Awards

APS Arthur L. Schawlow Prize in Laser Science

The Arthur L. Schawlow Prize recognizes outstanding contributions to basic research which uses lasers to advance our knowledge of the fundamental physical properties of materials and their interaction with light. 2010 Recipients: Henry C. Kapteyn of JILA, University of Colorado, USA and Margaret M. Murnane of JILA, University of Colorado, USA. Citation: For critical advances in the science and technology of high-harmonics generation, with particular relevance to sub-femtosecond pulse generation and related attosecond-scale physics.

R.W. Wood Prize awarded to Henry C. Kapteyna dn Margaret M. Munane

Established by the Optical Society of America (OSA) in 1975 to honor the many contributions that R.W. Wood made to optics, this award recognizes an outstanding discovery, scientific or technical achievement, or invention in the field of optics. Professosr Murnane and Kapteyn were awarded the prestigious Wood Prize at the CLEO conference in May of 2010.  Henry and Margaret were recognized for their critical advances in the science and technology of high harmonic generation, with particular relevance to sub-femtosecond pulse generation and related attosecond-scale physics.

EUV Table-Top Microscope is Awarded a
2008 R&D 100 Award

Professor Carmen Menoni and other principal investigators from Colorado State University, Lawrence Berkeley National Lab, UC Berkeley and Lebedev Physical Institute in Moscow,along with graduate students on the research effort, received the R&D 100 Award at a ceremony held in Chicago on October 16, 2008. Awarded was the EUVM-1, the first EUV Microscope based on a table-top EUV laser source which extends the range of resolution for light-based imaging. For the announcement, click here.

To view a short (150 seconds) video on the EUVM-1 microscope, click here.

If you would like more information on the EUV Microscope, or a copy of the product brief, or wish to pursue exploring the opportunities of EUV science and technology for applications, please contact Bob Bower.

- 2008 Carmen Menoni, including principal researchers at Colorado State, Lawerence Berkeley Labs, UCBerkeley and the Lebedev Physical Institute in Moscow were awarded a R&D100 Award for Center work on a table-top EUV microscope. Attending the ceremony held on October 16 in Chicago were a number of the investigators and graduate students who contributed to the work. Click here for the news release. For a short (150 seconds) video on the EUVM-1 microscope, click here.

- 2007 Courtney Brewer, a graduate student at CSU, was presented a Research Excellence Award sponsored by SPIE and Newport for her work in nanoscale microscopy. The award was given at the San Diego SPIE meeting.

- 2007 Przemyslaw Wachulkak, a graduate student at CSU, was presented a Research Excellence Award sponsored by SPIE and Newport for his work in nanoscale patterning. The award was given at the San Diego SPIE meeting.

- 2007 Fernando Brizuela, a graduate student at CSU, was awarded 1st place in the Rocky Mountain Chapter AVS Student Poster Competition on his work with nanoscale microscopy.

- 2007 Carmen Menoni was named to the Board of Governors for IEEE LEOS. http://www.engr.colostate.edu/ece/news/menoni.shtml

- 2007 Jorge Rocca received the University Distinguished Professor Award from Colorado State University for outstanding accomplishments in research and scholarship. http://celebrate.colostate.edu/index.asp?url=awards_07

- 2007 Henry Kaptyn has been elected a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. He was cited for his pioneering contributions in the fields of atomic, molecular and optical science, in particular for opening up a new field of "attosecond" science -- a spin-off of intense laser physics -- and nonlinear physics.

- 2006 Randy Bartles recipient of "Presidential Early Career Award". Read more on this prestigious award.

- 2006 Jorge J. Rocca received the IEEE LEOS Distinguished Lecturer Award.

-2006 Mark Berrill, CSU graduate student, received the Department of Energy Computational Graduate Fellowship.

- 2006 Margaret Murnane elected a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.

- 2006 Oren Cohen, CU Boulder Post Doc, DAMOP best thesis award finalist.

-2006 Abbie Tippie, CSU undergraduate, receiptient of NSF Graduate Fellowship and Silver Medal College of Engineering.

- 2005 Dale Martz, CSU Graduate Student, receives the Tau Beta Pi Fellowship and Eta Kappa Nu Fellowship.

