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PeopleHonors and AwardsAlex Zunger of the National Renewal Energy Laboratory was awarded the 2001 John Bardeen Award by the Minerals, Metals & Materials Society for his seminal contributions to the theoretical understanding and prediction of "spontaneous ordering," phase-stability, and electronic properties of semiconductor alloys; for the impact that this work has had on experimental studies of electronic materials, and for his continued leadership in the field. Zunger's work is supported by the Office of Basic Energy Sciences/Division of Materials Sciences and Engineering. Chain-Tsuan (C.T.) Liu of Oak Ridge National Laboratories was awarded the 2001 Acta Metallurgica Gold Medal by the Minerals, Metals & Materials Society. Liu's research is at the forefront of developing the scientific basis for the design of the next-generation of materials for structural and functional uses. Liu has been working on understanding the material processing/ microstructural control/mechanical property correlation for ordered intermetallic alloys and other metallic alloys under support for more than 30 years from the Office of Basic Energy Sciences/Division of Materials Sciences and Engineering. Stan A. David of Oak Ridge National Laboratory was made a Fellow of the Minerals, Metals & Materials Society for outstanding contributions to understanding the complex physical metallurgy of weldments. His current research activities include solidification behavior of welds, welding of intermetallic alloys, phase stability, process modeling and residual stresses in weldments. David's work in this area is supported by Office of Basic Energy Sciences/Division of Materials Sciences and Engineering. John Vitek of Oak Ridge National Laboratory was awarded the honor of Fellow of ASM International for the year 2000 "for distinguished contributions to a fundamental understanding of solidification behavior and phase stability in welds." Vitek's work is supported by the Office of Basic Energy Sciences/Division of Materials Sciences and Engineering. Hank Foley of Pennsylvania State University was presented the 2000 Catalysis Club Award of Philadelphia in recognition of contributions to the advancement of catalysis and can be in scientific, technological, or organization leadership. Foley is supported by the Chemical Sciences, Geosciences, and Biosciences Division. Barinetta Scott has been appointed a Knight Science Journalism Fellow at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Cambridge, Massachusetts. The fellowship will enable Scott to explore the world of the biological sciences and enhance her ability to tell the story to radio audiences as part of her future productions. Scott and colleagues founded SoundVision Productions and produced a 13-part radio documentary series on the Human Genome Project called The DNA Files, which aired between July 1, 1998, and June 30, 1999. Recently, The DNA Files won a Silver Baton award in the 2000 Alfred I. DuPont-Columbia University television and radio competition. Hosted by John Hockenberry, The DNA Files consisted of nine 1-hour programs broadcast on National Public Radio. It was funded in part by the Ethical, Legal, and Social Implications (ELSI) component of DOE's Human Genome Program. Samuel I. Stupp of Northwestern University was awarded the 2000 Materials Research Society Medal "for seminal contributions to the development of supramolecular materials that exhibit unique properties resulting from their hierarchical organization in the condensed state." Stupp's work is supported by the Office of Basic Energy Sciences/Division of Materials Sciences and Engineering. Dieter M. Gruen of Argonne National Laboratory was awarded the 2000 Materials Research Society Medal "for the low-pressure synthesis of nanocrystalline diamond films from fullerene precursors." Gruen's work is supported by the Office of Basic Energy Sciences/Division of Materials Sciences and Engineering. Keith Gubbins of North Carolina State University was presented the William H. Walker Award for Excellence in Contributions to Chemical Engineering Literature by the American Institute of Chemical Engineering "for his recent contributions to the fundamental understanding of the nature of adsorption in porous separations media." Gubbins is supported by the Office of Basic Energy Sciences/Chemical Sciences, Geosciences, and Biosciences Division. The October 2000 issue of Discover magazine featured "Twenty Scientists to Watch in the Next 20 Years." These scientists, all under the age of 40, have demonstrated "once-in-a-generation insight." Two of these scientists are physicists supported by the Office of Science's Division of High Energy Physics. Young-Kee Kim, 37, an experimentalist, is an associate professor at the University of California at Berkeley and on the staff of the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. She is part of the Collider Detector at Fermilab collaboration working at Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory. Juan Maldacena, 32, a theorist, is a professor of physics at Harvard University working on string theory. The article, which provides a short profile on each of the twenty scientists, can be found at http://www.discover.com/oct_00/featwatch.html. Charlie Campbell of the