News from the Chair

Current News

• Kathryn Dimiduk Receives Award for Teaching Excellence – 2007-May-08
• John DeMoss Receives Sigma Xi Award – 2007-April-24
• Sandra Ortiz Receives Outstanding Staff Award – 2007-April-17
• Professor Mansoor Sheik-Bahae recognized by The IEEE Lasers and Electro-Optics Society – 2007-February-27
• Professor Robert Duncan appointed as director of New Mexico Consortium's Institute for Advanced Studies – 2007-February-19

2006

• Professor Wolfgang Rudolph elected a Fellow of the Optical Society of America – 2006-November-17
• Professor Carlton M. Caves 2006 recipient of the Distinguished Professor Award – 2006-August-28
• Professor Jean-Claude Diels 2006 recipient of the Engineering Excellence Award by the Optical Society of America (OSA) – 2006-August-14
• Professor Wolfgang Rudolph selected as one of three Regents' Professors in the College of Arts & Sciences! – 2006-May-09
• Mary DeWitt selected as a recipient of the UNM Student Service Award – 2006-Apr-25
• Professor Sally Seidel selected by the Fulbright Commission for a grant to Sweden – 2006-Apr-18
• Sandra Ortiz receives "Noteworthy Technical Support Person" Award from Sigma Xi – 2006-Apr-11
• Adriana Recalde-Aranda receives a UNM International Excellence Award – 2006-Apr-07

2005

• Professor Ivan Deutsch elected Fellow of the American Physical Society – 2005-Dec-01
• Professor Robert Duncan elected Fellow of the American Physical Society – 2005-Dec-01
• Jean-Claude Diels selected UNM's 51st Annual Research Lecturer for 2006 – 2005-Oct-21
• Kenkre elected AAAS Fellow – 2005-Oct-19
• Kenkre promoted to Distinguished Professor – 2005-Sept-29
• Dimiduk Honored as Outstanding Adjunct of the Year – 2005-Apr-19
• Kenkre Receives UNM International Excellence Award – 2005-Mar-24
• Kenkre selected UNM’s Annual Research Lecturer – 2005-Feb-22
• Adhikari Receives Starkey Teaching Award – 2005-Feb-16
• Enhanced UNM-LANL Partnership in Quantum Info – 2005-Jan-24

2004

• Caves Elected APS Fellow – 2004-Dec-06
• Prasad Elected OSA Fellow – 2004-Nov-29
• Brueck Elected AAAS Fellow – 2004-Nov-29
• Thomas Named Deputy Director of HPC – 2004-Oct-26
• Walker Nominated for Work+Life Award – 2004-Oct-26
• Kenkre named UNM’s 50th Annual Research Lecturer – 2004-Jun-23
• UNM selected for MURI research funding – 2004-May-26
• UNM to cohost workshop in September – 2004-May-27
• Buckner Creel named GPSA President – 2004-Apr-15
• 2004 Regional Science and Engineering Fair – 2004-Mar-19
• Prof. Duncan selected as Moore Scholar at Caltech – 2004-Feb-09

2003

• Prof. Kenkre receives NSF’s first international science center grant – 2003-Sep-08
• UNM Professor Receives Textbook Excellence Award – 2003-Sep-05