Recognition of Faculty, Students, & Staff
| 2016 | Dr. Claudia Mewes | University of Alabama President’s Faculty Research Award — video |
| Sahar Keshavarz | Dept. of Physics & Astronomy’s Outstanding Research by a Doctoral Student |
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| Andrea Chaney | Dept. of Physics & Astronomy’s Outstanding Teaching by a Doctoral Student |
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| Kirk Lemmen | Dept. of Physics & Astronomy’s Outstanding Teaching by a Masters Student |
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| David Mildebrath | Dept. of Physics & Astronomy’s Outstanding Senior Physics Major |
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| Michael Bartz | Dept. of Physics & Astronomy’s Outstanding 1st Year Physics Student |
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| William Bell | Dept. of Physics & Astronomy’s Outstanding 1st Year Physics Student |
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| Connor Lancto | Dept. of Physics & Astronomy’s Outstanding 1st Year Physics Student |
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| 2015 | KamLAND group | 2016 Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics awarded to Jerry Busenitz, Andreas Piepke, Zelimir Djurcic, Kevin McKinney, Dongming Mei, Evgeni Yakushev |
| Dr. Jeremy Bailin | UA College of Arts & Sciences Distinguished Teaching with Technology Fellow |
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| Yuanyuan Su | UA Graduate School’s Outstanding Dissertation | |
| Yuanyuan Su | UA College of Arts & Sciences’ Outstanding Dissertation | |
| Yuanyuan Su | Dept. of Physics & Astronomy’s Outstanding Dissertation | |
| Behrouz Khodadadi | Dept. of Physics & Astronomy’s Outstanding Research by a Doctoral Student |
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| Lucas Johnson | Dept. of Physics & Astronomy’s Outstanding Teaching by a Doctoral Student |
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| Steven Ulrich | Dept. of Physics & Astronomy’s Outstanding Teaching by a Masters Student |
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| Joseph Aicher | Dept. of Physics & Astronomy’s Outstanding Senior Physics Student |
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| Brian Goodell | Dept. of Physics & Astronomy’s Outstanding Senior Physics Student |
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| Jordan Fuhrman | Dept. of Physics & Astronomy’s Outstanding 1st Year Physics Student |
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| Dr. Claudia Mewes | NSF CAREER award | |
| Dr. Dawn Williams | APS CSWP Woman Physicist of the Month (February 2015) (American Physical Society’s Committee on the Status of Women in Physics) |
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| 2014 | Dr. Seth Cooper | CMS Achievement Award for the Hadron Calorimeter (HCAL) at the LHC |
| Hunter Sims | Dept. of Physics & Astronomy’s Outstanding Dissertation | |
| Yuanyuan Su | Dept. of Physics & Astronomy’s Outstanding Research by a Doctoral Student |
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| Amritpal Singh | College of Arts & Sciences Outstanding Research by a Masters Student |
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| Amritpal Singh | Dept. of Physics & Astronomy’s Outstanding Research by a Masters Student |
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| Brian Kraus | Dept. of Physics & Astronomy’s Outstanding Senior Physics Student |
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| Shaun Hogan | Dept. of Physics & Astronomy’s Outstanding 1st Year Physics Student |
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| Prof. William Keel | College of Arts & Sciences inaugural “This is How College is Meant to Be” Award |
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| 2013 | Dr. Patrick LeClair | College of Arts & Sciences Leadership Board Outstanding Commitment to Students Award |
| Donglian Xu | UA Graduate Council Research Fellowship | |
| Timothy Lovorn | UA Graduate Council Research Fellowship | |
| Mitchell Hughes | UA Graduate Council Fellowship | |
| Neha Pachauri | Rotary Club of Tuscaloosa Spain-Hickman Scholarship | |
| Michael Larson | Dept. of Physics & Astronomy’s Outstanding Teaching by a Doctoral Student |
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| Timothy Lovorn | Dept. of Physics & Astronomy’s Outstanding Research by a Masters Student |
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| Stephen Merritt | Dept. of Physics & Astronomy’s Outstanding Senior Physics Major |
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| Joseph Aicher | Dept. of Physics & Astronomy’s Outstanding 1st Year Physics Student |
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| 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 |
