Physics and Astronomy News, 2009-2010

• Prof. Pantelides (lead PI) has received a grant in the amount of $1,556,399 over 4 years by the NSF GOALI Program for research in "The oxidation of silicon carbide and structure-defects mobility relations."
• Graduate Fellowship Awards: Hui-Yiing Chang (NSF), Michael Clemens (SMART), Tommy LeBlanc (NASA).
• Prof. David Weintraub awarded Thomas Jefferson Award for "distinguished service to Vanderbilt".
• Prof. A.V. Ramayya has been awarded an honarary Doctor of Science degree from Eastern Kentucky University.
• Prof. Kelly Holley-Bockelmann has received a $1.076M CAREER award from the National Science Foundation (the largest ever awarded in Astronomy).
• Prof. Keivan Stassun has been awarded a $2.2M PAARE (Partnership for Astronomy and Astrophysics Research and Education) NSF grant.
• Prof. Leonard Feldman awarded Miegunyah Distinguished Visiting Fellowship by the University of Melbourne.
• Oleg Ovchinnikov of the University of Tennessee, Knoxville wins 2009 Vanderbilt Prize for Undergraduate Research.
• Hui-Yiing Chang awarded NSF Graduate Research Fellowship.
• Prof. Keivan Stassun to receive Fletcher Foundation fellowship for work “furthering the goals and the spirit of Brown v. Board of Education”.
• Prof. Jay Dickerson awarded a new research grant from the Office of Naval Research.