UC Irvine Physics and Astronomy Graduate Student Honors and Awards .............................................................................................................................................................................................................. Outstanding Teaching Assistant Award .......................................................................................................................... 1994-1995  Michael Bantel 1995-1996 Wagner Truppel 1996-1997 Thomas Tierney 1997-1998 Jeffrey Phillips 1998-1999 Catherine Ohara 1999-2000 Tammy Bosler Outstanding Contributions to the Department Award .......................................................................................................................... 2000-2001 Craig Rutan 2001-2002 Matthew Teig 2002-2003 Carrie Brindle 2003-2004 Andrea Silvestri 2004-2005 Chris Regis 2005-2006 Jonelle Walsh 2006-2007 Felix Yu 2008-2009 Michael Werth Onnie Luk Marco Vekic' Memorial Award Given to the graduate student with the highest score on the qualifying exam. ....................................................................................................................................................................................... 1995-1996 Andrei Shchegrov 1996-1997 Yinglei Yu 1997-1998 Michael Overlin 1998-1999 Nathan Noble 1999-2000 Ming Chao 2000-2001 Ungdon Ham 2001-2002 Shiwei Wu 2002-2003 Yadong Luo 2003-2004 Gang Chen 2004-2005 Lianqi Wang 2005-2006 Zehua Guo 2006-2007 Wenhao Liu 2008-2009 Siyang Xie Other Awards (updated 8.6.2007) .......................................................................................................................... :: Lisa Gerhardt ARCS (Achievement Rewards for College Scientists) for 2002-2003 and 2003-2004 :: Brett Goldsmith Faculty Endowed Fellowship 2007 :: Michael Hood $2,000 Sigma Xi Grant in Aid of Research in 2004 This award covers travel costs for thesis work involving two trips to Hawaii to use the 10-meter telescope at Keck Observatory. The title of the proposal is "Chemical Abundances and Kinematics of the Stellar Populations of M33." Gary McCue Travel Prize Presented a poster at a conference in Venice, Italy entitled "From Stars to Galaxies: Building the pieces to build up the Universe" :: Alex Kane ARCS Fellowship, 2007-2008 :: Jim Kellogg :: NASA Spot Award, 2005 In appreciation & recognition for outstanding accomplishments in the demonstration of a Two Atom Wave Accelerometer and the operation of an Atom Wave Gravity Gradiometer. :: NASA Group Achievement Award, 2006 For outstanding demonstrations of an atom-wave gravity gradiometer and a two-atom wave accelerometer, which will lead to a new generation of space-based Earth-mapping instruments. :: Yadong Luo Faculty Endowed Fellowship, 2005 :: Eric Schow BioInformatics Training (BIT) Fellowship, 2007-2008 :: Aniketa Shinde Calit2 Emulex Graduate Student Fellowship ($20,000), 2006-2007 :: Andrea Silvestri Phi Beta Kappa Alumni in Southern California $2,000 Award for Academic Performance, 2006 :: Matthew Teig Brython Davis Fellowship, 2002-2003 Gary McCue Travel Prize Presented a poster at a conference in Venice, Italy entitled "From Stars to Galaxies: Building the pieces to build up the Universe" :: Robert Walder I2CAM Junior Fellowship Award The award sponsors collaborative research with Professor Christoph Schmidt at the Vrije Niversiteit Amsterdam in the Netherlands.  The award provides suport for 2 months, allowing Robert to work directly with Professor Schmidt's group running experiments and learning various experimental techniques for biophysics. :: Shiwei Wu UCI Medal Fellowship, 2005 Faculty Endowed Fellowship, 2006

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