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Awards and Honors
Chemical Engineering
^ Harry G. Drickamer, Emeritus
Member, American Philosophical Society
Member, National Academy of Engineering
Member, National Academy of Sciences
Member, U of I Center for Advanced Study
Doctor of Chemical Science Honoris Causa, Russian Academy of Science
Fellow, American Academy of Arts and Sciences
Fellow, American Institute of Chemical Engineers
Fellow, American Physical Society
Allan P. Colburn Award, American Institute of Chemical Engineers, 1947
Ipatieff Prize, American Chemical Society, 1956
Alpha Chi Sigma Award, American Institute of Chemical Engineers, 1967
Buckley Prize for Solid State Physics, American Physical Society, 1967
Bendix Research Award, American Society for Engineering Education, 1968
William H. Walker Award, American Institute of Chemical Engineers, 1972
Irving Langmuir Award in Chemical Physics, American Physical Society, 1974
P. W. Bridgman Medal, International Association for High Pressure Science and Technology, 1977
Michelson/Morley Award, 1978
Chemical Pioneers Award, American Institute of Chemists, 1983
John Scott Award, City of Philadelphia, 1984
Senior U.S. Scientist Award, Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, Germany, 1986
Warren K. Lewis Award, American Institute of Chemical Engineers, 1986
Distinguished Alumni Achievement Award, University of Michigan, 1987
Peter Debye Award in Physical Chemistry, American Chemical Society, 1987
Welch Award, R. A. Welch Foundation, 1987
Elliott Cresson Medal, The Franklin Institute, 1988
National Medal of Science, 1989
Outstanding Materials Chemistry Award, U.S. Department of Energy, 1989
Director's Distinguished Lectureship, Lawrence Livermore Laboratory, 1991
Gold Medal, American Institute of Chemists, 1996

^ Vinay K. Gupta
General Electric Scholar, U of I College of Engineering, 1998
CAREER Award, National Science Foundation, 1999
Everitt Award for Teaching Excellence, U of I College of Engineering, 1999
Teaching Excellence Award, U of I School of Chemical Sciences, 1999

^ Richard I. Masel
Postdoctoral Fellow, NATO, 1977
Exxon Faculty Fellowship in Solid-State Chemistry, American Chemical Society, 1982
Presidential Young Investigator Award, National Science Foundation 1984
Alumni Achievement Award, Liberal Arts College, 1996-1997

^ Edmund G. Seebauer
Dow Teaching Excellence Award, 1988
Presidential Young Investigator Award, National Science Foundation, 1988
Du Pont Young Faculty Award, 1989
Observer for U.S. Delegation, International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry General Assemblies, 1989, 1991
Fellow, Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, 1994-1996
Inventor Recognition Award, Semiconductor Research Corp., 1995
Teaching Award, U of I School of Chemical Sciences, 1996

^ Charles F. Zukoski
Presidential Young Investigator Award, National Science Foundation, 1987
Everitt Award for Teaching Excellence, U of I College of Engineering, 1992
Fulbright Teaching/Scholar Fellowship to visit the University of Melbourne, 1992
Robert W. Vaughan Lectureship in Chemical Engineering, California Institute of Technology, 1993
Alumni Professor, U of I Department of Chemical Engineering, 1994-1999
Thiele Lectureship in Chemical Engineering, Notre Dame University, 1994
University Scholar, U of I, 1994-1997
Plenary Lecture: 13th Symposium on Industrial Crystallization, Toulouse, France, September 1996
Moulton Medal, Institute of Chemical Engineers, 1997
Publication Award, Society of Rheology, 1997
Ralph K. Iler Award, American Chemical Society, 1997
Alcoa Plenary Lecture, Symposium on Particulate Fluids, Melbourne, Australia, 1998
Wilheim Lectureship, Princeton University Department of Chemical Engineering, 2000
William H. and Janet G. Lycan Chair, School of Chemical Sciences, U of I, 2000-