- 2005 Jorge Filevich, CSU Graduate Student, receives 2nd place at the CSU IT Research Colloquium.

- 2005 Mihi Tendulkar, UC Berkeley Graduate Student, receives the University medal for engineering science and the Parikh Scholarship for the academic year 2004-2005.

- 2005 Courtney Brewer, CSU Masters candidate, received NSF Graduate Fellowship and Highest Honors CSU Undergraduate Research and Creativity Showcase.

- 2005 Mark Berrill, CSU Graduate Student, received the SPIE Graduate Fellowship.

-2005 David Springer, CSU undergraduate, receipient of poster award at Engineering Days, College of Engineering, Colorado State University.

- 2005 Annette Rivas and Justin Lo, CSU undergraduates, receipients of Poster Award at Engineering Days, College of Engineering, Honors CSU Undergraduate Research and Creativity Showcase.

- 2005 Julian Threatt, UC Berkeley EUV Center REU student, receipient of 5 - year Chancellor's Fellowship for Graduate Study at the University of California, Berkeley.

- 2005 Kick Wagnerm, CU Boulder graduate student, received first prize for the poster at the Colorado Photonics Industry Association.

- 2005 Emily Gibson, CU Boulder Post Doc, DAMOP best thesis award finalist.

- 2005 Ryan Miyakawa, UC Berkeley Graduate Student, receives the 2005-2006 Outstanding Graduate Student Instructor (OGSI) Award.

- 2005 Chris Anderson and Ryan Miyakawa, UC Berkeley Graduate Students, receive the AS&T Academic Fellowship.

- 2005 Dr. Randy Bartels, CSU Assistant Professor, was receipient of the Sloan Fellowship.

- 2005 Kristin Rosfjordm UC Berkeley Graduate Student, receives the Clare Booth Luce MIT Post - Doctorial Grant.

- 2005 Weilun Chao, LBNL CXRO, was named the recipient of the prestigious Meyer-Ilse Award for contributions to x-ray microscopy, awarded at the tri-annual International X-Ray Microscopy Conference, held July in Himeji, Japan. Chao was recognized for his contributions to the achievement of 15 nm spatial resolution and applications thereof.

- 2004 Margaret Murnane elected to the National Academy of Sciences!

- 2004 Courtney Brewer and Dale Martz, CSU undergraduate students, recipients of SPIE fellowships in April.

- 2004 Dr. Randy Bartels, CSU Assistant Professor, places as Finalist in the DAMOP Thesis Award.

-2004 Dr. Randy Bartels, an assistant professor at CSU and researcher in the EUV ERC has been selected as a recipient of the prestigious Sloan Research Fellowship. Randy is investigating interferometry with compact sources in the ERC's Imaging, Patterning and Metrology thrust. Read more on this award.

- 2004 Margaret Murnane, CU Professor, was elected as Member of the National Academy of Sciences, and Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS).

- 2004 Dr. Randy Bartels, CSU Assistant Professor, was awarded the Lomb Medal of the Optical Society of America. and the Sloan Fellowship in 2005.

- 2004 Emily Gibson, CU graduate student, was awarded a National Research Council Postdoctoral Fellowship.

- 2004 Jorge Filevich, CSU graduate student, received first prize for student posters competition at the 14th American Physical Society Topical Conference on "Atomic Processes in Plasma", Santa Fe, April.

- 2004 Brendan Reagan, CSU Undergraduate student, received the "Highest Honor" award at the "2004 Undergraduate Research and Creativity Symposia", a campus-wide event held at Colorado State University in April.

- 2004 Michael Purvis, CSU Undergraduate student, was recipient of "High Honors" at the "2004 Undergraduate Research and Creativity Symposia" at Colorado State University.

- 2004, The CSU Center's undergraduate student team formed by Timothy Van Dorselan, Paul Johnson, Darrell Christensen, Dale Martz and Josh Havekost received the first prize "Best Project" award at Engineering Days, College of Engineering, Colorado State University in April.

- 2003 Michael Grisham and David Gaudiosi, CSU and CU Boulder Graduate Students (joint project), receive First Place at Colorado Photonics Industry Association Student Poster Competition.

- 2003 Amy Lytle, CU Boulder Graduate Student, receives NSF Graduate Fellowship.