Faculty Awards and Distinctions
Faculty Awards and Distinctions
Acta Materialla Holloman Award
Praveen Chaudhari, 2005
Alfred P. Sloan Research Fellow
Guillaume Bal, 2003
Simon Billinge, 1995-1997
Gerald Navratil, 1984
American Academy of Arts and Sciences Fellow
Mark Cane
Praveen Chaudhari
Horst Stormer
American Association for the Advancement of Science Fellow
Mark Cane
Aron Pinczuk
American Geophysical Union Fellow
Mark Cane
Lorenzo Polvani
Marc Spiegelman
American Meteorological Society Fellow
Mark Cane
American Meteorological Society Sverdrup Gold Medal
Mark Cane, 1992
American Philosophical Society
Horst Stormer
American Physical Society Fellows
Simon Billinge
Allen Boozer
Praveen Chaudhari
C.K. Chu (Emeritus)
Irving Herman
Thomas Marshall (Emeritus)
Michael Mauel
Gerald Navratil
Gertrude Neumark
I.C. Noyan
Richard Osgood
Aron Pinczuk
Lorenzo Polvani
Amiya Sen
Horst Stormer
Wen Wang
American Physical Society Dawson Award
Gerald Navratil, 2007
American Physical Society George E. Pake Prize
Praveen Chaudhari, 1986
American Physical Society Oliver E. Buckley Prize
Aron Pinczuk, 1994
Horst Stormer, 1984
Cody Award in Ocean Sciences from Scripps Institution of Oceanography
Mark Cane, 2003
Franklin Medal in Physics of the Franklin Institute
Horst Stormer, 1998
Fusion Power Associate Leadership Award
Gerald Navratil, 2006
Fusion Power Associatess,
Rose Award for Excellence in Fusion Engineering
Michael Mauel, 2000
Goethe Universitaet, Honorary Ph. D.
Horst Stormer, 2002
Gordon Bell Prize for High Performance Computing, Special Category
David Keyes, 1999
Guggenheim Fellows
Siu-Wai Chan, 2003
C.K. Chu, 1971-72 (Emeritus)
Richard Osgood, 1989
Wen Wang, 2000
Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur
Praveen Chaudhari, Distinguished Alumnus Award
Praveen Chaudhari, Doctoral Degree (Honorary), 2007
IEEE Fellow
Richard Osgood
Wen Wang
IEEE Morris N. Liebmann Memorial Award
Praveen Chaudhari, 1992
IEEE Sidney Fernbach Award
David Keyes, 2007
Knight’s Commanders Cross of the Order of Merit, Germany
Horst Stormer, 1999
Metallurgical Society of AIME Leadership Award
Praveen Chaudhari, 1986
M.I.T. Harry C. Gatos Distinguished Lecture and Prize
Praveen Chaudhari, 1994
National Academy of Engineering
Praveen Chaudhari
National Academy of Sciences,
Jefferson Science Fellow, U.S. Department of State
Michael Mauel, 2006
National Academy of Sciences Member
Praveen Chaudhari
Horst Stormer
New York City Mayor’s Award for Excellence in Science and Technology
Horst Stormer, 2000
Nobel Prize
Horst Stormer, 1998 in Physics
Officier dans L’Ordre de la Legion d’Honneur, France
Horst Stormer
Optical Society of America Fellow
Irving Herman
Richard Osgood
Optical Society of America, R.W. Wood Award
Richard Osgood, 1991
Otto Klung Physics Award, Freie Universitat
Horst Stormer, 1985
Packard Fellowship in Science and Engineering
Adam Sobel, 2000
Third World Academy of Sciences Associate Fellow
Praveen Chaudhari
U.S. National Medal of Technology
Praveen Chaudhari, 1995
Young Investigator Award
William Bailey (Army Research Office 2002, NSFCareer Award 2003)
Siu-Wai Chan (Presidential Faculty Fellow1993)
David Keyes (NSF Presidential Young Investigator Award 1989)
Stephen O'Brien (NSF Career Award 2003)
Thomas Pedersen (Department of Fusion Energy Sciences, Junior Faculty Award 2002, NSF Career Award 2005)
Lorenzo Polvani (NSF Young Investigator Award 1994)
Adam Sobel (NASA New Investigator Award 2001)
Columbia University AwardS
Great Teacher Award (Society of Columbia Graduates from CC and SEAS)C.K. Chu, 1985
Thomas Marshall, 1984
Amiya Sen, 1984
Honorary Doctor of Science
C.K. Chu, 2006 (Emeritus)
School of Engineering and Applied Science (SEAS) Awards
Michael Mauel (Teacher of the Year, SEAS Undergraduates 1994)
I.C. Noyan (Adjunct Faculty Award for excellence in teaching 1993)
Lorenzo Polvani (Distinguished Faculty Teaching Award, SEAS Alumni Assoc. 1997)
Marc Spiegelman (SEAS Alumni Teaching Award, SEAS Kim Award 2004)
Chris Wiggins (SEAS Janette and Armen Avanessians Diversity Award)
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Faculty Service
American Ceramic Society
Siu-Wai Chan, chair of the Electronics Division 2007
American Institute of Physics, Governing Board
Praveen Chaudhari, member-at-large
American Physical Society, Executive Committee of the Plasma Physics
Allen Boozer, secretary/treasurer 1989-1990, Chair 1998-2001
