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DPP Winter 2000 Newsletter | Table of Contents | Page 2 | Page 3 | Page 4 | Page 5 | Page 6 | Page 7 | Page 8 | Call for Nominations for Prize and Awards A prize or award presented by APS is one of the highest honors a physicist can receive. The DPP solicits nominations for one prize, two awards and one medal annually. The deadline for receipt of these nominations is Saturday, April 1, 2000. Please take the time to nominate exceptional DPP colleagues. Any APS member other than a member of the committee making the selection may submit one nomination or seconding letter for each prize and each award in any given year. A nomination should include:
The nomination must be mailed to the Chair of the appropriate DPP committee by Saturday, April 1, 2000. There is no nomination form for DPP prize and awards. Acknowledgement of receipt will be emailed upon your request to the committee chairs. Descriptions of the prizes and awards are enclosed. Note to APS-wide Nicholson Medal nominators: Supporting information for the Nicholson Medal should be developed by a primary nominator who would gather at least three letters of recommendation and a current curriculum vita of the nominee. Additional supporting letters are helpful. James Clerk Maxwell Prize for Plasma Physics Donated by Maxwell Technologies Incorporated. Purpose: To recognize outstanding contributions to the field of plasma physics. Nature: The prize consists of $5,000 and a certificate citing the contributions made by the recipient. A travel allowance to attend the annual meeting at which the prize is to be presented is also provided. The prize will be presented annually during the Division of Plasma Physics banquet. Establishment and Support: The prize was established in 1975 by Maxwell Technologies, Incorporated, San Diego, California, in honor of the outstanding Scottish physicist, James Clerk Maxwell. Rules and Eligibility: The prize shall be for outstanding contributions to the advancement and diffusion of the knowledge of properties of highly ionized gases of natural or laboratory origin. This prize shall ordinarily be awarded to one person but a prize may be shared when all the recipients have contributed to the same accomplishment. Nominations are active for three years. Guidelines: Five (5) copies of your nomination and supporting documentation should be mailed to Jeffrey Freidberg. Maxwell Prize Chair: Deadline: Saturday, April 1, 2000 Committee:
Award for Excellence in Plasma Physics Research Sponsored by Friends of the Division of Plasma Physics. Purpose: To recognize a particular recent outstanding achievement in plasma physics research. Nature: The award consists of $5,000, to be divided equally in the case of multiple recipients. Each recipient will receive a certificate citing the contributions, to be presented annually at the Division of Plasma Physics banquet. Establishment and Support: This award was established in 1981 with support from Friends of the Division of Plasma Physics. Rules and Eligibility: Nominations are open to scientists of all nationalities regardless of the geographical site at which the work was done. The award shall ordinarily be presented to an individual scientist but may be given to a set of scientists, as appropriate, to honor those who make essential contributions to the cited research achievement. Nominations are active for three years. Guidelines: Five (5) copies of your nomination and supporting documentation should be mailed to Earl Marmar. Excellence Award Chair: Deadline: Saturday, April 1, 2000 Committee:
Award for Outstanding Doctoral Thesis in Plasma Physics Sponsored by General Atomics, Incorporated. Purpose: To provide recognition to exceptional young scientists who have performed original doctoral thesis work of outstanding scientific quality and achievement in the area of plasma physics. Nature: The award consists of $2,000 and a certificate to be presented during the award ceremony at the Division of Plasma Physics Annual Meeting and a travel allowance to the meeting of up to $500. Establishment and Support: This award was established in 1985 (originally as the Simon Ramo Award) and endowed in 1997 by General Atomics Incorporated. Rules and Eligibility: Nominations will be accepted for any doctoral student (present or past) of a college or university in the United States or for a United States' student studying abroad. The work to be considered must have been performed as part of the requirements for a doctoral degree. Also, the nominee must not have passed his or her final doctoral examination or started regular employment more than 18 months before the nomination deadline for the selection cycle in which the nomination is to be considered. Each nominee will be considered in not more than two consecutive cycles. Guidelines: Five (5) copies of your nomination and supporting documentation should be mailed to Linda Vahala. Doctoral Thesis Chair: Deadline: Saturday, April 1, 2000 Committee:
Nicholson Medal for Humanitarian Service Sponsored by friends of Dwight Nicholson. Purpose: To recognize the humanitarian aspect of physics and physicists. Nature: Recognition consists of the Nicholson medal and a certificate that includes the citation for which the recipient has been recognized. It will be presented annually. Establishment and Support: The Division of Plasma Physics and the Forum on Physics and Society established this medal in 1994. Rules and Eligibility: The medal is given to a physicist exhibiting extraordinary quality in one of the following areas:
Nominations will remain active for three years. Guidelines: Six (6) copies of your nomination and supporting documentation should be mailed to Linda Vahala. Nicholson Medal Chair: Deadline: Saturday, April 1, 2000 Committee:
Note: Supporting information for the Nicholson Medal should be developed by a primary nominator who would gather at least three letters of recommendation and a current curriculum vita of the nominee. Additional supporting letters are helpful. Important dates: Nominations:
Invited Speakers: Contributed Abstracts: Wednesday, July 12, 2000
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