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Michael Adler Receives Provost Award for Scholarship

Webmaster — Tue, 30 Apr 2013 20:39:48 +0000

19th Annual Student Leadership Awards Announcements

Congratulations to the following students, student organizations, and advisors for inspiring community, scholarship, possibilities, accountability and tenacity within Michigan Tech as well as our community.

In the Department of Physics, Michael Adler is the 2013 recipient of the Provost Award for Scholarship.

Dean’s List Fall 2012

Webmaster — Mon, 29 Apr 2013 16:23:12 +0000

The Dean’s List for SPH and SAP physics majors is available for Fall 2012 under Physics Awards and Achievements. Congratulations to all the majors!

Best Grad Student Talks and Posters 2013

Webmaster — Mon, 29 Apr 2013 16:18:33 +0000

The best graduate student talks and posters 2013 have been found by popular vote. As in previous years we had two clear favorites in each of the two categories. And the winners are:

Best Posters

Renee Batzloff - Paleomagnetism of the Baraga-Marquette Dyke Swarms
Li Jie – Implementation of a Hot-Deformation Process for Making Nd₂Fe₁₄B-based Permanent Magnetic Materials

Best Talks

Marwa Abdalamoneam – Atomic Moments and Polarizabilities of Ni II
Hugo Albert Ayala Sorlares – Studying Galactic Diffuse Gamma-Ray Emission with the HAWC Observatory in Mexico

The Physics Department Poster Session was held on April 18, 2013, in the Fisher Atrium. The physics graduate students were held throughout the latter part of Spring Semester 2013.

Congratulations to the four winners and everyone else on their presentations!

View the 2013 Physics Department Poster Session photo gallery.

2013 Ian Shepherd Award

Webmaster — Sun, 21 Apr 2013 15:42:59 +0000

2013 recipient Tyler Plamondon (right) accepts the award from Dr. Will Cantrell (left).

Kelley-Hoskins Nominated for Thesis Award

Webmaster — Wed, 03 Apr 2013 22:47:58 +0000

The Graduate School is pleased to announce that Evan Anderson is Michigan Tech’s nominee for the Midwestern Association of Graduate Schools Distinguished Thesis Award.

Three other graduate students were also nominated for consideration. Jean DeClerck was nominated by her advisors, Ann Brady and Wendy Anderson (HU) and committee member Victoria Bergvall (HU). Nathan Kelley-Hoskins was nominated by his advisor, Petra Hüntemeyer (Physics). Andrew Orthober was nominated by his advisor, Carol MacLennan (SS). All of the nominations were noteworthy for their scholarship, and the evaluation panel had a difficult task in selecting one nominee to represent Michigan Tech.

Read more at Tech Today, by the Graduate School.

Edge of the Universe in Michigan Tech Research Magazine 2013

Webmaster — Tue, 12 Mar 2013 14:58:54 +0000

Discoveries from the edge of the universe

From leading-edge research to extraordinary showmanship, few scientists have made as big an impact on their field as astrophysicist Robert Nemiroff, the corecipient of Michigan Tech’s 2012 Research Award.

Read more in Michigan Tech Research Magazine.

Fall 2012 Finishing Fellowship for Kumar

Webmaster — Tue, 05 Mar 2013 20:25:54 +0000

The Graduate School is pleased to announce the recipients of the fall 2012 finishing fellowships. The fellowships were made available by the support of the Graduate School. Among the recipients is engineering physics graduate student Pradeep Kumar.

Fall 2012 Finishing Fellowship for Zhong

Webmaster — Tue, 05 Mar 2013 20:22:27 +0000

2012 Outstanding SPS Chapter

Webmaster — Thu, 24 Jan 2013 23:12:04 +0000

Once again the Michigan Tech chapter of the Society of Physics Students (SPS) has been selected as one of the Outstanding SPS Chapters. This is the third year in a row for such a distinction with this chapter.

The Michigan Tech chapter is part of Zone 09. The award criteria include K-12 outreach, community service, interactions with alumni, and other considerations.

Yap and Lee in Michigan Tech Research Magazine 2012

Webmaster — Tue, 22 Jan 2013 20:49:37 +0000

Yap, Lee Honored for Nanotube Discoveries

For groundbreaking work in nanotechnology, Yoke Khin Yap and Chee Huei Lee have received Michigan Tech’s Bhakta Rath Research Award.

The award, endowed by 1958 alumnus Bhakta Rath and his wife, Shushama Rath, recognizes a Michigan Tech doctoral student and advisor for “exceptional research of particular value that anticipates the future needs of the nation while supporting advances in emerging technology.”

Read more at Michigan Tech Magazine, by Marcia Goodrich.