Michael Mauel, 1989-1990, vice-chair of Plasma Physics 2001-2002
Gerald Navratil, 2000, 2001
American Physical Society
Thomas Marshall, member Study Group on Directed Energy Weapons 1985-l987
Thomas Marshall, report to APS publication in Review of Modern Physics, July1987
American Vacuum Society, Surface Science Division
Richard Osgood, executive board member 2007 - present
Brookhaven National Laboratory Scientific Advisory Board
Richard Osgood, vice-chair 1998-2000
CLIVAR (Climate Variability and Predictability project of the World Climate Research Programme (WCRP):
Mark Cane, co-chair International CLIVAR NEG-1, Co-chair U.S. 1995-1998
CLIVAR/PAGES Working Group
Mark Cane, 2000-2005
Continuing Education of the American Crystallographic Association
Simon Billinge, Secretary 2003-2005, Chairman of the Executive Committee 2005-2007
DARPA Defense Sciences Research Council
Richard Osgood, member of steering committee 1991-1998
Department of Basic Energy Sciences
Richard Osgood, advisory committee member 1989-1991
Richard Osgood, chair of Facilities Committee of Visitors 2007
Richard Osgood, member of Energy Research Advisory Panel on Advanced Isotope Separation 1980
International Commission on Powder Diffraction of the Union of Crystallography
Simon Billinge, Executive Committee 2005-2007
International Union of Pure and Applied Physics. Commission C10 on the Structure and Dynamics of Condensed Matter
Praveen Chaudhari, chair
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Institute for Scientific Computing Research (ISCR)
David Keyes, acting director
Materials Research Society
Richard Osgood, councilor 1984-1986
Nation Academy of Science (NAS) Boards: Army Science & Technology
Richard Osgood, board on DIA
National Academy of Sciences and the National Academy of Engineering
"National Materials Science and Engineering Study"
Praveen Chaudhari, co-chairman
National Research Council's Commission on Physical Sciences, Mathematics, and Applications. Board on Physics and Astronomy (BPA)
Praveen Chaudhari, member
National Research Council of the National Academy of Sciences Committee on "Physics for the Next Decade"
Praveen Chaudhari, member
National Science Foundation Advisory Board to the Mathematical and Physical Sciences Directorate
Praveen Chaudhari, member and chair
National Science Foundation Advisory Committee of the Mathematics and Physical Sciences Directorate for Cyberinfrastructure
David Keyes
National Science Foundation, Mathematics and Physical Sciences Directorate Advisory Committee for Cyberinfrastructure
David Keyes, member
National Science Foundation Workshop on Cyber Infrastructure for Materials Science
Simon Billinge, Chairman 2006
Neutron Scattering Society of America
Simon Billinge, Vice President 2005-2008
New York Academy of Sciences Governing Board
Praveen Chaudhari, member
Presidential Council of Advisors in Science & Technology (PCAST, Networking and Information Technology Committee)
David Keyes, member
Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics Executive Committee
David Keyes, council 2000, vice-president 2006
Technology for the Third World Network of Scientific Organizations
Praveen Chaudhari, member of Awards Committee
U. S. Liaison Committee for the International Union of
Pure and Applied Physics
Praveen Chaudhari, vice chair, chair and member-at-large
U. S. National Commission on Superconductivity
Praveen Chaudhari, member
U. S. President's Advisory Council on Superconductivity
Praveen Chaudhari, secretary
University Fusion Association Executive Committee
Allen Boozer, president 1992
Michael Mauel, president 1997-1998
Gerald Navratil, executive committee 1986-1988; 2000-present, secretary/treasurer 1988-1989, vice-president 1990; 2003-2004, president 1991; 2005-2006
Faculty Books
S. J. L. Billinge (with T. Egami), "Underneath the Bragg Peaks: Structural Analysis of Complex Materials", Elsevier Science, Oxford, 2004.
Irving Herman, "Physics of the Human Body", Springer, Berlin-Heidelberg-New York, 2007
Irving Herman, "Optical Diagnostics for Thin Film Processing", Academic Press, Inc., 1996.
Herbert Goldstein (deceased), "Classical Mechanics", Addison Wesley; 3rd edition, 2002.
Thomas Marshall (Emeritus) "Free Electron Lasers", Macmillan, New York, 1985.
I.C. Noyan (with J. Cohen) "Residual stress: measurement by diffraction and interpretation" Springer-Verlag, New York 1987.