SOEST Awards and Honors: 2006

October 19: Tony Clarke receives Atmospheric Environment: 2006 Haagen-Smit Prize

The "Haagen-Smit Prize", first launched in year 2001, is designed to recognize outstanding papers published in the Elsevier journal Atmospheric Environment (AE).The prize' is given annually to two papers previously published in AE and covering different science areas.

CongratulationsTony!

Image courtesy of Tony Clarke/SOEST (click on it to see the full version).

October 12: David Karl, Klaus Keil, Steven Stanley, and Klaus Wyrtki honored by Chancellor for their National Academy of Sciences awards

David Karl was honored for his election into the National Academy of Sciences, Klaus Keil for his J.Lawrence Smith Medal, Steven Stanley for his Mary Clark Thompon Medal, and Klaus Wyrtki for his Alexander Agassiz Medal.

Congratulations to all!

Image courtesy of Pete Mouginis-Mark (click on it to see the full version). Read more about it in the Honolulu Star Bulletin.

October 9 : Whitlow Au Elected Vice President of Acoustical Society of America

Dr. Whitlow W.L. Au, a Chief Scientist at the Hawaii Institute of Marine Biology, has been elected as Vice President-Elect of the Acoustical Society of America. "The Acoustical Society of America is the world’s leading acoustics society and has many distinguished members and a history of continual contribution to science and to our general society," Dr. Au said. "To be elected as an officer of such a prestigious organization is indeed a great honor and also a very humbling experience to be entrusted with the responsibility of continuing the successful functioning of such an organization."

Congratulations, Whitlow!

For more information, please see the ASA press release.

Sept 19: Steve Martel honored by the Editors of American Geophysical Union journals

Steve Martel, a professor of Geology and Geophysics, has been cited by Editors of AGU journals for excellence
in refereeing for 2005. The Editors’ citation recognizes this special service to the Union, and these individuals are to be commended for consistently providing constructive and thoughtful reviews. Congratulations, Steve!

For more information, please see Eos, Vol. 87, No. 38, 19 September 2006

Sept 18: R. Cengiz Ertekin appointed as the Editor-in-Chief of the journal Ocean Engineering

Ocean and Resources Engineering (ORE) professor R. Cengiz Ertekin has recently been appointed as the Editor-in-Chief of the journal Ocean Engineering (Elsevier) effective October 1, 2006. He will share the duties of this position with Prof. A. Incecik, who is the Head of the School of Marine Science and Technology of the University of Newcastle upon Tyne. Prof. Ertekin is also currently on the Editorial Boards of the Journal of Marine Science and Technology (Springer Verlag), the journals Marine Structures and Applied Ocean Research (both Elsevier), the Journal of Engineering for the Maritime Environment (IMechM, PE Publishing), and the Journal of Waterway, Port, Coastal & Ocean Engineering (ASCE). He also served as the Associate Editor of the Journal of Offshore Mechanics and Arctic Engineering (Transactions of ASME) from 1992 to 1999. Congratulations, Cengiz!

Sept 12: Marion Bandet-Chavanne Awarded Link Foundation Fellowship

Ocean and Resources Engineeringt PhD student Marion Bandet-Chavanne has been awarded a prestigious Link Foundation Doctoral Research Fellowship in Ocean Engineering and Instrumentation for 2006–2007, which are given out to the nation’s top ocean engineering students. The principal objective of Marion’s research is to investigate the interaction between bottom roughness, flow structure and turbulent properties within the wave-current boundary layer, and particularly to examine the spatial variability of turbulent properties over irregular roughness, based on field observations within the Kilo Nalu Nearshore Reef Observatory. Congratulations, Marion!

For more information about the Link Foundation and Marion’s researach, please visit the new ORE News page.

July 27: Julia Hammer honored as one of the nation’s top young scientists

Julia Hammer, an associate professor of Geology and Geophysics, was honored today by President George W. Bush with the prestigious Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers, the nation’s highest honor for professionals at the outset of their independent research careers. Congratulations on this great honor, Julia!

Read more about it in the UH News, the Pacific Business News, and the press release PDF. Image courtesy of UH (click on it to see the full version).

July 02: Chip Fletcher honored for efforts to protect shoreline and beaches

Charles H. (Chip) Fletcher, III, chair of the Geology & Geophysics Dept, was honored with the Hung Wo and Elizabeth Lau Ching Foundation Award for Faculty Service, which recognizes significant contributions that strengthen ties between the university and the community. He is honored for his devotion and team-building efforts in establishing new guidelines and policy for the the protection of Hawai‘i’s shorelines and beaches. Congratulations, Chip!

Read about it in News@UH. Image courtesy of Chip Fletcher.

June 16: Andy Harris awarded 2006 Regents’ Medal for Excellence in Teaching

Andy Harris, Associate Professor at the Hawaii Institute of Geophysics and Planetology (HIGP), has been awarded a University of Hawai‘i 2006 Regents’ Medal for Excellence in Teaching. What is unique about Andy’s award is that it follows on the heels of his 2003 Regents’ Medal for Excellence in Research for his studies of active volcanoes. No other UH faculty member has ever won both the Teaching and Research awards. Congratulations, Andy!