University of Washington was presented the American Chemical Society Award in Colloid or Surface Chemistry, issued by Proctor and Gamble Company. Campbell's research in examining the adsorption of metals onto oxide surfaces and its implications for a wide range of heterogeneous catalysts is supported by the Office of Basic Energy Sciences/Chemical Sciences, Geosciences, and Biosciences Division. Tobin Marks of Northwestern University received the American Chemical Society Award in the Chemistry of Materials, issued by E. I. du Pont de Nemours & Company. Marks' studies of homogeneous catalysts related to olefin polymerization and to study the reactivity of these catalysts adsorbed on metal oxide surfaces is supported by the Office of Basic Energy Sciences/Chemical Sciences, Geosciences, and Biosciences Division. Alex Bell of the University of California, Berkeley, received the American Chemical Society Award for Creative Research in Homogeneous or Heterogeneous Catalysis, issued by the Shell Oil Foundation. Bell's research using both theoretical and experimental methods to examine structure-performance relationships for catalysts used to produce fuels and chemicals in an energy efficient manner is supported by the Office of Basic Energy Sciences/Chemical Sciences, Geosciences, and Biosciences Division. Richard Schrock of Massachusetts Institute of Technology was awarded the Arthur C. Cope Scholar Award from the American Chemical Society. Schrock's study of the role of inorganic complexes in organic chemical transformations and in particular, the catalytic transformation of olefins into polymeric materials is supported by the Office of Basic Energy Sciences/Division of Chemical Sciences, Geosciences, and Biosciences. Shamit Kachru, an associate professor in the Stanford Physics Department and a faculty member at SLAC, was recently named as one of 24 Fellows from the David and Lucile Packard Foundation for the year 2000. The award is a 5-year grant of $125,000 per year. Kachru will use the grant to continue his research in string theory. J. Michael White of the University of Texas at Austin received the Arthur W. Adamson Award for Distinguished Service in the Advancement of Surface Chemistry, issued by the Occidental Petroleum Corporation. White's investigations of small molecules on well-defined metal surfaces to gain insight into the conversion of hydrocarbons into commercially valuable chemicals is supported by the Office of Basic Energy Sciences/Division of Chemical Sciences, Geosciences, and Biosciences. Francisco Zaera of the University of California, Riverside, was presented the George A. Olah Award in Hydrocarbon or Petroleum Chemistry by the Morris S. Smith Foundation and the Friends of George A. Olah. This award recognizes, encourages, and stimulates outstanding research achievements in hydrocarbon or petroleum chemistry. Zaera's studies of metal oxides for the catalytic conversion of hydrocarbons using both ultra-high vacuum (UHV) modern surface-sensitive techniques and micro-batch reactors is supported by the Office of Basic Energy Sciences/Division of Chemical Sciences, Geosciences, and Biosciences. The scientific achievements of Charlotte Froese Fischer of Vanderbilt University were commemorated in an issue of Molecular Physics (Vol. 98, Number 16) on the occasion of her 70th birthday. The editorial for this special issue described Professor Fischer as a "mathematician, chemist, physicist, computer scientist, student of D.R. Hartree, author of several books, 237 papers, including the 'Citation Classic' on her famous MCHF (Multi-Configuration Hartree-Fock) program and the first woman to be awarded a Sloan Foundation Fellowship." The special issue contains an article by Fischer reminiscing about science at the end of the 20th Century and 21 articles from her colleagues in theoretical and computational physics. Fischer's work on the implementation of computational methods for atomic structure theory is supported by the Office of Basic Energy Sciences/Chemical Sciences, Geosciences, and Biosciences Division. Stephen M. Bruemmer of the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory was named a Fellow of ASM International "for outstanding contributions to the understanding of interfacial phenomena in materials processing and stress corrosion cracking." Bruemmer's research, which is primarily in the areas of grain boundary science and materials degradation, is supported by the Office of Basic Energy Sciences/Division of Materials Sciences and Engineering. Steven Rankin of the University of Kentucky was given the DOE Early Career Award from the Department of Energy's Office of Defense Programs. Rankin's research focuses on surfactant molecules that shepherd ceramic molecules into useful materials of complex, but predictable, ordered structure as the solvent is removed. Rankin's research has not only provided insight into the process of directed self-assembly of materials, but also has identified new possibilities for materials, such as applications for selective barriers for chemical and biological agents, batteries, and microelectronics. Andrey Zheludev of Brookhaven National Laboratory, Zhihong Lin of Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory, and Zheng-Tian Lu of Argonne National Laboratory were among the 60 researchers who were