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PeopleLynn Boatner, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, has been appointed a Fellow of the Institute of Materials of the United Kingdom. The Institute is incorporated by Royal Charter to promote and develop all aspects of materials science, technology and use. Boatner was recognized for his long-term contributions to materials science. Most recently, he has concentrated on developing new single crystals for use as substrates for the growth of thin films and the forming of "smart" services by ion implantation and thermal processing techniques. Boatner is supported by SC's Office of Basic Energy Sciences. Georgia Institute of Technology researchers Henry Teng's and Patricia Dove's preliminary work to measure effects of aspartic acid on dissolution of calcite, published in the American Mineralogist (82:878, 1997), was honored at the recent 1998 Annual Meeting of the Geological Society of America with the inaugural Best Paper Award by the Mineralogical Society of America. This work was supported by the Office of Basic Energy Sciences/Geosciences. The Journal of the European Optical Society has published a special issue of "Pure and Applied Optics" in honor of University of Rochester professor Emil Wolf's 75th birthday. Wolf began his illustrious career co-authoring the book Principles of Optics in 1959 with Max Born. Wolf established a theory of coherent waves and the "Wolf Effect." His ideas on the 'red shift' have been debated for more than a decade and have changed many theories of the universe. Wolf's work has had practical applications of unfolding waves from sources such as a sonogram. He has been funded by the Office of Basic Energy Sciences' Engineering Research Program for more than a decade. Professors Barry Bozeman and Gordon Kingsley, Georgia Institute of Technology, received the Lang Rosen Award from the Society for Technology Transfer for their paper entitled "R&D Value Mapping: A New Approach to Case Study-Based Evaluation" (The Journal of Technology Transfer, 22, 2, Summer 1997, pp. 33-43). The paper provides a description of an innovative approach to R&D assessment, one that "uses case studies in the traditional manner to provide in-depth insights [into R&D impacts], but also structures case studies through an analytical framework that yields quantitative data and less subjective indicators of impact." This work was funded by SC's Office of Basic Energy Sciences. Elton Cairns, University of California, Berkeley, recently received the Melvin Calvin Medal of Distinction from Michigan Technological University. The award recognizes notable distinguished achievement in the recipient's primary field of research and is the University's highest award for an alumnus. It is presented only when there is an appropriate candidate, and Cairns is only the second recipient since the award was established in 1985. His research interests include the study of electrochemical processes, physical properties and chemical properties that affect the performance of batteries and fuel cells. He is supported by SC's Office of Basic Energy Sciences. The Cook Symposium was held October 16-17 at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory in memory and honor of the late University of California, Berkeley professor and LBNL researcher Neville Cook, who died in March. Cook, a long-time Office of Basic Energy Sciences-sponsored researcher, was a pioneer in the field of rock mechanics and helped direct many significant DOE-related studies on stability and integrity of mines, civil engineering works, and nuclear waste repositories. His lasting contributions to DOE continue in the persons of his former students and colleagues, many of whom are key participants in geosciences program research projects at LBNL, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Sandia National Laboratories and many universities. | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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