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GRADUATE STUDENT AWARDS OUTSTANDING ADVANCED GRADUATE STUDENT AWARD: Consists of $500 and a certificate to honor the outstanding advanced graduate student (who is in his/her last year of the Ph.D. program) in each of the programs. This award is based on excellence in research as evidenced by publications in refereed journals and coursework demonstrated by GPA. Where applicable, teaching and service will also be taken into account. (Research advisors should nominate the student to the executive committee for selection.) HONOR LIST:     Astronomy  Physics 96-97    JAGBIR HOODA   STEVEN G. MATSIK 97-98  MICHELLE THALLER      WILLIAM LEE 98-99  REED L. RIDDLE  VICTOR BELLITO 99-00  ELIZABETH C. FERRARA 00-01 SERGEY FALEEV 01-02 DAVID BERGER  YONG YANG 02-03 KEVIN MARSHALL VELAUTHAM SIVAKUMAR 03-04 EUNWOO CHOI RINZAN MOHAMED SIBEL TOKEDEMIR 04-05 PARAMITA BARAI RUILI WANG VINCENT WOODS 05-06 VARENDRA DAS GAMINI ARIYAWANSA 06-07 JOHN SUBASAVAGE ARUNA WEERASEKARA 07-08 TABETHA BOYAJIAN VIRAJ JAYAWEERA

OUTSTANDING SECOND YEAR GRADUATE STUDENT AWARD: Consists of $300 and a certificate to honor the outstanding second year graduate student in each of the programs. The award is based on excellence in coursework as evidenced by GPA and the Ph.D. qualifying exam obtaining the highest aggregate. HONOR LIST:       Astronomy   Physics 96-97    XIONG YING        YONG HU 97-98  ANTHONY B. KAYE     SIBEL TOKDEMIR 98-99  ELIZABETH FERRARA  SERGEY FALEEV 99-00 DAVID H. BERGER NAYANA JAYATILAKA QIN WANG 00-01 WENJIN HUANG WEI-CHUN JAO   01-02  CHAD OGDEN MARY VIRGINIA MCSWAIN MOHAMED BUHANY MOHAMED RINZAN RULI WANG 02-03 MARY VIRGINIA MCSWAIN WEN-CHUN JAO   03-04 WENJIN HUANG WEI-CHUN CHU 04-05     05-06     06-07 STEPHEN WILLIAMS ANASTASIA RUSSINA INDRANIL MITRA MAXIM DURACH 07-08   KANISHKA MATHES DAYANANDA

OUTSTANDING GRADUATE TEACHING ASSISTANT AWARD: Consists of $300 and a certificate to honor the outstanding performance in conducting laboratory sessions. The eligible students should have completed the relevant teaching course (6300) and should have previously taught at least 4 laboratory sessions. In the year of the award, the student should have conducted at least 3 laboratory sessions. The award is based on excellence in teaching as evidenced by the performance in relevant courses, and the laboratory teaching, student comments and any other relevant criteria. In general, one Astronomy and one Physics award will be given in an year. HONOR LIST:     Astronomy   Physics 01-02 MARY VIRGINIA MCSWAIN JOHN MCFARLAND VELAUTHAM SIVAKUMAR 02-03   SIBEL TOKDEMIR 03-04 ERIKA GRUNDSTROM MOHAMED RINZAN  04-05 ERIKA GRUNDSTROM KEVIN MARSHALL ANGELA OSTERMAN PUSHPA WIJESINGHE 05-06 TABETHA BOYAJIAN AYAO SOSSAH 06-07 SAIDA CABALLERO NIEVES SREEJA PARAMESWARAN 07-08   PRABATH HEWAGEGANA

UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTAWARDS HANKLA AWARD: The  Robert H. Hankla Award is presented annually to the outstanding senior student. HONOR LIST:   1996 Khuong Tuan Ngo 1997 Kether Friedmann 1998 James Elliot Joyce 1999 Debra Lynne McKee 2000 Ashley Paul 2001 Steven Gabriel 2002 Chris Cleven 2003 Jay Dunn 2004 David Patton 2005 Michael Herrera 2006 Jericho Cain 2007 Marcus Stevens 2008 Enrico Carrion