Department of Physics & Astronomy

Awards & Honors 2008 Eric Edwards Barry M. Goldwater Scholar Liliana Navarrete College of Arts & Sciences' Outstanding Thesis Kyle Harman Dept. of Physics & Astronomy's Outstanding Graduate Student Teaching Sergio Fabi Dept. of Physics & Astronomy's Outstanding Graduate Student Teaching Eric Edwards Dept. of Physics & Astronomy's Outstanding Senior Physics Major Eric Stough Dept. of Physics & Astronomy's Outstanding Senior Physics Major Kurt Barry Dept. of Physics & Astronomy's Outstanding 1st Year Physics Student Evan Niner German (DAAD) Research Internship in Science & Engineering Kurt Barry German (DAAD) Research Internship in Science & Engineering 2007 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 Christopher Culbert Dept. of Physics & Astronomy's Outstanding Senior Physics Major Eric Coulter Dept. of Physics & Astronomy's Outstanding 1st Year Physics Student Octavian Micu Dept. of Physics & Astronomy's Outstanding Graduate Student Teaching 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 William Keel College of Arts & Sciences Leadership Board Fellow Robert Hamner Dept. of Physics & Astronomy's Outstanding Senior Physics Major Timothy Lovorn Dept. of Physics & Astronomy's Outstanding 1st Year Physics Student Adriana Durbala Dept. of Physics & Astronomy's Outstanding Graduate Student Teaching 2005 Patrick DeLay Dept. of Physics & Astronomy's Outstanding Senior Physics Major Eric Stough Dept. of Physics & Astronomy's Outstanding 1st Year Physics Student Patrick Treuthardt Dept. of Physics & Astronomy's Outstanding Graduate Student Teaching Rumen Bachev Dept. of Physics & Astronomy's Outstanding Graduate Student Research Jeremy Lawson Dept. of Physics & Astronomy's Alex Smyklo Award 2004 Tom Hunter UA's McKinley Award Zhiya Zhao Graduate School's Outstanding Research by a Masters' Student Samuel Lair Dept. of Physics & Astronomy's Outstanding Senior Physics Major Andrew Patterson Dept. of Physics & Astronomy's Outstanding 1st Year Physics Student Irina Perevalova Dept. of Physics & Astronomy's Outstanding Graduate Student Teaching Dmytro Apalkov Dept. of Physics & Astronomy's Outstanding Graduate Student Research 2003 Jane Boyd UA's McKinley Award Christopher Jones Dept. of Physics & Astronomy's Outstanding Senior Physics Major Jason Spruell Dept. of Physics & Astronomy's Outstanding 1st Year Physics Student Timothy Classen Dept. of Physics & Astronomy's Outstanding Graduate Student Teaching Alexander Pinzul Dept. of Physics & Astronomy's Outstanding Graduate Student Research Samuel Lair Dept. of Physics & Astronomy's Alex Smyklo Award 2002 Danny Whitcomb UA's McKinley Award Raymond White UA National Alumni Association's Outstanding Commitment to Teaching Award Nicholas Cunningham Dept. of Physics & Astronomy's Outstanding Senior Physics Major David Looney Dept. of Physics & Astronomy's Outstanding 1st Year Physics Student Rebecca Grouchy Dept. of Physics & Astronomy's Outstanding Graduate Student Teaching Bin Xu Dept. of Physics & Astronomy's Outstanding Graduate Student Research 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 Samuel Lair Dept. of Physics & Astronomy's Outstanding 1st Year Physics Student Enrique Gomez Dept. of Physics & Astronomy's Outstanding Graduate Student Teaching Dirk Orgassa Dept. of Physics & Astronomy's Outstanding Graduate Student Research Wentao Wu College of Arts & Sciences Outstanding Dissertation 2000 William Doyle IEEE Millenium Award J.W. Harrell College of Arts & Sciences Distinguished Teaching Fellow Susan Stewart Graduate School's Outstanding Dissertation Michael Lennek Dept. of Physics & Astronomy's Outstanding Senior Physics Major Bryan McGee Dept. of Physics & Astronomy's Outstanding 1st Year Physics Student Robert Mohr Dept. of Physics & Astronomy's Outstanding Graduate Student Teaching Steven Stinnett Dept. of Physics & Astronomy's Outstanding Graduate Student Research 1999   Igor Terekhov Graduate School's Outstanding Dissertation Derrick Ousley Dept. of Physics & Astronomy's Outstanding Senior Physics Major 1997   Gene Byrd College of Arts & Sciences Distinguished Teaching Fellow 1995 William Doyle IEEE Magnetics Society Distinguished Lecturer Kristi Dendy Barry M. Goldwater Scholar Stan Jones UA National Alumni Association's Outstanding Commitment to Teaching Award 1993 William Doyle IEEE Achievement Award 1987 William Butler American Physical Society Fellow Ichiro Miyagawa American Physical Society Fellow 1984 Chet Alexander American Physical Society Fellow 1982 Chet Alexander UA's Burnum Distinguished Faculty Award

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