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| Alexander Bradshaw | Dept. of Physics & Astronomy’s Outstanding Senior Physics Major |
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| Mitchell Hughes | Dept. of Physics & Astronomy’s Outstanding Senior Physics Major |
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| Joseph Murray | Dept. of Physics & Astronomy’s Outstanding Senior Physics Major |
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| Justin Brooks | Dept. of Physics & Astronomy’s Outstanding 1st Year Physics Student |
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| 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) |
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| Mitchell Hughes | Randall Outstanding Undergraduate Research Award | |
| Bianca Kuczynski | Dept. of Physics & Astronomy’s Outstanding Senior Physics Major |
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| Joseph Lukens | Dept. of Physics & Astronomy’s Outstanding Senior Physics Major |
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| Taylor Hall | Dept. of Physics & Astronomy’s Outstanding Senior Physics Major |
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| Wesley Ingram | Dept. of Physics & Astronomy’s Outstanding 1st Year Physics Student |
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| Sarah Betzig | Dept. of Physics & Astronomy’s Outstanding 1st Year Physics Student |
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| Matthew O’Brien | Dept. of Physics & Astronomy’s Outstanding 1st Year Physics Student |
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| 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 |
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| Sahar Keshavarz | Dept. of Physics & Astronomy’s Outstanding Teaching by a Doctoral Student |
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| Joshua Davidson | Dept. of Physics & Astronomy’s Outstanding Teaching by a Master’s Student |
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| 2010 | Dr. Tim Mewes | NSF CAREER award |
| Shuxia Wang | College of Arts & Sciences Outstanding Dissertation | |
| 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 |
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| Ryne Saxe | Dept. of Physics & Astronomy’s Outstanding Senior Physics Major |
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| Andrew Tuggle | Dept. of Physics & Astronomy’s Outstanding 1st Year Physics Student |
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| Thomas Ostby | Dept. of Physics & Astronomy’s Outstanding 1st Year Physics Student |
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| 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 |
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| Tim Lovorn | Dept. of Physics & Astronomy’s Outstanding Senior Physics Major |
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| Mitchell Hughes | Dept. of Physics & Astronomy’s Outstanding 1st Year Physics Student |
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| 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 |
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| Sergio Fabi | Dept. of Physics & Astronomy’s Outstanding Graduate Student Teaching |
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| Eric Edwards | Dept. of Physics & Astronomy’s Outstanding Senior Physics Major |
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| Eric Stough | Dept. of Physics & Astronomy’s Outstanding Senior Physics Major |
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| Kurt Barry | Dept. of Physics & Astronomy’s Outstanding 1st Year Physics Student |
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| Evan Niner | German (DAAD) Research Internship in Science & Engineering |
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| Kurt Barry | German (DAAD) Research Internship in Science & Engineering |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| Eric Coulter | Dept. of Physics & Astronomy’s Outstanding 1st Year Physics Student |
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| Octavian Micu | Dept. of Physics & Astronomy’s Outstanding Graduate Student Teaching |
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| 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 |
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| Timothy Lovorn | Dept. of Physics & Astronomy’s Outstanding 1st Year Physics Student |
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| Adriana Durbala | Dept. of Physics & Astronomy’s Outstanding Graduate Student Teaching |
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| 2005 | Patrick DeLay | Dept. of Physics & Astronomy’s Outstanding Senior Physics Major |
| Eric Stough | Dept. of Physics & Astronomy’s Outstanding 1st Year Physics Student |
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| Patrick Treuthardt | Dept. of Physics & Astronomy’s Outstanding Graduate Student Teaching |
