Ronald Jaszczak
Chair, NPSS Awards Committee
CALL FOR NOMINATIONS
FOR 2001 NPSS AWARDS
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Ronald Jaszczak |
The Nuclear and Plasma Sciences Society gives three different categories of awards each year. Some awards are given by the Society and others are given by the Technical Committees. In addition to Society and Technical Committee Awards, NPSS Sponsored Conferences that have Short Courses will be soliciting nominations this year for Paul Phelps Continuing Education Grants. These grants are intended either for tuition in NPSS Sponsored Short Courses, or for partial or total travel expenses to attend NPSS Short Courses. These grants are available for outstanding Student Members of NPSS and unemployed members of NPSS who need assistance in changing career directions.
The recipients of the Society Awards for 2000 are:
Dr. Marek Moszynski of the Soltan Institute of Nuclear Studies, Swierk-Otwock, Poland received the Merit Award “For outstanding contributions to the modern scintillation detector and its application in physics experiments, medicine and other fields of use”.
Dr. Orhan Nalcioglu of the University of California, Irvine received the Richard F. Shea Award “For pioneering research in medical imaging and for outstanding service to the Nuclear and Plasma Science Society of the IEEE”.
Dr. Xiaochuan Pan of the University of Chicago received the Early Achievement Award “For significant contributions to the fields of gamma ray emission tomography, diffraction tomography, x-ray computed tomography, image processing and reconstruction, evaluation of image quality and atomic physics”.
Hugh Barnaby, Xiaowei Zhu, both of Vanderbilt University, and Shuoqin Wang, of the University of California, Los Angeles received Graduate Scholarship Awards.
Of the award recipients, Dr. Marek Moszynski received his award at the IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium in Lyon. Dr. Orhan Nalcioglu and Dr. Xiaochuan Pan received their awards at the IEEE Medical Imaging conference in Lyon. The Graduate Scholarship Awards are normally presented at the institution of the graduate student.
On behalf of the Society, I take this opportunity to recognize their outstanding accomplishments and congratulate them wholeheartedly.
The deadline for the 2001 NPSS
award nominations is
May 15, 2001.
All nomination forms and supporting
materials must be received by the
deadline to be considered.
Information about the NPSS awards and grants can be found in the IEEE/TAB Award Manual, which can be downloaded in PDF format from http://www.ieee.org/tab/societyhome.html.
Nomination forms for the Society Awards may be obtained from:
Ronald Jaszczak, Ph.D.
Department of Radiology
DUMC-3949
Duke University Medical Center
Durham, NC 27710
Phone: +1 919 684 7685
Fax: +1 919 684 7122
E-mail: rjj@dec3.mc.duke.edu
or r.jaszczak@ieee.org