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| 2008 ................................................................................... |
Professor Chen Tsai has been appointed Chancellor's Professor. This title is among the highest academic distinctions on our campus - just twenty other UCI faculty have been so honored. The title of Chancellor's Professor recognizes the field-leading contributions of Chen over his career and his status as an intellectual leader in the area of optical signal processing, micro- and nanoscale integration, and magnetic and ultrasonic materials and devices. ISIS members will take an extra measure of pride in Chen's award because he is also a founding member of the Institute, which is entering its twentieth year. |
| 2007 ................................................................................... |
November: Congratulations to Kieron Burke, who was elected APS fellow by the Division of Condensed Matter Physics , "For his seminal contributions to the development and application of the density functional theory of ground and excited electronic states, and electronic dynamics in condensed matter." This is limited to no more than ½% of the members. |
| October:
We are pleased to announce that Don Blake, Rob Corn, Scott
Rychnovsky, and A. J. Shaka
have been awarded the distinction of Fellow of the American Association
for the Advancement of Science (AAAS). Congratulations! [ link ] |
| Chen
Tsai, Professor of
Electrical Engineering and Computer Science and ISIS founding
member, was recently
bestowed the 2007 Distinguished
Alumnus Award of National
Taiwan University ( NTU ) for Research Achievement. NTU, founded in 1928, is the most prestigious academic institution in Taiwan. Chen was recognized for his seminal contributions in Integrated Optics and Ultrasonics science and technology, and was honored at the University Anniversary Celebration on Nov. 15. There were three awardees in the category of scholarly research achievement. Dr. Tsai was the awardee in the areas of Applied Science and Engineering. The other two are in Physical Sciences and Laws, respectively. Dr. Tsai served as the Founding Director of Institute for Applied Science and Engineering of Academia Sinica there in 1999, and returned to full-time teaching and research at UCI in 2002. |
| Zuzanna
Siwy, ISIS member and Assistant
Professor of Physics, has been awarded with the prestigious Sloan
Research Fellowship as reported
in the Daily
Pilot. Congratulations Zuzanna! |
| Kenneth J. Shea
Wins American Chemical Society Award Kenneth J. Shea, chemistry professor, has received a 2007 Arthur C. Cope Scholar Award from the American Chemical Society. Shea conducted his postdoctoral research with Robert G. Bergman at California Institute of Technology before joining UCI's faculty, where he has been teaching chemistry for more than 30 years. Shea's research areas include synthetic organic, polymer and materials chemistry. For more details, please visit the American Chemical Society website: |
2006 ................................................................................... |
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From uci.news, September/October 2006 ................................................................................... Three ISIS members have been honored as a triumvirate by UCI's Academic Senate with 2006-07 Distinguished Faculty Awards for their significant contributions to teaching, research and university service. Their awards, the highest honor senate faculty members can receive from their colleagues, will be presented on Thursday, November 2, 2006 at the University Club at 7 p.m. The honored group will speak. A reception hosted by chancellor Michael V. Drake follows the awards ceremony. The three team members are: V. Ara Apkarian, professor and chair of chemistry; Kenneth C. Janda, professor of Chemistry; and Peter Taborek, professor of physics and astronomy - winning the Distinguished Faculty Award for Teaching. ................................................................................... Professor John C. Hemminger, ISIS member and founding director, was appointed Dean of Physical Sciences, effective July 1, 2006. We are very pleased that Professor Hemminger will continue as an active ISIS member, and look forward to a continuing excellent relationship with him as Physical Sciences dean. For more details, please visit: Rob Corn 2007 Pittsburgh Spectroscopy Award (presented at PittCon in Chicago March 2007) The Pittsburgh Spectroscopy Award has been given for over 50 years to recognize outstanding contributions in the area of applied spectroscopy. Sponsored by the Spectroscopy Society of Pittsburgh (SSP), a sponsor of the Pittsburgh Conference on Analytical Chemistry and Applied Spectroscopy. Previous winners of the ward include: 2001 - Gary Hieftje 2002 - Alan Marshall 2003 - Gary Horlick 2004 - Paul Bohn 2005 - John Rabolt 2006 - Wolfgang Kiefer 2007 - Rob Corn ...................................................................................
Michael Dennin :: UCI School of Physical Sciences Outstanding Contributions to Undergraduate Education ................................................................................... John Hemminger 2006 Medard M. Welch Award John C. Hemminger, professor of chemistry, received the 2006 Medard W. Welch Award from the American Vacuum Society. The Welch Award is one of the most prestigious international prizes for research in surface chemistry and physics. Hemminger received the award for outstanding contributions to the development of quantitative, molecular level understanding of many important interfacial processes, especially those related to atmospheric chemistry. For more information, please visit: Previous winners of the award include: 2000 - D. Phillip Woodruff 2001 - Ward Plummer 2002 - Buddy D. Ratner 2003 - Matthias Scheffler 2004 - Rudolf M. Tromp 2005 - Charles S. Fadley ................................................................................... Zhibin Guan :: Research Innovation Award from UCI :: Research Award from Humboldte Foundation ................................................................................... Student Awards: Ryan Benz (graduate student, Tobias Group) :: Michael Zach Award for Outstanding Graduate Research Ana de la Ree (graduate student, Hemminger Group) :: Faculty Mentor Program fellowship (administered through the Office of Graduate Studies September 2006-2009) :: NASA-Harriett G. Jenkins Pre-Doctoral Fellowship Brett Goldsmith (graduate student, Collins Group) :: UCI Chancellor's Club Fellowship for 2005-06. Dora Guzman (grad student, Guan Group) :: Faculty Mentor Fellowship Kapil Krishan (postdoc Dennin Group) :: ICAM Postdoctoral Fellow Chris Popeney (graduate student, Guan Group) :: Allergen Graduate Fellowship Lacey Matthews (undergraduate student, Guan Group) :: Pfizer Research Award 2005 Philip Collins UCI NACS Instructional Innovation Using Technology Award. ................................................................................... Wilson
Ho, Physics and Donald Bren Professor
UCI Academic Senate Distinguished Faculty Award for Research. ................................................................................... Nicholas
Foundation Prizes for Cross-Disciplinary Research, administered
by the Irvine division of Calit2, have been awarded to two
groups containing ISIS members.
ISIS member Kenneth J. Shea,
Professor of Chemistry, along with Abraham
Lee,
professor of Biomedical Engineering, are developing a method for
synthesizing nano-sized plastic antibodies which enable researchers to
construct new forms of sensitive chemical sensors with important
application in medical diagnosis and environmental science.
ISIS members Chen Tsai, professor of electrical engineering and computer science; Regina Ragan, assistant professor of chemical engineering and materials science, John Hemminger, professor of chemistry; and Ruqian Wu, professor or physics and astronomy; in addition to Guann Li, professor of electrical engineering and computer sciences, are developing lasers to expand capabilities and applications in communication, signal-processing, sensing and computing systems. |
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