New Members

On April 24, 2012 the University of Colorado chapter of Sigma Xi had its annual awards ceremony. During this ceremony we recognized all of our new members. Welcome to Sigma Xi

Election to Full Membership

Dr. Juhan Kim
Cooperative Institute for Research in the Environmental Sciences
University of Colorado, Boulder
Biological and Engineering Sciences

Dr. Zheng Li
Dept. of Electrical, Computer, and Energy Engineering
University of Colorado, Boulder
Engineering Sciences

Samantha Stevenson
Dept. of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences
University of Colorado, Boulder
Physical and Earth Sciences

Dr. Milan Urban
Dept. of Biochemistry
University of Colorado, Boulder
Biological Sciences & Health Sciences

Dr. Philip Pienkos
Principal Group Manager, Applied Sciences
National Bioenergy Center
National Renewable Energy Laboratory
Golden, Colorado

Election to Associate Membership

Miranda Redmond
Dept. Ecology & Evolutionary Biology,
University of Colorado, Boulder
Biological Sciences

Recognition of Graduate Research Excellence

Daniel Knights
Department of Computer Science
University of Colorado, Boulder

Recognition of Undergraduate Research Excellence

Recognition is for exceptional dedication, creativity, and
independence in pursuit of original knowledge. All are
elected to Associate Membership.

Lameese Akacem
Nominated by Monique LeBourgeois
Integrative Physiology

Courtney Enix
Nominated by Pei-San Tsai
Integrative Physiology

Brandon Fields
Nominated by Christopher Lowry
Integrative Physiology

Nicole Look
Nominated by Rodger Kram/Elizabeth Bradley
Applied Mathematics

Robert Stillwell
Nominated by Xinlin Li
Aerospace Engineering Sciences and LASP

New Members

New Members

On April 27, 2010 the University of Colorado chapter of Sigma Xi had its annual awards ceremony. During this ceremony we recognized all of our new members. Welcome to Sigma Xi

Election to Full Membership

Dr. Paul Edward Bennett Jr.
Graduate Teacher Program
University of Colorado
Biological Sciences

Dr. Shih-Hui Jen
Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry
University of Colorado
Physical and Earth Sciences

Dr. Deborah S. Jin
National Institute of Standards and Technology; JILA
Fellow; Department of Physics; University of Colorado
Physical and Earth Sciences

Dr. Christopher Lowry
Department of Integrative Physiology and
Center for Neuroscience
University of Colorado
Biological and Health Sciences

Dr. Hongyan Luo
Ecosystems; Micrometeorology
National Ecological Observatory (NEON), Inc.
Biological Sciences

Dr. Elizabeth A. Siewert
Biostatistics
University of Colorado - Denver
Mathematics and Computer Sciences

Dr. Rebecca Safran
Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
University of Colorado
Biological and Health Sciences

Dr. Hua Yang
Department of Animal Science
College of Agricultural Sciences
Colorado State University
Agriculture/Natural Resources

Election to Associate Membership

Crystal Lyn Boyd
Museum and Field Studies
University of Colorado
Biological Sciences

Marcus Steven Cohen
Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
University of Colorado
Biological Sciences

Recognition of Graduate Research Excellence

Dr. Sri Rama Prasanna Pavani
Research Advisor Rafael Piestun, CU Department of
Electrical, Computer and Energy Engineering

Recognition of Undergraduate Research Excellence

Recognition is for exceptional dedication, creativity, and
independence in pursuit of original knowledge. All are
elected to Associate Membership, with dues paid by Dr.
James Baur to honor Prof. Roy H. Garstang.

Anna Blakney
Nominated by Stephanie J. Bryant
Chemical and Biological Engineering

Zipei Feng
Nominated by Xuedong Liu
Chemistry and Biochemistry

Matthew Ross
Nominated by Nichole Barger
Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

Kyle Urquhart
Nominated by Arthur A. Joyce
Anthropology

Rachel Wildrick
Nominated by Rebecca Safran
Ecology and Evolutionary Biology.

ANNUAL RECOGNITION RECEPTION
Tuesday, 21 April, 5 to 7 pm, NCAR Centergreen Lab, Recognition Reception for new members and awardees. Kristi Anseth will speak.

At our AWARDS RECEPTION in April 2008, Dr. Thomas J. Bogdan spoke on "Space Weather Comes of Age".

We welcomed three new members:
Dr. Pieter T. J. Johnson; Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
Dr. Paul Adams Sandberg; Anthropology;
Dr. Robert Alan Steenburgh, Space Weather Prediction Center, NOAA, USAF .

We recognized and awarded checks and subscriptions to American Scientist to the following members of the scientific community.

Two outstanding graduate students at the University of Colorado:
Joel Weinstein of Mechanical Engineering;
Sarah Jack Hinners of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology.

Seven students in Boulder Valley high schools:
Elias Stallard-Olivera of Boulder High School;
Carli Smith of Centaurus High School;
Trevor Bowen of New Vista High School;
Katherine Strasser of Broomfield High School;
James Lee of Monarch High School;
Atticus Bergman of Fairview High School;
Kyle Knight of Nederland High School.

At our AWARDS RECEPTION on April 19, Prof Frank Kreith spoke on "A Sustainable Transportation System: Politics and Technology".

