On November 20, 2018, the official ceremony of awarding the laureates of the State Prize of Ukraine in the field of science and technology in 2017 took place.
By the submission of the Committee on State Prizes of Ukraine in the field of science and technology, the Decrees of the President of Ukraine dated May 21, 2018, awarded 14 awards to 109 persons – 78 doctors of sciences (including 5 academicians and 11 correspondent members of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine) and 20 candidates of sciences . One of the laureates is the head of the chair of chemical technology of ceramics and glass Corresponding Member of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Doctor of Chemical Sciences, Professor Boris Kornilovych.