Astronomy Student Award Winners for 2012
Nine of The University of Texas at Austin Department of Astronomy's Graduate Students and seven Undergraduates have won awards funded by the Board of Visitors or other sources in 2012.
GRADUATE STUDENTS
Guillermo Blanc
Guillermo Blanc:
2012 Outstanding Dissertation Award
The Outstanding
Dissertation Award was established in 1979 by The University of Texas at
Austin Graduate School to recognize exceptional work by doctoral
students and to encourage the highest levels of scholarship, research,
and writing. Only three awards of $3,000 each are given annually in this
campus-wide competition.
Manos Chatzopoulos
Manos
Chatzopoulos:
David Benfield Memorial Fellowship in Astronomy
The David Alan Benfield Memorial Fellowship in Astronomy
recognizes outstanding research by a senior graduate student.
Manos Chatzopoulos:
A 2012 William Powers, Jr. Graduate Dissertation Fellowship
The prestigious William Powers, Jr. Graduate Dissertation
Fellowship, presented by The University of Texas at Austin Graduate
School, one of the school's most competitive awards. Award winners are
chosen from across all university departments.
Taylor Chonis
Taylor Chonis:
NSF Graduate Research Fellowship
This funding will support
development of a New Low Resolution Spectrograph for the Hobby-Eberly
Telescope and Investigating the Nature of Lyman-Alpha Emitting Galaxies
in the Hobby-Eberly Telescope Dark Energy Experiment Survey (supervisor:
Gary Hill)
JJ Hermes
JJ Hermes:
2012
Fred T. Goetting Endowed Presidential Scholarship
The Fred T.
Goetting Endowed Presidential Scholarship recognizes a student for
outstanding service to the Department of Astronomy, usually for
excellence in teaching.
JJ Hermes:
2013
David Allen Benfield Memorial Fellowship in Astronomy
The David
Allen Benfield Memorial Fellowship in Astronomy recognizes outstanding
research by a senior graduate student.
Paul Robertson
Paul Robertson:
2012-13 Astronomy Continuing Fellowship
The University of Texas
at Austin’s Continuing Fellowships are the University’s largest, based
on major accomplishments since entering graduate school, a well-defined
program of research, a strong personal statement, and letters of
recommendation. Financial need is considered. Nominations are accepted
from Graduate advisors, and evaluated by faculty review committees.
Chalence Safranek-Shrader
Chalence
Safranek-Shrader:
NASA Earth and Space Science Fellowship
This funding will support investigation of Metal Enriched Star Formation
in the First Galaxies and Observational Implications for the James Webb
Space Telescope (Supervisors: Milos Milosavljevic and Volker Bromm.
Mimi Song
Mimi Song:
2012
Frank N. Edmonds, Jr. Memorial Scholarship in Astronomy
The
Frank N. Edmonds, Jr. Memorial Fellowship in Astronomy is given to a
second- or third-year student who shows strong promise in research.
Tim Weinzerl
Tim Weinzirl:
AAS
Rodger Doxey Travel Prize
The Rodger Doxey Travel Prize,
awarded by the American Astronomical Society, allows outstanding
students to attend the AAS winter meeting. Weinzirl's was one of only 10
selected from among all the dissertations submitted nationally for the
conference.
You can read more about the winning students and their work at the Department's Graduate Student News Web site.
UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS
Caroline
Caldwell:
2012 Ralph Cutler Greene Award
The Ralph Cutler
Greene Award is a $2,500 scholarship is awarded annually to one of our
most outstanding senior Astronomy students at the University of Texas.
Service to the department, University and community at large were
considered in addition to quality research and academic performance.
James Diekmann,
III:
Oracle Award for Astronomy Research
Every Spring, the
College of Natural Sciences celebrates its student-scientists at the
Undergraduate Research Forum. More than 200 students present posters
describing their research. The best and most innovative posters and
presentations are recognized with awards judged and sponsored by the
university, faculty, alumni and industry. James Diekmann won the Oracle
award for his astronomy poster.
Ryan Fuller:
2012-13 Astronomy Freshman Prize for Excellence
The Astronomy
Freshman Prize for Excellence is awarded annually to an incoming
freshman of outstanding promise.
Justin Hickey:
2012 C. Lee Walton, Jr. Memorial Fund Award
The C. Lee Walton,
Jr. Memorial Fund supports travel and lodging for undergraduates
carrying on research at McDonald Observatory
George Miller:
2012 George H. Mitchell Award for Academic Excellence
The
George H. Mitchell Award for Academic Excellence is the grand prize from
the University Co-operative Society, which celebrate University of Texas
at Austin students with exemplary academic records who have made an
extraordinary contribution to their fields of study through a research
project, literary work, musical composition, humanitarian project or
similar undertaking.
Arina
Rostopchina:
2012 Board of Visitors Undergraduate Scholarship
The Board of Visitors Undergraduate Scholarship is given annually
to a junior or senior astronomy student for excellent overall
performance.
Alyx Stevens:
2012 Outstanding Senior Award
The Outstanding Senior Award is
given to a graduating senior for outstanding overall performance,
considering grades, research, and service.
Renata Violante:
2012 Karl G. Henize Endowed Scholarship
The Karl G. Henize
Endowed Scholarship is awarded to an outstanding junior or senior who
intends to pursue a graduate career in astronomy.
Renata Violante:
2012 BoV Undergraduate Scholarship
The Board of Visitors
Undergraduate Scholarship is given annually to a junior or senior
astronomy student for excellent overall performance.
You can read more about the winning students and their work at the Department's Undergraduate Student Awards page.
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