Award and election for Prof. Herbert Gleiter#
Prof. Herber Gleiter, member of the Physics and Engineering Sciences section has been awarded the "Medal of Friendship-Order of Merit" by the Government of China, Jiangsu Province. This order was awarded (for the first time to a citizen from abroad) for the foundation - in 2011 - and the successful start of the "Herbert Gleiter Institute of Nanoscience" at Nanjing.
Prof. Gleiter was also elected to the rank of Fellow of the US National Academy of Inventors (NAI).
