Activities & Awards

Honors & Prizes
2010, Elected to the Connecticut Academy of Science & Engineering (CASE)
2009, Materials Research Society Fellow
2009, Microscopy Society of America Fellow
1997-98, Bernard T. Matthias Scholar, Los Alamos National Laboratory
1997, Alexander von Humboldt Senior Fellow
1996, Fellow, American Ceramic Society
1985-86, Guggenheim Fellow


MSA Best Physical Sciences Poster
1999, 1993 & 1988


American Ceramic Society Ceramographic Competition
2002, Roland B. Snow Award for Best of Show; First Prize for TEM
2001, Roland B. Snow Award for Best of Show; First Prize for SEM; First Prize for SPM; First Prize for Undergraduate
2000, Roland B. Snow Award for Best in Show
1997, First Prize for Combines Technique
1996, First Prize for TEM
1995, Roland B. Snow Award for Best of Show
1993, Roland B. Snow Award for Best of Show; First Prize for Combined Technique; and First Prize for TEM
1991, First Prize for SEM
1989, Roland B. Snow Award for Best of Show; First Prize for TEM
1988, First Prize for TEM

Group Awards

Fullbright Scholarship
2009, Jonathan Winterstein

NDSEG Fellowship
2006-2009, Jonathan Winterstein

FEMMS Student Fellowship
2007, Jonathan Winterstein

ICMR Student Fellowship
2007, Jessica Riesterer

NPSC Student Fellowship
2006, Jessica Riesterer

IMC-16 Scholarship
2006, Arzu Altay

Alexander von Humboldt Fellowship
2001, N. (Ravi) Ravishankar

MSA Presidential Awards
2005, Arzu Atlay
2002, Shelley Gilliss
2000, Svetlana Yanina
1998, Matt Johnson
1995, Paul Kotula

MAS Distinguished Scholar Student Award
2006, Jessica Riesterer
2003, Chris Perry
2003, Shelley Gilliss
2001, Shelley Gilliss
1999, Chris Blanford
1997, Matt Johnson

ACERS Best Student Poster Award
1996, Jason Heffelfinger

MRS Graduate Student Award
2005, Julia Deneen Nowak (Silver)
1999, Chris Blanford (Silver)
1996, Sundar Ramamurthy (Gold)
1985, Bruno DeCooman (Gold)
1983, Karen Morrissey (Gold)