Materials Science and Engineering
^ John R. Abelson
IBM University Partnership Award, 1995-1997
Fakultetsopponent (External Examiner), University of Linkoping, Sweden, 1995
Xerox Award for Faculty Research, U of I College of Engineering, 1996
Engineering Council Award for Excellence in Advising, U of I, 1997

^ Robert S. Averback
Distinguished Lecturer, American Vacuum Society
Senior U.S. Scientist Award, Alexander von Humboldt Award, 1993

^ Pascal Bellon
CAREER Award, National Science Foundation, 1998
General Electric Scholar, U of I College of Engineering, 1998
General Electric Fellow, U of I College of Engineering, 1999

^ Howard K. Birnbaum, Emeritus
Member, National Academy of Engineering
Member, Board of Governors, Argonne National Laboratory
Fellow, American Academy of Arts and Sciences
Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science
Fellow, American Physical Society
Fellow, American Society for Metals
Fellow, The Materials Society
Fellow, New York Academy of Science
Fellow, J. S. Guggenheim Foundation, 1967
KUMF Fellowship, Kyoto University, 1981
Prize for Outstanding Research in Metallurgy and Ceramics (with I. M. Robertson), U.S. Department of Energy, 1984
Robert F. Mehl Gold Medal, American Institute of Metallurgical Engineers, 1986
U.S. Department of Energy Prize for Sustained Excellence in Research in Metallurgy and Ceramics, 1988

^ Paul V. Braun
Beckman Young Investigator Award, 2001

^ David Cahill
Fellow, American Vacuum Society
Peter Mark Memorial Award, American Vacuum Society, 1998

^ Haydn Chen
Fellow, American Society for Materials
International Fellow, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science
Principal Editor, Materials Chemistry and Physics, 1997-
Honorary Distinguished Lecturer, National Science Council, Taiwan, 1999
Summer Research Fellow, Max-Plank Institut-Metallforschung, Germany, 1999
Alexander von Humboldt Award, 2000

^ Gert Ehrlich
Member, National Academy of Sciences
Fellow, New York Academy of Sciences
Fellow, American Physical Society
Fellow, American Vacuum Society
Medard W. Welch Award, American Vacuum Society, 1979
Kendall Award in Colloid or Surface Chemistry, American Ceramic Society, 1982
Fellow, J. S. Guggenheim Foundation, 1984
Senior U.S. Scientist Award, Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, Germany, 1992

^ Steve Granick
Fellow, American Physical Society
SM Young Faculty Award, 1988
Fellow, Center for Advanced Study, U of I, 1990-1991
Award for Special Creativity, National Science Foundation, 1993
Distinguished Polymer Lecturer, Lehigh University, 1993
Xerox Award for Faculty Research, U of I College of Engineering, 1993
Sabbatical Scholar, Kyoto University, Japan, 1994
Key Tribology Lecturer, Tsinghua University, China, 1996
University Scholar, U of I, 1997

^ Joseph E. Greene
Fellow, American Physical Society
Fellow, American Vacuum Society
Honorary Doctor of Science, Linkoping University, Sweden
John Thornton Award, American Vacuum Society, 1991
University Scholar, U of I, 1991
Tage Erlander Prize in Physics, Swedish Natural Science Research Council, 1992
Technical Excellence Award, Semiconductor Research Corp., 1994
R. F. Bunshah Prize, 1995
U.S. Department of Energy Award for Sustained Outstanding Research in Metallurgy and Ceramics, 1996

^ Duane D. Johnson
SERC Research Fellowship Award, 1985
National Research Council Fellowship Award, 1986
Award for Excellence, Sandia National Laboratories, 1993