honored October 24 with the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers. The award is the highest honor given by the U.S. government to outstanding scientists and engineers beginning their careers. Zheludev received the Award for his "internationally recognized research and discoveries in the field of quantum magnetism, achieved through skillful application of neutron-scattering techniques." Lin was honored "for performing advanced simulations with unprecedented realism and resolution leading to results demonstrating the positive impact of modern massively parallel computers and for outstanding contributions to improved understanding of plasma turbulence." Lu was honored "forYdevelopment of the Atom Trap Trace Analysis technique, which has provided a powerful new tool for ultra-sensitive trace isotope analysis in fundamental research and technological applications." These three scientists were also recipients of DOE's Office of Science Early Career Award in Science and Engineering. David W. Chandler of the Combustion Research Facility, Sandia National Laboratories, and Paul L. Houston of the Chemistry Department, Cornell University, were awarded the 2001 Herbert P. Broida Prize from the American Physical Society for their critical contributions to the investigation of vibrationally and rotationally resolved molecular photodissociation and reaction dynamics, in particular for the invention and development of the photofragment ion imaging method. This work is supported by the Office of Basic Energy Sciences/Division of Chemical Sciences, Geosciences and Biosciences. U. Fred Kocks of the Los Alamos National Laboratory was elected to the National Academy of Engineering "for advancements in the theory of strength, kinetics of metals, and texture analysis." He was honored on October 22 at the National Academy of Sciences in Washington, D.C. His work is supported by the Office of Basic Energy Sciences/Division of Materials Sciences and Engineering. Charles W. Allen, principal investigator for the High Voltage Electron Microscope Tandem Facility in the Materials Science Division of Argonne National Laboratory was named a Fellow of ASM International "for contributions to micro-structural characterization of irradiation effects and for education on materials activities." Allen previously did pioneering research involving atomic mechanisms of sintering, nucleation and growth in metals at Notre Dame University. His work is supported by the Office of Basic Energy Sciences/Division of Materials Sciences and Engineering. Two researchers, Lawrence M. Krauss and Claudio Pellegrini, whose work is supported by the Office of Science's Division of High Energy Physics received 2001 American Physical Society (APS) Awards. Krauss of Case Western Reserve University received the Lilienfeld Prize for outstanding contributions to the understanding of the early universe and extraordinary achievement in communicating the essence of physical science to the general public. Pellegrini of the University of California, Los Angeles, received the Robert R. Wilson Prize for his pioneering work in the analysis of instabilities in electron storage rings and his seminal and comprehensive development of the theory of free electron lasers. Michael Williams, Head of the Engineering and Technical Infrastructure Department at Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory, received this year's Outstanding Achievement Award from the American Nuclear Society's Fusion Energy Division in October. Nora Volkow, Associate Laboratory Director for Life Sciences at the DOE's Brookhaven National Laboratory, has been elected as a member of the Institute of Medicine of the National Academy of Sciences. Volkow is the first member from Brookhaven Lab to be elected in the Institute's 30-year history. Members are elected by the current membership on the basis of professional achievement and of demonstrated interest, concern and involvement with problems and critical issues that affect public health. Volkow studies, focused on finding an effective pharmacological treatment of addiction and could aid in finding avenues for delaying and counteracting the deleterious effects of aging, are supported in part by the Office of Science/Office of Biological and Environmental Sciences. Bradford B. Wayland of the University of Pennsylvania received the American Chemical Society Philadelphia Section Award for his important contributions to man's knowledge and thereby aiding the public appreciation of the profession. Wayland's research in transition-metal and organometallic chemistry, with an emphasis on metal-centered radical reactions, is supported by the Office of Basic Energy Sciences/Divison of Chemical Sciences, Biosciences, and Geosciences. Mina J. Bissell of Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory will be conferred the honor of "Doctor Honoris Causa" by the Universite Pierre & Marie Curie in Paris, France. The title will be bestowed at a ceremony that will take place in the Salon of the Chancellery of Paris at the Sorbonne, on Wednesday, January 24, 2001. Bissell's honorary doctorate is in recognition of her contributions in establishing the central role that extracellular matrix and microenvironment play in differentiation, programmed cell death, and cancer. Her work has been supported by