honorary Doctorate from the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki

Video of the Ceremony – Available soon

As usual, with its prestigious awards, FLOGEN has opened and/validated or enforced the pathway to further high honors for individuals who have greatly contributed to science and technology, as detailed in previous similar cases given in these pages

We wish similar future successes for all 2016 FLOGEN Award winners that were honored during SIPS 2016 in Hainan China and in previous years as documented in the pages of this Web Site.