Download the Fall 2006 APAM Newsletter Photos: 2006 Holiday Party (December 2006) Photos: 2006 Welcome Party (September 2006) Professor C.S. Wuu was named a fellow by the American College of Radiology (ACR). This is one of the highest honors the ACR can bestow on a radiologist, radiation oncologist or medical physicist.  ACR Fellows demonstrate a history of service to the College, organized radiology, teaching, or research and approximately only 10% of ACR members achieve this distinction. (2006) Professor Siu-Wai Chan was elected as the Chair of the Electronics Division of the American Ceramic Society for 2006-2007 and officially took office on Oct 17. (2006) Congratuations to Professor Siu-Wai Chan, Dr. Feng Zhang, Professor Herman, Dr. Richard Robinson, and Joan Raitano for being featured in “Science Highlights” on the NSLS webpage for their recent paper entitled “Phases in ceria-zirconia binary oxide (1-x)CeO2--xZrO2 nanoparticles: the effects of particle size, the redox environment and the Ce3+ concentration”. (2006) Professor Gerald A. Navratil wins the 2006 Fusion Power Associate Leadership Award. In selecting Dr. Navratil, the Board recongnizes both his many outstanding scientific contributions to fusion research and his community leadership. They especially note his role in founding and continuing to guide the University Fusion Association (UFA), his roles in organizing the fusion Snowmass meetings and the series of UFA-sponsored burning plasma workshops, his role in advocating burning plasma physics within the framework of the National Academies, and his role in defending a broad-based domestic fusion research program. (May 2006) Chia-Kun Chu, professor emeritus of applied mathematics, received an honorary doctor of science degree at the 2006 commencement ceremony (May 2006) Photos: Department Commencement Reception (May 2006) Photos: Kui Ren wins the 2006 Robert Simon Memorial Prize. Dr. Ren, a graduate student from Professor Bal's group, was awarded the Robert Simon Memorial Prize on Monday, May 15. This award is given each year to the graduate student who has completed the most outstanding doctoral dissertation (May 2006) Photos: Senior Dinner at Faculty House (May 2006) Photos: Prof. Thomas Marshall's retirement party (April 2006) Gerald A. Navratil was appointed the Thomas Alva Edison Professor of Applied Physics in July of 2005 and he presented the 2006 Con Edison Lecture: "Bold Step by the World to Fusion Energy: ITER" in Davis Auditorium. (March 2006) Professor Siu-Wai Chan and Dave Schubert from the Salk Institute for Biological Studies were featured in a spotlight article in the online news "NanoWerk" (February 2006). Professor Chris Wiggins and Dr. Shalom Wind: Congratulations to all contributors to the new NanoMedicine Center for Mechanical Biology (February 2006). Congratultions to Professor Stephen O'Brien, his superlattice group, and all MRSEC collaborators: New Nanotechnological Structures Reported for the First Time in Journal Nature and A New Family of Self-Assembling Nanolattices (January 2006). Current News 2005 News 2004 News 2003 News News Archive