^ Jennifer A. Lewis
Incomplete List of Teachers Ranked as Excellent, U of I, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1999
Arnold O. Beckman Research Award, U of I, 1994
Burnett Teaching Award, U of I Department of Materials Science and Engineering, 1994
Engineering Council Advisors List for Outstanding Advising, U of I, 1994, 1995
Presidential Faculty Fellow Award, National Science Foundation, 1994
MRS Travel Award for Young Scientists, International Conference on Advanced Materials, ICAM, 1995
Schlumberger Foundation Award, 1995
Xerox Award for Faculty Research, U of I College of Engineering, 1996, 2001
Allied Signal Foundation Faculty Research Award, 1998

^ David A. Payne
Fellow, American Ceramic Society
Fellow, International Academy of Ceramics, Italy
Fellow, Institute of Materials, U.K.
Fellow, Institute of Ceramics, U.K.
Xerox Award for Faculty Research, U of I College of Engineering, 1981
Richard M. Fulrath Award, University of California at Berkeley, 1986
Mitsui Toatsu Chemical Co. Chair, University of Tokyo Research Center for Advanced Science and Technology, 1989-1992
Henry Award for Best Paper in Electrical Ceramics, American Ceramic Society, 1995
Centennial Fellow, College of Earth and Mineral Sciences, Pennsylvania State University, 1996
Norbert J. Kreidel Memorial Lecture Award, 1996
International Prize, Japan Fine Ceramics Association, 2001

^ Ian M. Robertson
Senior Associate, Pembroke College, Oxford University
SERC Visiting Fellowship, Oxford University
Prize for Outstanding Research in Metallurgy and Ceramics (with H. K. Birnbaum),
U.S. Department of Energy, 1984

^ Angus A. Rockett
Xerox Award for Faculty Research, 1992
Everett Teaching Award, 1993
Fellow, American Vacuum Society, 1998
Donald Burnett Teacher of the Year Award, 1998

^ Kenneth S. Schweizer
Fellow, American Physical Society
Sandia National Laboratories Award for Excellence, 1990
John H. Dillon Medal, American Physical Society, Division of High Polymer Physics, 1991
R&D 100 Award for Technical Innovation, 1992
U.S. Department of Energy Award for Outstanding Scientific Accomplishment in Materials Chemistry, 1996
Burnett Teaching Award, 1997
Sabbatical Scholar, Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research and University of Mainz, Germany, 1998

^ John H. Weaver
G. J. Lapeyre Award for Synchrotron Radiation Research per ardua ad Bremsstrahlung, 1982
George Taylor/Institute of Technology Research Award, University of Minnesota, 1986
Fellow, American Physical Society, 1991
Amundson Professor, University of Minnesota, 1994-1995
Royal Society Kan Tong Po Professorship, University of Hong Kong, 1995
Senior U.S. Scientist Award, Alexander von Humboldt Foundation Award, 1995
R&D Magazine's Scientist of the Year, 1997
Distinguished Achievement Citation, Iowa State University Alumni Assoc., 1998
Medard W. Welch Award, American Vacuum Society, 1999
Fellow, American Vacuum Society, 2000

^ Gerard C. L. Wong
Beckman Young Investigator Award, 2001

^ Jian-min Zuo
Burton Award of the Microscopy Soc. of America, 2001

Electrical and Computer Engineering
^ Jean-Pierre Leburton
Member, New York Academy of Science
Hitachi Ltd. Quantum Materials Chair, Research Center for Advanced Sciences and Technology, University of Tokyo, 1992
Chevalier Dans L'Ordre Des Palmes Academiques, 1994
Fellow, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, 1996
Associate, U of I Center for Advanced Study, 1999
Fellow, American Physical Society, 1999

Physics
^ Tai-Chang Chang
Fellow, American Physical Society
IBM Faculty Development Award, 1984
Xerox Award for Faculty Research, U of I College of Engineering, 1984
Presidential Young Investigator Award, National Science Foundation, 1985

^ Karin Dahmen
Research Fellow, Alfred P. Sloan, Center for Advanced Study, 2001

^ Colin P. Flynn
Fellow, American Physical Society
Fellow, American Society of Metals

