The Department of Physics and Astronomy honored several students, faculty, and staff for their achievements on April 26 at the 2022 Awards Colloquium in 301 VAN.<\/p>\n
Here is theprogram for the awards colloquium, including a list of students who graduated in December 2021 and candidates for graduation in May and July 2022.<\/p>\n
Undergraduate Awards <\/p>\n
Brian D. Strayer & Richard L. Rairden Scholarship in Physics: Andrew Milne (renewal)<\/p>\n
James A. Van Allen Award: Joshua D. Doucette. Maxwell R. Herrmann, Laura Weiler<\/p>\n
Myrtle K. Maier Scholarship: Melissa Peters (renewal), Juliana Karl<\/p>\n
Undergraduate Scholar Award: Cole J. Dorman, John C. Momberg, Salvatore Quaid<\/p>\n
Waldo Edward & Martha Althaus Smith Memorial Award: Zach Vig<\/p>\n
John & Elsie Mae Ferentz Research Fund: Will Golay, Salvatore Quaid<\/p>\n
Andrew Nelson Undergraduate Research Prize: Zachary Vig, Hank Hammer<\/p>\n
Dare to Discover: Joshua Doucette, Laura Weiler<\/p>\n
Charles A. Wert Scholarship: Mary Haag, Avi Kaufman<\/p>\n
James A. Van Allen Research: Jacob Andrews, Thomas Bruner<\/p>\n
Graduate Awards<\/p>\n
G. William Pfeiffer & Marilyn M. Maltby Scholarship: Jacob Fruchtman<\/p>\n
Goertz\/Nicholson Memorial Scholarship: Sean Gunderson<\/p>\n
John & Stacey Wahl Scholarship: Samantha Watkins<\/p>\n
Pfeiffer Family Scholarship: Cecilia Fasano<\/p>\n
Outstanding Teaching Assistant Award: Arran Gross<\/p>\n
NASA Space Technology Graduate Research Opportunities Fellowship: Jared Termini<\/p>\n
Ballard & Seashore Dissertation Fellowship: Ashok Tiwari<\/p>\n
Universities Research Association Award: Ohannes Kamer Koseyan<\/p>\n
Iowa Space Grant Consortium Fellowship: Cecilia Fasano<\/p>\n
Outstanding Service to the Graduate Program Award: Cecilia Fasano, Arran Gross<\/p>\n
Phi Beta Kappa Society<\/p>\n
Astronomy: John Momberg. Physics: Aditya Desai, Philippe Jay, John Momberg, Nicholas Morrow.<\/p>\n
Staff Awards<\/p>\n
Hancher-Finkbine Medallion: Kathy Kurth<\/p>\n
Mary Louise Kelley Staff Excellence Award: Chris Piker<\/p>\n
Mary Jo Small Staff Fellowship Award: Dale Stille<\/p>\n
Longevity Awards: Kathy Kurth - 45 Years of Service, Dale Stille, 35 Years of Service; Joseph Groene, 30 Years of Service; Jeremy Faden, 25 Years of Service; Scott Bounds and Ianos Schmidt, 20 Years of Service.<\/p>\n
Post Doc Awards<\/p>\n
URA Visiting Scholar: Dr. Kenneth Heitritter<\/p>\n
Post-Doctoral Research Scholar\/Fellow Excellence Award: Dr. Rachael Filwett<\/p>\n
Faculty Awards<\/p>\n
OVPR Scholar of the Year Award: Professor Greg Howes<\/p>\n
CLAS Collegiate Scholar Award: Professor Jasper Halekas<\/p>\n
CLAS Dean's Scholar Award: Professor Allison Jaynes<\/p>\n
IEEE Magnetics Society 2022 Distinguished Lecturer:Professor Michael Flatt<\/p>\n
Faculty Promotions<\/p>\n
Gregory Howes - Promotion to Full Professor<\/p>\n
Jasper Halekas - Promotion to Full Professor<\/p>\n
Allison Jaynes - Promotion to Associate Professor with Tenure<\/p>\n
Three undergraduates gave presentations on their research projects:<\/p>\n
Cole Dorman: \"The Development of the MAGIC Magnetic Screening Apparatus\"<\/p>\n
Salvatore Quaid \"Geodesics in Thomas-Whitehead Projective Gravity\"<\/p>\n
Laura Weiler: \"CCSD-FS-GPR: a method for reducing finite size error in periodic coupled cluster theory for metals\"<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
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