2015-2016 Department Awards and Achievements

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Congratulations to all of our graduates and award recipients. The following are awards and achievements for the 2015-2016 academic year.

Department Awards

Outstanding Graduate Teaching Assistant Award Joaquin Siado-Castaneda
Outstanding Undergraduate Teaching Assistant Award Roshan Bengali
Undergraduate Award for Excellence in Research Benjamin Bradley
Undergraduate Merit Award for Academic Performance Matthew Dunn
Roger & Suzanne Kirby Outstanding Physics Major Award Seth Kurfman

Undergraduate Fellowships

Teaching Assistants Roshan Bengali
Nicole Benker
Samantha Burtwistle
Robert Carlson
Shelby Clausen
Austin Connor
Zebulon Cooper
Ellie Feis
Jennifer Hamblin
Matthew Hormandl
Seth Kurfman
Savanna McDonald
Ashton Neylon
Andrew O’Connell
Hannah Paxton
Emma Schneider
Molly Seeger
Zachary Smith
NASA Nebraska Space Grant Nicole Benker
Shelby Clausen
Jennifer Hamblin
Matthew Hormandl
Celeste Labedz
Savanna McDonald
SRC STARnet Undergraduate Research Internship Jack Rodenburg
Ethiyal Wilson
Darrell J. Nelson Summer Undergraduate Internship in Energy Sciences Research Ethiyal Wilson
Finalist, ND Connect Competition Ethiyal Wilson
Silicon Lab Research Recognition Award
Presenter: Rachel Bartek
Kevin Hagen
UCARE Award Recipients Peter Kosch
Jordan O’Neal
Austin Schulte
Zachary Smith

Graduate Fellowships

Chancellor’s Fellowship Karl Ahrendsen
GAANN Giovanni Baez Flores
Colton Fruhling
Corbyn Mellinger
Noah Sutton
NASA Nebraska Space Grant Jonathan Reyes
Alexander Stamm
Othmer Paulo Costa
Elena Krivyakina
Bridging Program Prescott Evans
Travis Hutchins
Christopher Keck
Ross Kuchta
Corbyn Mellinger
Yu Hang Ng
Shane Sandhoefner
NCMN Graduate Research Fellowship Ivan Zhuravlev
2015 AVS Graduate Research Award Elena Maria Echeverria Mora
2016 INTERMAG Best Student Presentation Award Anil Rajapitamahuni

Faculty Awards

Elected to Board of Directors of the American Physical Society Timothy Gay
Fellow of the American Physical Society Dan Claes
Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry Peter Dowben
NSF CAREER Award Xiaoshan Xu
Certificate of Recognition for Contributions to Students, UNL Parents Association and Teaching Council Matthias Fuchs
Orhan Yenen (received for 5th time)
Delivered 2015 Nebraska Lecture, the Chancellors Distinguished Lecture Series Dan Claes
NCMN Ambassador Awards
Presenter: Dr. David Sellmyer
Shireen Adenwalla