The NPSS gives awards in three different categories each year—Conference (where only attendees at that conference are eligible), Technical Committee (where only members of that Technical Committee are eligible), and Society (where all NPSS members are eligible). As Chairman of the NPSS Awards Committee, I’m pleased to announce this year’s recipients of the Society Awards. The recipient of the Merit Award, which is for scientific and technical achievement, is Dan Fleetwood of Vanderbilt University, for contributions to the understanding of radiation effects in microelectronic devices and materials. The recipient of the Early Achievement Award which is also for scientific and technical achievement is Jinyi Qi of the University of California at Davis, for contributions to computational nuclear medical imaging science, particularly statistically based three-dimensional image reconstruction. The recipient of the Richard F. Shea Award, which is for service to the NPSS, is Peter Winokur of the Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board. The four recipients of the Graduate Scholarship Award are David French of the University of Michigan, Antonius Indarto of Universita di Torino, Sarita Prasad of the University of New Mexico, and Jacob Zier of the University of Michigan. A description of each awardee is given below.
More information on these and other relevant Awards, including submission information for next year, is available at http://ewh.ieee.org/soc/nps/awards.htm.
In addition, there are many Institute awards, and we are very proud that the recipient of the 2009 Emberson Award is our own Harold Flescher. Descriptions and nomination information for Institute awards can be found at: http://www.ieee.org/web/membership/students/scholarshipsawardscontests/SAG_homepage.html
Bill Moses, Chair of the NPSS Awards Committee, can be reached at Mailstop 55-121, 1 Cyclotron Road, Berkeley, CA 94720; Phone: +1 510-486-4432; Fax: 510-486-4768; E-mail: wwmoses@lbl.gov.