Department of Physics & Astronomy

Awards & Honors 2013 Dr. Patrick LeClair College of Arts & Sciences Leadership Board Outstanding Commitment to Students Award Neha Pachauri Rotary Club of Tuscaloosa Spain-Hickman Scholarship Michael Larson Dept. of Physics & Astronomy's Outstanding Graduate Student Teaching by a Doctoral Student Timothy Lovorn Dept. of Physics & Astronomy's Outstanding Research by a Masters Student Stephen Merritt Dept. of Physics & Astronomy's Outstanding Senior Physics Major Joseph Aicher Dept. of Physics & Astronomy's Outstanding 1st Year Physics Student 2012 Dr. Patrick LeClair College of Arts & Sciences Leadership Board Faculty Fellowship Hunter Sims UA Graduate Council Research Fellowship Yuanyuan Su UA Graduate Council Research Fellowship Lei Lu Dept. of Physics & Astronomy's Outstanding Graduate Student Teaching Alexander Bradshaw Dept. of Physics & Astronomy's Outstanding Senior Physics Major Mitchell Hughes Dept. of Physics & Astronomy's Outstanding Senior Physics Major Joseph Murray Dept. of Physics & Astronomy's Outstanding Senior Physics Major Justin Brooks Dept. of Physics & Astronomy's Outstanding 1st Year Physics Student Prof. Peter Biermann Helmholtz Alliance Senior Fellowship 2011 Dr. Patrick LeClair UA National Alumni Association's Outstanding Commitment to Teaching Award Mitchell Hughes Barry M. Goldwater Scholar Mitchell Hughes Charles L. Seebeck Memorial Scholarship (Computer-Based Honors Program) Mitchell Hughes Randall Outstanding Undergraduate Research Award Bianca Kuczynski Dept. of Physics & Astronomy's Outstanding Senior Physics Major Joseph Lukens Dept. of Physics & Astronomy's Outstanding Senior Physics Major Taylor Hall Dept. of Physics & Astronomy's Outstanding Senior Physics Major Wesley Ingram Dept. of Physics & Astronomy's Outstanding 1st Year Physics Student Sarah Betzig Dept. of Physics & Astronomy's Outstanding 1st Year Physics Student Matthew O'Brien Dept. of Physics & Astronomy's Outstanding 1st Year Physics Student Greg Keefer College of Arts & Sciences Outstanding Dissertation Greg Keefer Dept. of Physics & Astronomy's Outstanding Dissertation Manjit Pathak Dept. of Physics & Astronomy's Outstanding Research by a Doctoral Student Sahar Keshavarz Dept. of Physics & Astronomy's Outstanding Graduate Student Teaching by a Doctoral Student Joshua Davidson Dept. of Physics & Astronomy's Outstanding Graduate Student Teaching by a Master's Student 2010 Shuxia Wang College of Arts & Sciences Outstanding Dissertation Award Andrea Chaney UA Graduate Council Fellowship Mitchell Hughes German (DAAD) Research Internship in Science & Engineering Tim Lovorn UA Graduate Council Fellowship Kurt Barry Dept. of Physics & Astronomy's Outstanding Senior Physics Major Ryne Saxe Dept. of Physics & Astronomy's Outstanding Senior Physics Major Andrew Tuggle Dept. of Physics & Astronomy's Outstanding 1st Year Physics Student Thomas Ostby Dept. of Physics & Astronomy's Outstanding 1st Year Physics Student 2009 Prof. Peter Biermann Daniel Chalonge Medal Ryne Saxe Rhodes Scholarship Finalist Kurt Barry Barry M. Goldwater Scholar Eric Edwards Randall Outstanding Undergraduate Research Award Tim Lovorn UA Graduate Council Fellowship Ranjan Dharmapalan Dept. of Physics & Astronomy's Outstanding Graduate Student Teaching Tim Lovorn Dept. of Physics & Astronomy's Outstanding Senior Physics Major Mitchell Hughes Dept. of Physics & Astronomy's Outstanding 1st Year Physics Student 2008 Eric Edwards Barry M. Goldwater Scholar Eric Edwards Rhodes Scholarhip Finalist Liliana Navarrete College of Arts & Sciences' Outstanding Thesis Eric Stough UA Graduate Council Fellowship Greg Keefer UA Graduate Council Research Fellowship Sreenivasulu Vutukuri UA Graduate Council Research Fellowship Kyle Harman Dept. of Physics & Astronomy's Outstanding Graduate Student Teaching Sergio Fabi Dept. of Physics & Astronomy's Outstanding Graduate Student Teaching Eric Edwards Dept. of Physics & Astronomy's Outstanding Senior Physics Major Eric Stough Dept. of Physics & Astronomy's Outstanding Senior Physics Major Kurt Barry Dept. of Physics & Astronomy's Outstanding 1st Year Physics Student Evan Niner German (DAAD) Research Internship in Science & Engineering Kurt Barry German (DAAD) Research Internship in Science & Engineering 2007 Prof. William Butler Japan's National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS) Award for Breakthroughs in Materials Science Julie Covin Dept. of Physics & Astronomy's E. Scott Barr Award of Excellence Sebastian Zamfir UA Graduate Council Research Fellowship Hunter Sims UA Graduate Council Fellowship Christopher Culbert UA Graduate Council Fellowship Christopher Culbert Dept. of Physics & Astronomy's Outstanding Senior Physics Major Eric Coulter Dept. of Physics & Astronomy's Outstanding 1st Year Physics Student Octavian Micu Dept. of Physics & Astronomy's Outstanding Graduate Student Teaching 2006 Danny Whitcomb