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| Rumen Bachev | Dept. of Physics & Astronomy’s Outstanding Graduate Student Research |
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| 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 |
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| Samuel Lair | Dept. of Physics & Astronomy’s Outstanding Senior Physics Major |
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| Andrew Patterson | Dept. of Physics & Astronomy’s Outstanding 1st Year Physics Student |
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| Irina Perevalova | Dept. of Physics & Astronomy’s Outstanding Graduate Student Teaching |
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| Dmytro Apalkov | Dept. of Physics & Astronomy’s Outstanding Graduate Student Research |
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| 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 |
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| Jason Spruell | Dept. of Physics & Astronomy’s Outstanding 1st Year Physics Student |
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| Timothy Classen | Dept. of Physics & Astronomy’s Outstanding Graduate Student Teaching |
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| Alexander Pinzul | Dept. of Physics & Astronomy’s Outstanding Graduate Student Research |
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| Samuel Lair | Dept. of Physics & Astronomy’s Alex Smyklo Award |
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| 2002 | Danny Whitcomb | UA’s McKinley Award |
| Prof. Raymond White | UA National Alumni Association’s Outstanding Commitment to Teaching Award |
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| 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 |
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| David Looney | Dept. of Physics & Astronomy’s Outstanding 1st Year Physics Student |
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| Rebecca Grouchy | Dept. of Physics & Astronomy’s Outstanding Graduate Student Teaching |
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| Bin Xu | Dept. of Physics & Astronomy’s Outstanding Graduate Student Research |
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| 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 |
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| Samuel Lair | Dept. of Physics & Astronomy’s Outstanding 1st Year Physics Student |
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| Enrique Gomez | Dept. of Physics & Astronomy’s Outstanding Graduate Student Teaching |
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| Dirk Orgassa | Dept. of Physics & Astronomy’s Outstanding Graduate Student Research |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| Bryan McGee | Dept. of Physics & Astronomy’s Outstanding 1st Year Physics Student |
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| Robert Mohr | Dept. of Physics & Astronomy’s Outstanding Graduate Student Teaching |
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| Steven Stinnett | Dept. of Physics & Astronomy’s Outstanding Graduate Student Research |
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| 1999 | Igor Terekhov | Graduate School’s Outstanding Dissertation |
| Derrick Ousley | Dept. of Physics & Astronomy’s Outstanding Senior Physics Major |
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| 1998 | Mark Behrens | Dept. of Physics & Astronomy’s Outstanding Senior Physics Major |
| Anna Poythress | Dept. of Physics & Astronomy’s Outstanding 1st Year Physics Student |
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| 1997 | Prof. Gene Byrd | College of Arts & Sciences Distinguished Teaching Fellow |
| 1996 | Mark Behrens | Barry M. Goldwater Scholar |
| 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 |
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| 1993 | Prof. William Doyle | IEEE Achievement Award |
| Prof. Hideo Fujiwara | IEEE Magnetics Society Fellow | |
| 1987 | Prof. William Butler | American Physical Society Fellow |
| Prof. Ichiro Miyagawa | American Physical Society Fellow | |
| 1983 | Prof. Chet Alexander | American Physical Society Fellow |
| 1982 | Prof. Chet Alexander | UA’s Burnum Distinguished Faculty Award |
Successful Thesis/Dissertation Defenses
| 2016-04 | Shakeel Fernandes | Master’s Thesis Defense |
| 2016-03 | Nathan Papapietro | PhD Dissertation Defense |
| 2016-03 | Arindam Das | PhD Dissertation Defense |
| 2016-03 | Frederick Mackey | Master’s Thesis Defense |
| 2016-03 | Soumalya Paul | PhD Dissertation Defense |
| 2015-12 | Sarah True Bradford | Master’s Thesis Defense |
| 2015-10 | Sahar Keshavarz | PhD Dissertation Defense |
| 2015-10 | Behrouz Khodadadi | PhD Dissertation Defense |
| 2015-10 | Jason Carson | PhD Dissertation Defense |