^ Paul Goldbart
Arnold O. Beckman Award, U of I Center for Advanced Study, 1988
Presidential Young Investigator Award, National Science Foundation, 1991
Xerox Award for Faculty Research, U of I College of Engineering, 1992
Beckman Associate, U of I Center for Advanced Study, 1995-1996
University Scholar, U of I, 1996

^ Laura H. Greene
Fellow, American Academy of Arts and Sciences
Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science
Fellow, American Physical Society
Swanlund Chair
Arnold O. Beckman Award, U of I, 1993
Maria Goeppert-Mayer Award, American Physical Society, 1994
Beckman Associate, U of I Center for Advanced Study, 1995-1996
E. O. Lawrence Award, 1998

^ Richard M. Martin
Fellow, American Physical Society

^ Ian K. Robinson
Bertram E. Warren Diffraction Physics Award of the American Crystallographic Society
Fellow, American Physical Society

^ Myron B. Salamon
Fellow, American Physical Society
Fellow, A. P. Sloan Foundation, 1970-1973
Senior U.S. Scientist Award, Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, Germany, 1975
Bernd Matthias Fellow, Center for Materials Science, Los Alamos National Laboratory, 1995-1996
Distinguished Foreign Visiting Professor, University of Tsukuba, Institute of Applied Physics, 1995-1996

^ Paul Selvin
Research Innovation Award, Research Corp, 1999
Young Fluorescence Investigator Award, Biophysical Society, 1999
Beckman Fellow, U of I Center for Advanced Studies, 2000
Cottrell Scholar, Research Corp, 2000
National Science Foundation CAREER Award for Outstanding Research/Teaching, 2000
Xerox Award for Faculty Research, 2000

^ Ralph O. Simmons
Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science
Fellow, American Physical Society
Rhodes Scholar, 1950-1952
University Scholar, U of I, 1987
Senior U.S. Scientist Award, Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, Germany, 1991

^ Charles P. Slichter
Member, American Academy of Arts and Sciences
Member, American Philosophical Society
Member, National Academy of Sciences
Member, U of I Center for Advanced Study
Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science
Fellow, American Physical Society
Fellow, International Society of Electron Spin Resonance
Honorary Doctor of Science, University of Waterloo
Fellow, A. P. Sloan Foundation, 1955-1961
Irving Langmuir Prize, American Physical Society, 1969
Wakefield Recognition Award, U of I, 1975
U.S. Department of Energy Sustained Outstanding Research Award, 1984, 1992
International Society of Magnetic Resonance Prize, 1986
Tau Beta Pi Daniel C. Drucker Eminent Faculty Award, U of I College of Engineering, 1989
Comstock Award, National Academy of Sciences, 1993
Prize for Outstanding Accomplishments in Solid State Physics, U.S. Department of Energy, 1993
Oliver E. Buckley Prize in Condensed Matter Physics, 1995
Honorary Doctor of Law, L.L.D., Harvard University, 1996

^ Dale J. Van Harlingen
Fellow, American Academy of Arts and Sciences
Fellow, American Physical Society
IBM Research Award, 1982
Xerox Award for Faculty Research, U of I College of Engineering, 1995
Oliver E. Buckley Prize in condensed matter physics, 1998
University Scholar, 1998

^ James P. Wolfe
Fellow, American Physical Society
Fellow, U of I Center for Advanced Study, 1979
Beckman Fellow, U of I Center for Advanced Study, 1982
Senior U.S. Scientist Award, Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, Germany, 1988-1989

^ Ali Yazdani
Research Fellowship, Alfred P. Sloan, 2000
CAREER Award of the Center for Advanced Study, National Science Foundation, 2000

Theoretical and Applied Mechanics
^ K. Jimmy Hsia
National Science Foundation Research Initiation Award, 1992
Max-Planck Society Scholarship, 1998
Japan Society for the Promotion of Science Scholarship, 1999

^ Petros Sofronis
National Science Foundation Research Initiation Award, 1992


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