UA's Sam S. May Commitment to Service Award David Key UA's Sam S. May Commitment to Service Award Joe Howell UA's Sam S. May Commitment to Service Award Jason Kuykendall  UA's Sam S. May Commitment to Service Award Mike Perrigin UA's Sam S. May Commitment to Service Award Prof. William Keel College of Arts & Sciences Leadership Board Fellow Adriana Durbala UA Graduate Council Research Fellowship Robert Hamner Dept. of Physics & Astronomy's Outstanding Senior Physics Major Timothy Lovorn Dept. of Physics & Astronomy's Outstanding 1st Year Physics Student Adriana Durbala Dept. of Physics & Astronomy's Outstanding Graduate Student Teaching 2005 Patrick DeLay Dept. of Physics & Astronomy's Outstanding Senior Physics Major Eric Stough Dept. of Physics & Astronomy's Outstanding 1st Year Physics Student Patrick Treuthardt Dept. of Physics & Astronomy's Outstanding Graduate Student Teaching Rumen Bachev Dept. of Physics & Astronomy's Outstanding Graduate Student Research Jian Dou UA Graduate Council Research Fellowship Enrique Gomez NASA Space Grant Graduate Fellowship Jeremy Lawson Dept. of Physics & Astronomy's Alex Smyklo Award 2004 Tom Hunter UA's McKinley Award Shuxia Wang UA Graduate Council Research Fellowship Enrique Gomez NASA Space Grant Graduate Fellowship Zhiya Zhao Graduate School's Outstanding Research by a Masters' Student Samuel Lair Dept. of Physics & Astronomy's Outstanding Senior Physics Major Andrew Patterson Dept. of Physics & Astronomy's Outstanding 1st Year Physics Student Irina Perevalova Dept. of Physics & Astronomy's Outstanding Graduate Student Teaching Dmytro Apalkov Dept. of Physics & Astronomy's Outstanding Graduate Student Research 2003 Jane Boyd UA's McKinley Award Christian Scheck UA Graduate Council Research Fellowship Chungsheng Liu UA Graduate Council Fellowship Enrique Gomez NASA Space Grant Graduate Fellowship Christopher Jones Dept. of Physics & Astronomy's Outstanding Senior Physics Major Jason Spruell Dept. of Physics & Astronomy's Outstanding 1st Year Physics Student Timothy Classen Dept. of Physics & Astronomy's Outstanding Graduate Student Teaching Alexander Pinzul Dept. of Physics & Astronomy's Outstanding Graduate Student Research Samuel Lair Dept. of Physics & Astronomy's Alex Smyklo Award 2002 Danny Whitcomb UA's McKinley Award Prof. Raymond White UA National Alumni Association's Outstanding Commitment to Teaching Award Enrique Gomez NASA Space Grant Graduate Fellowship Yunfei Ding UA Graduate Council Research Fellowship Shoutao Wang UA Graduate Council Research Fellowship Nicholas Cunningham Dept. of Physics & Astronomy's Outstanding Senior Physics Major David Looney Dept. of Physics & Astronomy's Outstanding 1st Year Physics Student Rebecca Grouchy Dept. of Physics & Astronomy's Outstanding Graduate Student Teaching Bin Xu Dept. of Physics & Astronomy's Outstanding Graduate Student Research Adam Edgar Dept. of Physics & Astronomy's Alex Smyklo Award 2001 Anna Poythress Dept. of Physics & Astronomy's Outstanding Senior Physics Major William Gardner Dept. of Physics & Astronomy's Outstanding Senior Physics Major Samuel Lair Dept. of Physics & Astronomy's Outstanding 1st Year Physics Student Enrique Gomez Dept. of Physics & Astronomy's Outstanding Graduate Student Teaching Dirk Orgassa Dept. of Physics & Astronomy's Outstanding Graduate Student Research Jin He UA Graduate Council Research Fellowship Alexander Pinzul UA Graduate Council Research Fellowship Wentao Wu College of Arts & Sciences Outstanding Dissertation 2000 Prof. William Doyle IEEE Millenium Award Prof. J.W. Harrell College of Arts & Sciences Distinguished Teaching Fellow Dirk Orgassa UA Graduate Council Research Fellowship Bin Xu UA Graduate Council Research Fellowship Drew Allen UA Graduate Council Research Fellowship Susan Stewart Graduate School's Outstanding Dissertation Michael Lennek Dept. of Physics & Astronomy's Outstanding Senior Physics Major Bryan McGee Dept. of Physics & Astronomy's Outstanding 1st Year Physics Student Robert Mohr Dept. of Physics & Astronomy's Outstanding Graduate Student Teaching Steven Stinnett Dept. of Physics & Astronomy's Outstanding Graduate Student Research 1999   Igor Terekhov Graduate School's Outstanding Dissertation Derrick Ousley Dept. of Physics & Astronomy's Outstanding Senior Physics Major 1997   Prof. Gene Byrd College of Arts & Sciences Distinguished Teaching Fellow 1995 Prof. William Doyle IEEE Magnetics Society Distinguished Lecturer Kristi Dendy Barry M. Goldwater Scholar Prof. Stan Jones UA National Alumni Association's Outstanding Commitment to Teaching Award 1993 Prof. William Doyle IEEE Achievement Award 1987 Prof. William Butler American Physical Society Fellow Prof. Ichiro Miyagawa American Physical Society Fellow 1984 Prof. Chet Alexander American Physical Society Fellow 1982 Prof. Chet Alexander UA's Burnum Distinguished Faculty Award

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