15 DoD Early Career Scientists and Engineers Win Presidential Award.DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE NEWS RELEASE (DEC. 19, 2008) The White House recognized 15 scholars nominated by the Department of Defense (DoD) as winners of the 2007 Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE). The awards are the nation's highest honor for faculty members that are beginning their independent research careers. DoD's selections for this prestigious award included submissions from the three Services that were based on the individual's innovative research at the frontiers of science Frontiers of Science was a popular illustrated comic strip created by Professor Stuart Butler of the School of Physics at the University of Sydney in collaboration with Robert Raymond, a documentary maker from the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) in 1962. , engineering, and education. "The PECASE recognizes promising young faculty at universities involved in basic research of importance to DoD," said William Rees Jr., deputy under secretary of defense for laboratories and basic sciences. "It, together with the DoD National Security Science and Engineering Faculty Fellowships program and Young Investigation Programs, build the core science and engineering competencies that underpin current and future national security systems." To support their basic research, DoD 2007 PECASE recipients will receive $200,000 a year for five years. A list of the DoD awardees and their home institutions follows. * Chad Fertig, University of Georgia Organization The President of the University of Georgia (as of 2007, Michael F. Adams) is the head administrator and is appointed and overseen by the Georgia Board of Regents. , Army * Enrique Vivoni, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology Renowned for its undergraduate and graduate educational opportunities[1], Tech offers over 30 bachelor of science degrees in mathematics, the sciences, engineering, management, and technical communication, as well as graduate degrees in areas of specialization through the , Army * Krista S. Walton, Kansas State University, Army * Mung See munging. mung - /muhng/ (MIT, 1960) Mash Until No Good. Sometime after that the derivation from the recursive acronym "Mung Until No Good" became standard. 1. To make changes to a file, especially large-scale and irrevocable changes. See BLT. 2. Chiang, Princeton University, Navy * Stefano Curtarolo, Duke University, Navy * Maya Gupta, University of Washington, Navy * Brian Lail, Florida Institute of Technology Florida Institute of Technology is an independent technical college located in Melbourne, Florida (Brevard County), United States. It was founded by Jerome P. Keuper on September 22, 1958 as Brevard Engineering College, absorbing the University of Melbourne, and changing its name , Navy * Ravi Ramamoorthi, Columbia University, Navy * Purnima Ratilal, Northeastern University, Navy * Tim Roughgarden, Stanford University, Navy * Rachel Segalman, University of California at Berkeley (body, education) University of California at Berkeley - (UCB) See also Berzerkley, BSD. http://berkeley.edu/. Note to British and Commonwealth readers: that's /berk'lee/, not /bark'lee/ as in British Received Pronunciation. , Navy * Shengli Zhou, University of Connecticut The University of Connecticut is the State of Connecticut's land-grant university. It was founded in 1881 and serves more than 27,000 students on its six campuses, including more than 9,000 graduate students in multiple programs. UConn's main campus is in Storrs, Connecticut. , Navy * Zhenqiang Ma, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Air Force * Max Shtein, University of Michigan, Air Force * Haiyan Wang, Texas A&M University, Air Force |
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