the Office of Science/Office of Biological and Environmental Sciences. Joanna Fowler of Brookhaven National Laboratory was presented the first Alfred P. Wolf Award by the Society of Nuclear Imaging and Drug Development (SNIDD) at the society meeting held on October 23-25, 2000, at the National Institutes of Health Campus in Bethesda, Maryland. The award honors Fowler's contributions in imaging for drug discovery and development. Her contributions recognized by the SNIDD community range from developing new routes for radiochemical synthesis, new radiotracers, tracers that work via novel mechanisms, to applications of positron emission tomography to a variety of disorders such as depression, schizophrenia, drug addiction, and Parkinson's disease, as well as to drug research and development. Her work has been supported by the Office of Science/Office of Biological and Environmental Sciences. Ronald Bell and Edmund Synakowski of the Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory received the Kaul Foundation Prize for Excellence in Plasma Physics and Technology Development. The two were honored during a ceremony and reception at the laboratory in November. Princeton University awards the Kaul Prize in recognition of recent outstanding technical achievements in plasma physics or technology development by full-time, regular employees of PPPL. Their work is supported by the Office of Science/Office of High Energy Physics. Edmund Synakowski of PPPL was also recently named a Fellow of the American Physical Society for his work in fusion energy research concerning heat retention in plasmas (hot, ionized gases). These plasmas are used as fuels for the production of fusion energy. Synakowski received the lifetime appointment from the APS's Division of Plasma Physics during the October APS meeting held this year in Quebec. Georges Belfort of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute received the Clarence G. Gerhold Award from the Separations Division of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers for "outstanding contributions in research, development, or in the application of chemical separations technology." Belfort's seminal research on the interactions of protein molecules with polymer membranes has made major contributions to the understanding of protein fouling. Belfort has been a long-time grantee of the Office of Basic Energy Sciences/Division of Chemical Sciences, Geosciences, and Biosciences. Uzi Landman of the Georgia Institute of Technology was awarded the 2000 Feynman Prize in Technology by the Foresight Institute "for his pioneering work in Computational Materials Science for nanostructures." The prize was presented at the Eighth Foresight Conference on Molecular Nanotechnology held in November. Landman's best known work was reported in a 1990 Science article where he and his colleagues predicted the formation of nanoscale wires by the interaction of a tip with a surface. Later verified experimentally, the formation of such wires has been important for research on nanowires. His studies of nanoscale clusters, lubricants, and nanojets is supported by the Office of Basic Energy Sciences/Division of Materials Sciences and Engineering. George M. Whitesides of Harvard University received the 2000 Von Hippel Award from the Materials Research Society "for bringing fundamental concepts of organic chemistry and biology into materials science and engineering, through his pioneering research on surface modification, self-assembly, and soft lithography." The Von Hippel Award, the Society's highest honor, is conferred annually to an individual in recognition of the recipient's outstanding contributions to interdisciplinary research on materials. Whitesides work is supported by the Office of Basic Energy Sciences/Division of Materials Sciences and Engineering. Everett Bloom of Oak Ridge National Laboratory received the Department of Energy's Distinguished Associate Award in November for his pivotal role in developing and leading the U.S. DOE Fusion Materials Program. This award, signed by Secretary Bill Richardson, notes that Bloom's "skill in synthesizing the talents of colleagues from a variety of experiences, leadership, and innovation in setting the scientific research direction, and effectiveness as program spokesman have resulted in U.S. prominence in the critical field of Fusion Materials Science." His major contributions include the pioneering role in developing many of the experimental techniques used in simulating fusion systems in fission reactors and insistence that all fusion materials research be on a sound scientific footing, coupled to theory and model-based evaluation. Susan Borthwick of the DOE Chicago Operations Office recently received the National Partnership for Reinventing Government (NPR) "Hammer Award." Borthwick is a member of PERT (Procurement Evaluation and Reengineering Team), which includes both contractor and Federal employees (both field and headquarters). The Team's primary purpose is to support the DOE complex by discovering and promoting procurement process improvements. Secretary Richardson and a representative of NPR will present the award at the Energy Performance Excellence/Hammer Award Ceremony scheduled for December 20 at DOE Headquarters. |
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