 MSU to host the International Workshop on Solar Variability, Earth's Climate, and the Space Environment, June 2008. For details, visit the official website for the workshop at http://solar.physics.montana.edu/SVECSE2008/index.html
Joseph A. Shaw, Affiliate Associate Professor of Physics and Director, Optical Technology Center, Montana State University, Bozeman, MT, USA, has been named a Fellow of SPIE, for specific achievements in optical remote sensing technology. Congratulations to Joe on this well-deserved recognition.
Ph.D. student Nikolay Makarov has been selected to receive the 2008 D. J. Lovell Scholarship from SPIE. This is SPIE's highest scholarship, and involves very significant competition. Nikolay led the establishment of the MSU SPIE student chapter a few years ago and has served in its leadership continually since then. His recognition by SPIE is a fabulous reflection on him, his advisor Dr. Rebane, our Physics Department, OpTeC, and MSU in general. Congratulations Nikolay! -Bill Hiscock, Department Head,
Congratulations to Randy Babbitt, who has been named as the 2008 recipient of the MSU Meritorious Technology/Science Award!
Our outstanding faculty have won this award twice in the five years it has existed to date (Rufus Cone - 2006).
Please join me in congratulating Randy on this well-deserved honor! -Bill Hiscock, Department Head,
Congratulations to Professor Dana Longcope, who has been named the
2008 recipient of the College of Letters and Science Dean's Award for Meritorious Research! Dana's citation notes that "It is not just a pun or overstatement to describe your work as stellar." -Bill Hiscock, Department Head,
The MSU Physics Department has enjoyed great success in the FY 2008 DEPSCoR competition. Montana was one of four EPSCoR states to receive three awards; in fact, all three Montana awards came to MSU Physics (counting the Spectrum Lab as being part of Physics)!
The award winners were:
* Alan Craig, "Computing Device Applications for Nanoparticle Spectroscopy", AFOSR
* Yves Idzerda, "Multi-ferroic Interference Structures", ARO
* Randy Reibel (Spectrum Lab.), "Efficient Visible Laser Countermeasure Technology", ONR
-Bill Hiscock, Department Head,
Bill Hiscock has been named an
"Outstanding Referee" by the American Physical Society, in a newly instituted program that "...recognizes scientists who have been exceptionally helpful in assessing manuscripts for publication in the APS journals."
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Three graduating Physics seniors have been selected to receive MSU Alumni Association/Chamber of Commerce Awards for Excellence.
Congratulations to:
* Pat Kujawa
* Ian Lake
* Tyler Naiberts
on being selected for this honor on the basis of their outstanding academic records.
-Bill Hiscock, Department Head,
Congratulations to Jiong!
I'm extremely pleased to share the news that Professor Jiong Qiu has been selected to receive an NSF CAREER grant award, an extremely prestigious award targeted at early career faculty. Please join me in congratulating Jiong on this wonderful news.
-Bill Hiscock, Department Head,
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