Read about the award on the Regent’s Medal page and the HIGP home page. Image courtesy of UH Manoa.

June 16: Milton A. Garces awarded 2006 Regents’ Medal for Excellence in Research

Milton A. Garces, Associate Researcher and Director of the Infrasound Laboratory, has been awarded the University of Hawai‘i 2006 Regents’ Medal for Excellence in Research. Milton receives this award for the high quality and great variety of his research with infrasound. Congratulations, Milton!

Read about the award on the Regent’s Medal page and the HIGP home page. Image courtesy of UH Manoa.

June 16: Linda Martel ’s work on search for meteorites in Antartica honored

Linda Martel, HIGP Academic Support Specialist, has been awarded the U.S. Antarctica Service Medal for her service on the Antarctic Search for Meteorites (ANSMET) expedition team that explored the Meteorite Hills icefields of the Transantarctic Mountains in 2001-2002. The season was exceptionally successful, recovering more than 330 specimens including a lunar meteorite and others of immense scientific interest. Congratulations, Linda!

Read about it on the HIGP home page. Image courtesy of L. Martel (click on it to see full version).

June 11: Scott Rowland’s teaching honored by UH Manoa Chancellor

Associate Specialist Scott Rowland, UH Geology and Geophysics Department, is one of six UH Manoa faculty members who have been awarded the Chancellor’s Citation for Meritorious Teaching, which recognizes Manoa faculty members who have made significant contributions to teaching and student learning. Congratulations, Scott!

Read about it at News@UH. Image courtesy of UH Manoa.

May 15: David Karl elected to the American Academy of Microbiology

The American Academy of Microbiology (AAM), the honorific leadership group of the American Society for Microbiology which recognizes excellence, originality and creativity in the microbiological sciences, has elected David M. Karl to be a fellow. Members of the AAM are elected through a highly selective, annual, peer-reviewed process, based on their records of scientific achievement and original contributions that have advanced microbiology. Congratulations once again, David!

Image courtesy of David Karl / SOEST.

May 15 : Geology and Geophysics graduate named to UH Board of Regents

Michael Dahilig’s (G&G, Spring 2003) appointment to the student position on the University of Hawai‘i Board of Regents was recently confirmed by the Hawai‘i State Senate. A third-year student in the William S. Richardson School of Law, he is concurrently pursuing a master’s degree in urban and regional planning. He received a bachelor’s degree with honors in geology and geophysics from UH Manoa in 2003, and was president of the ASUH. Congratulations, Michael!

Read the press release for his other awards. Image courtesy of UH EAUR.

April 26 : David Karl elected to the National Academy of Sciences

The National Academy of Sciences (NAS) announced the election of 72 new members and 18 foreign associates in recognition of their distinguished and continuing achievements in original research. Included in this list of notables is David M. Karl from the Department of Oceanography. Election to the Academy is considered one of the highest honors that can be accorded a U.S. scientist or engineer. Congratulations on this well deserved recognition, David!

Read the press release. Image courtesy of SOEST

March: Margaret McManus awarded Leopold Fellowship

Margaret McManus, assistant professor in the Department of Oceanography, is one of 18 academic environmental scientists from the US and Canada awarded a 2006 Aldo Leopold Leadership Fellowship. As a Leopold Fellow, McManus will participate this year in intensive training that includes sessions on how to communicate science effectively to non-scientific audiences, including media and policy makers. Congratulations on this wonderful achievement, Margaret!

For more information please see the press release. Image courtesy of Margaret McManus.

March: Fred Mackenzie receives Geochemical Society’s 2006 Patterson award

Oceanography professor Fred Mackenzie will receive the 2006 Claire C. Patterson award from the Geochemical Society. The Clair C. Patterson Award, is awarded in recognition for a recent innovative breakthrough in environmental geochemistry of fundamental significance, published in a peer-reviewed journal. Fred will be honored at the Goldschmidt Conference in Australia in August. Congratulations on this great honor, Fred!

Image courtesy of Fred Mackenzie .

February: Brian Popp named Geochemistry Fellow

Geology and Geophysics professor Brian Popp has been elected a Geochemistry Fellow by the Geochemical Society and the European Association for Geochemistry. The title is bestowed upon "outstanding scientists who have, over the years, made a major contribution to the field of geochemistry". Brian will be honored at the Goldschmidt Conference in Australia in August. Congratulations on this great honor, Brian!

Image courtesy of Brian Popp .

January 20 : Two SOEST Scientists among 15 honored by the National Academy of Sciences

The researchers are two of 15 national scientists to receive awards this year. Klaus Keil (HIGP), Interim Dean of SOEST, has been awarded the J. Lawrence Smith Medal, and Steven Stanley (GG) has been awarded the Mary Clark Thompson Medal, both awards come with a cash prize. Congratulations to you both!

Read the press release PDF. Image courtesy of Bob Chinn, UH University Relations.

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