Recent Professional Society Fellowships
2008
Mike Coltrin — Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science: "For outstanding accomplishments in chemically reacting flows and chemical vapor deposition modeling."
Robert Hwang — Fellow, American Physical Society: "For his pioneering experiments on metal-on-metal epitaxy leading to fundamental advances in understanding the structure of thin metal films, and for his exceptional service in the advocacy of nanoscience in the United States."
Jerry Simmons — Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science: "For outstanding accomplishments in semiconductor science and technology through personal research and leadership of group efforts, particularly in low dimensional physics and solid state lighting."
Jeffrey Tsao — Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science: "For outstanding contributions to compound semiconductor research through personal research, research management, and service to the research community."
2007
Greg Hebner — Fellow, American Physical Society: "For investigations of, and contributions to, the science of atomic and molecular processes in plasmas through development of innovative optical, microwave, and rf diagnostics."
Julia Hsu — Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science: "For efforts on behalf of the advancement of science."
2005
Mark Lee — Fellow, American Physical Society: "For experiments advancing the
understanding of electron correlation and electrodynamic response in oxide superconductors,
ferromagnets, Coulomb glasses and nonlinear optical polymers."
2004
Greg Hebner — Fellow, American Vacuum Society: "For developing innovative
optical, microwave, and electrical diagnostics of plasma sources."
Arlee Smith — Fellow, Optical Society of America: "For contributions to the field
of nonlinear optics."
2003
Bob Biefeld — Fellow, American Physical Society: "For his pioneering and continued contributions to the metal-organic chemical vapor deposition of compound semiconductors, especially strained layer superlattices and Bragg reflectors for use in optoelectronic devices for industrial applications."
Jack Houston — Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science: "For research advances, particularly the development and exploitation of interfacial force microscopy, leading to fundamental understanding of the interaction of solid surfaces with the environment."
2002
Michael Coltrin — Fellow, American Physical Society: "For contributions to the fundamental understanding of the gas-phase and surface chemical processes in the chemical vapor deposition of semiconductor materials."
Julia Hsu — Fellow, American Physical Society: "For pioneering work in applying scanning probe microscopy techniques to elucidate the nanometer scale electronic and optical properties of novel materials − in particular the physics related to defect."
Julia Phillips — Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science: "For seminal research on growth and properties of magnetic, superconducting, and optical thin films and for leadership in the management of interdisciplinary research."
Jerry Simmons — Fellow, American Physical Society: "For outstanding contributions to the physics of tunneling in two dimensional electronic materials, including fractional quantum Hall and double quantum well systems."
Brian Swartzentruber — Fellow, American Physical Society: "For pioneering studies of atomic-scale, kinetic, and thermodynamic aspects of the morphology of Si surfaces and significant innovations in scanning tunneling microscopy."