March 9, 2007

Summary of DOE OJI Awards to Rochester Faculty and Alumni

Department of Energy (DOE) selected Awards, and Members of National Academies

(with Rochester Faculty and Alumni Highlighted)

Department of Physics and Astronomy

For APS Awards see :  http://www.pas.rochester.edu/~bodek/dept/APSsummary.html
For OSA Awards see: http://www.pas.rochester.edu/~bodek/dept/OSAsummary.html

                          for DOE OJI Awards Web pages  see:

http://www.science.doe.gov/hep/oji_program_announcement.shtm
For list of awardees see:
http://www.science.doe.gov/hep/OJIALLAwards.pdf


For Posters see: http://www.pas.rochester.edu/~bodek/dept/Poster-APS-summary.ppt
  and http://www.pas.rochester.edu/~bodek/dept/Poster-OSA-summary.ppt

Also: http://www.pas.rochester.edu/~bodek/dept/Poster-APS-summary.jpg
          http://www.pas.rochester.edu/~bodek/dept/Poster-OSA-summary.jpg

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DOE Outstanding Junior Investigator Award In High Energy Physics

Purpose: http://www.science.doe.gov/hep/oji_program_announcement.shtm
The Outstanding Junior Investigator program was started in 1978 to provide research funds for outstanding
unestablished scientists. Since its debut, the program has initiated support for between five and ten new
DOE HEP Outstanding Junior Investigators each year:  http://www.science.doe.gov/hep/OJIALLAwards.pdf

DOE Plasma Physics Junior Faculty Development Award

Purpose: http://www.sc.doe.gov/grants/Fr04-04.html
TThe purpose of this program is to support the development of the individual research programs of exceptionally talented scientists and engineers early in their careers.
DOE Plasman Junior Faculty award list by year see: http://www.ofes.fusion.doe.gov/News/JrFacAward.pdf

DOE Enrico-Fermi Award

This Presidential Award is the oldest science and technology award given by the U.S. government, and it continues to be one of the most prestigious. The Award is a symbol of our Nation's admiration and appreciation for a lifetime of achievements in the development, use, control, or production of energy (broadly defined to include the science and technology of nuclear, atomic, molecular, and particle interactions and their effects on mankind and the environment). The Fermi Award consists of a citation signed by the President and the Secretary of Energy, a gold medal, and a $375,000 honorarium.

http://www.sc.doe.gov/sc-5/fermi/index.htm

2000 DOE Plasma Physics Junior Faculty Development Award  2002-2005 Eric Blackman Professor of Physics and Astronomy University of Rochester

1983 DOE Outstanding Junior Investigator Award in Theoretical Particle Physics Ashok Das Professor of Physics University of Rochester

1992 DOE Outstanding Junior Investigator Award in Experimetal Particle Physics Paul L. Tipton Professor of Physics University of Rochester (Rochester Physics PhD - CLEO) Heavy Quark Physics with CDF

1995 DOE Outstanding Junior Investigator Award in Theoretical Particle Physics Lynne H. Orr Professor of Physics University of Rochester Top Quark Phyisics and Related Issues in Phenomenology

2001 DOE Outstanding Junior Investigator Award in Experimetal Particle Physics Regina Demina Associate Professor of Physics University of Rochester Radiation Hard Silicon Layer 0 and D0 Discovery Potential

1999 DOE Outstanding Junior Investigator Award in Experimetal Particle Physics Kevin S. McFarland Associate Professor of Physics University of Rochester Design of the CDF Rund Level-e Trigger and the Search for New Physics of Top Quarks

2006 DOE Plasma Physics Junior Faculty Development Award  2006-2009 Chuang Ren Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Physics University of Rochester

Rochester Faculty (Physics and Astronomy)

Rochester Alumni: Postdocs and Graduate Students

1998 DOE Outstanding Junior Investigator Award in Experimetal Particle Physics Richard E Hughes (Professor of Physics, Ohio State) Physics Research Associate Alumnus University of Rochester (CDF) Top Physics and the CDF-II Track Processor

1997 DOE Outstanding Junior Investigator Award in Experimetal Particle Physics Brian L. Winer (Professor of Physics, Ohio State) Physics Research Associate Alumnus University of Rochester (CDF) Top Physics and Track Finding in CDF -II

1995 DOE Outstanding Junior Investigator Award in Experimetal Particle Physics Sarah Eno (Professor of Physics U Maryland) Physics PhD Alumnus '92 University of Rochester (AMY) Physics with the Dzero Detector and Dzero Upgrade

1991 DOE Outstanding Junior Investigator Award in Experimetal Particle Physics Karol Lang (Professor of Physics, U Texas, Austin) Physics PhD Alumnus '87 University of Rochester (CCFR) Design of the CDF Rund Level-e Trigger and the Search for New Physics of Top Quarks

1986 DOE Outstanding Junior Investigator Award in Experimetal Particle Physics Carl R. Rosenfeld (Professor of Physics, South Carolina) Physics Senior Research Associate Alumnus University of Rochester (AMY) Explarotory Particle Physics using the AMY Detector

1985 DOE Outstanding Junior Investigator Award in Experimetal Particle Physics Richard Kass (Professor of Physics Ohio State) Physics Research Associate Alumnus University of Rochester (CLEO)

1984 DOE Outstanding Junior Investigator Award in Experimetal Particle Physics Harris Kagen (Professor of Physics, Ohio State)  Physics Research Associate Alumnus University of Rochester (CLEO)
DOE  Fermi Award
DOE Fermi Award 2000 Herbert F. York BS and MS degrees in Physics,  University of Rochester in 1943 For his contributions to formulating and implementing arms control policy under four Presidents; for his founding direction of the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory and his leadership in Research and Engineering at the Department of Defense; and for his publications analyzing and explaining these complex issues with clarity and simplicity. Also: APS Joseph A. Burton Award 1976 APS Leo Szilard Award in 1994 http://www.sc.doe.gov/sc-5/fermi/html/Laureates/2000s/herberf.htm
DOE Fermi Award  1988 Victor F. Weisskopf Rochester Physics faculty  1937-1943 For many unique contributions to particle and nuclear physics, and to physics in general as a researcher, educator, and statesman of science. http://www.sc.doe.gov/sc-5/fermi/html/Laureates/1980s/victorf.htm Dr. Weisskopf's international honors included the  APS Joseph A. Burton Award in 1991, the  Max Planck Medal of the German Physical Society in 1956, the Boris Pregal Medal of the New York Academy of Sciences in 1970, the Prix Mondial Cino de Duca (France) for humanism in science in 1972, the Order pour le Merite (German) in 1978, the Smolukowski Medal of the Polish Physical Society in 1979, the national Medal of Science (US) in 1980 and the Wolf Prize in Physics (Israel) in 1981,the J. Robert Oppenheimer Medal in 1983, the 1988 Enrico Fermi Award of the U.S. Department of Energy, the Ludwig Wittgenstein Prize of the Austrian Research Organization in 1990, and the 1991 Public Welfare Medal of the U.S. National Academy of Sciences. Dr. Weisskopf was a member of the National Academy of Sciences and the Federation of American Scientists. He was a fellow of the American Physical Society and its president in 1960-61, and he was president of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences from 1976 to 1979.
DOE Fermi Award 1986 Ernest D. Courant PhD Physics, University of Rochester, 1943 For his many contributions, for over three decades, to the physics of acceleration of charged particles; including his role in the invention of alternating gradient focusing which is the essential mechanism of strong focusing now used in accelerators of the highest energies; and for his many studies of beam interactions and instabilities that have been of critical importance in accelerator design. http://www.sc.doe.gov/sc-5/fermi/html/Laureates/1980s/ernestd.htm 1987:First Annual Robert R. Wilson Prize,American Physical Society;  Boris Pregel Prize, New York Academy of Sciences National Academy of Sciences, Member  1976-

Members of the National Academies

Current and former faculty

Conwell, Esther M. Professor of Chemistry and Physics  University of Rochester National Academy of Science Also member of the National Academy of Engineering and American Academy of Arts and Sciences Conwell has been a major figure in semiconductor physics, starting in l950 with the Conwell-Weisskopf formula for impurity scattering. Her most important contributions have been to our understanding of hot carrier phenomena in transport theory, integrated optics and devices, and, more recently, transport phenomena in conducting polymers http://www4.nationalacademies.org/nas/naspub.nsf/(urllinks)/NAS-58N3PT?opendocument&count=500000 Elected to NAS: 1990 Scientific Discipline: Biophysics Membership Type: Member
DuBridge, L. A. Professor of Physics and Chair, University of Rochester National Academy of Science http://www4.nationalacademies.org/nas/nasdece.nsf/(urllinks)/NAS-58MVHT?opendocument&count=500000 Date of Birth: September 21, 1901 Elected to NAS: 1943 Date of Death: January 23, 1994 Biographical Memoir: HTML   PDF
Duke, Charles B. Xerox Corporation (Professor of Physics, University of Rochester) National Academy of Science Duke has pioneered advances in electron tunneling, surface science, and organic solids. His most notable research has concerned resonant tunneling, electron-solid and positron-solid scattering, semiconductor surface structure, and the electronic properties of polymers. Recently he has worked on designing distributed systems to generate hard copies of digital color documents .http://www4.nationalacademies.org/nas/naspub.nsf/(urllinks)/NAS-58N4H7?opendocument Elected to NAS: 2001 Scientific Discipline: Engineering Sciences Membership Type: Member
Huizenga, John R. Professor of Chemistry and Physics  University of Rochester National Academy of Science My primary research interests are nuclear chemistry and physics, specifically, heavy-ion-induced nuclear reaction mechanism studies and nuclear fission. http://www4.nationalacademies.org/nas/naspub.nsf/(urllinks)/NAS-58N3AF?opendocument Elected to NAS: 1976 Scientific Discipline: Chemistry Membership Type: Member Also  ACS Award in Nuclear Chemistry http://www.cofc.edu/~nuclear/ACSNuclAward.htm Also: National Academy of Arts and Sciences http://www.amacad.org/members/h_pg2.htm
Marshak, Robert E. Professor of Physics, University of Rochester http://www4.nationalacademies.org/nas/nasdece.nsf/(urllinks)/NAS-58MVP7?opendocument&count=500000 Date of Birth: October 11, 1916 Elected to NAS: 1958 Date of Death: December 23, 1992 Biographical Memoir: HTML   PDF
Mandel, Leonard  Lee Dubridge Professor of Physics  University of Rochester National Academy of Science http://www4.nationalacademies.org/nas/nasdece.nsf/(urllinks)/NAS-58N2AC?opendocument&count=500000 Date of Birth: May 9, 1927 Elected to NAS: 2001 Date of Death: February 9, 2001
Moore, Duncan Professor of Optics   Rudolf and Hilda Kingslake Professor of Optical Engineering at the University of Rochester National Academy of Engineering elected 1998
Moore, Duncan Professor of Optics Ching W Tang  Doris Johns Cherry Professor of Chemical Engineering (and Chemistry) Tang was elected to the National Academy of Engineering in 2006 for "the invention of the organic light-emitting device and organic bilayer solar cell, the bases of modern organic electronics.". National Academy of Engineering elected 2006
Weisskopf, Victor F. Professor of Physics, University of Rochester  1937-43 National Academy of Science Date of Birth: September 19, 1908 Elected to NAS: 1952 Date of Death: April 22, 2002 Biographical Memoir: HTML   PDF
Physics and Astronomy  U of R  Alumni
Bromley, D. Allan PhD Physics University of Rochester 1952 National Academy of Science Bromley is a leading nuclear physicist who has made important contributions to the field. His pioneering work on the exploration of 'nuclear molecules' have changed our perspectives of symmetries in nuclear systems. His contributions to understanding the structure of the atomic nucleus have been seminal; his work, ideas, and students have had a major impact on the development of nuclear physics. http://www4.nationalacademies.org/nas/naspub.nsf/(urllinks)/NAS-58N46Y?opendocument Elected to NAS: 1990 Scientific Discipline: Physics Membership Type: Member
Chu, Steven BS Physics and Math University of Rochester 1970  National Academy of Science ( also Wins Nobel Prize in 1997, King Feisal Prize ...+more)) Chu is known for observing and measuring the optical spectra of the leptonic atoms positronium and muonium, together with A.P. Mills, Jr.; for pioneering three dimensional laser cooling and trapping of free atoms; for using ultracold atoms to create an atomic fountain and an atom interferometer for measurements of unprecedented precision. http://www4.nationalacademies.org/nas/naspub.nsf/(urllinks)/NAS-58N4DK?opendocument Elected to NAS: 1993 Scientific Discipline: Physics Membership Type: Member
Courant, Ernest D. PhD Physics University of Rochester 1943 National Academy of Science Beam dynamics of particle accelerators. http://www4.nationalacademies.org/nas/naspub.nsf/(urllinks)/NAS-58N2JQ?opendocument Elected to NAS: 1976 Scientific Discipline: Physics Membership Type: Member
Dicke, Robert H. PhD Physics University of Rochester 1941 National Academy of Science http://www4.nationalacademies.org/nas/nasdece.nsf/(urllinks)/NAS-58N27Q?opendocument&Start=1&Count=1000&ExpandView Date of Birth: May 6, 1916 Elected to NAS: 1967 Date of Death: March 4, 1997
Kimble, H. Jeffrey PhD Physics University of Rochester 1977 National Academy of Science Kimble is a physicist who is an authority on quantum information science. He has elucidated some of the strangest features of the physical world by studying interactions between atoms and photons taken one by one. His landmark experiments include using non-classical light to perform measurements better than the standard quantum limits, as well as the teleportation of quantum states using entangled photons. http://www4.nationalacademies.org/nas/naspub.nsf/(urllinks)/NAS-5B2PA8?opendocument Elected to NAS: 2002 Scientific Discipline: Physics Membership Type: Member
Richard Wilson Research Associate in Physics U of R 1950-51 American Academy of Arts and Sciences http://phys4.harvard.edu/~wilson/cv.html