We welcomed five new members:
Dr. Kevin S.G. Heng, Supernova remnants, gamma-ray bursts & the physics of shocks;
Dr. Mervi Hjelmroos-Koski, Palynology & Public Health;
Dr. Diana Oliveras, Conservation of pollinators;
Dr. Darin Toohey, Atmospheric measurments of aerosols and trace gases;
Dr. Rui Wang, Artificial hearts and circulatory components.


We honored five teachers of science and mathematics in Boulder Valley high schools:
Ben Boyer of Boulder High School;
Kay Davidson of Broomfield High School;
Ron Haddad of Centaurus High School(again);
Kathy Vance of Arapahoe Ridge High School;
Reid Walker of Monarch High School.


We recognized the excellence of seven high-school students:
Joseph Baum of Boulder High School;
Domenico DiMarco of Centaurus HighShool;
Eric Ellison of New Vista High School;
Kevin Fiedler of Broomfield High School;
Adam Richmond of Monarch High School;
Thomas Waggoner of Fairview High School;
Hannah Walters of Nederland High School;

2006 April 17 The Spring Recognition Reception was held in the Discovery Learning Center atrium and lecture hall. Prof. Talat Shahnaz Rahman, distinguished Professor of Physics, Kansas State University, and a Sigma Xi Distinguihed Lecturer for 2006, spoke on "Science at the Nanoscale: Promising Facts or Fiction?"

Prof. Michael Eisenberg and associates opened the Crafts Technology laoratory for an eye-opening tour and demonstrations of educational techniques.

Student awards were presented to Amit Halevi of Fairview High School (nominated by Cameron Wickham) and to Gabriel Sachter-Smith of Nederland High School.

The teacher award went to Stephanie Weber.

New members were recognized: Glenn Blauvelt and Susan Hendrix.

RECEPTION 2005 APRIL 22
Our Annual Award Reception began at 7:30PM on Friday, 22 April, 2005, in the Discovery Learning Center (DLC) of the College of Engineering and Applied Science on the UCB campus.

Chapter President Michael Breed introduced Dr. Susan Solomon, who presented "Sleuthing with Science: the Coldest March of Robert Falcon Scott in the Antarctic". Dr. Solomon is a Senior Scientist in the NOAA Aeronomy Laboratory in Boulder and an Adjunct Professor at the University of Colorado, Boulder.

The Chapter recognized several individuals in the community for helping to prepare the next generation of scientists and engineers, as well as high-school students who have excelled in the study of science, mathematics and technology. Chapter Vice President David Kassoy presented certificates and awards to these accomplished individuals:

teacher Abby Scott and student Malcolm Young of Centaurus High;

teacher Alberto Real and student Jon H. Monserud of Nederland High.

The science-support award went to Christopher B. Schenk of the computer-science department at the University of Colorado for setting up an efficient undergraduate computing laboratory with the help of undergraduate apprentices.

April 21, 2004 was the date of the annual meeting, with a reception at 7 p.m. in the Cires Atrium, followed at 7:30 p.m. by the awards presentation and the lecture on The Wright Brothers' Gliders and Flyer, 1900-1903 by Ray Hauser and Consuelo Hauser.
Awardees were:
Yiming Wang of Boulder High School and Kenji Yoshida of Fairview High School for excellence in science studies;
Benjamin Boyer of Boulder High School and Ronald Haddad of Centaurus High School for excellence in science teaching;
Suzanne Larsen of University of Colorado Libraries for scientific research support.
Here is Suzanne Larsen's citation:

Bibliographer, Director, Teacher, Facilitator, Evaluator, Advisor, and Community Resource, Suzanne Larsen has enriched the University of Colorado science community for sixteen years. She shares her bibliographic expertise with scholars and students, in the classroom, and individually. Her "mission" is to guide students beyond Google to the scholarly databases and resources provided by the University Libraries and arm them with the skills needed to do their research effectively. She has recently become the Acting Faculty Director of Lester Math/Physics Library in addition to her duties as Director of the Jerry Crail Johnson Earth Sciences and Map Library. She has served on departmental committees in both the Libraries and Geological Sciences, as well as on campus, system and state committees and taskforces. She is active in the Geoscience Information Society and currently serves on the Advisory Committee for GeoRef, the primary database in the geosciences. She is the chair of the Collections Committee for the Digital Library for Earth System Education, an NSF funded digital library initiative. We present this year’s support award to Suzanne Larsen, an esteemed companion in zealous research.

University of Colorado Chapter Officers:

The Annual Meeting & Banquet for 2003 was held April 22, Tuesday 6pm, at the University Club, 972 Broadway. The speaker was Mark Dugan, MCDB and his subject was: "Cognitive Science Applied to Learning Theory: What's Ticking When You Use Your Brain?"

At the banquet, we honored winners of Sigma Xi awards: an outstanding science support person, and outstanding students of science and mathematics in local high schools.

Certificates of Recognition with checks were awarded to the following individuals:

The support-person award was made to Patricia Feist, Organic Laboratory Coordinator for the UCB Chemistry Dept.
(Last year, a science-teacher award was made to Richard Borinsky.)

Six students received awards for excellence in science or mathematics:

Andrew Wahr, Fairview High School (last year: Michelle Itano);
Marcus Griep, Broomfield High School (last year: Timsy Bir);
Truman Wilson, Centaurus High School (last year: Joshua Baker);
Laurie Cornell, Nederland Middle-Senior High School (last year: Brendan Hickey);
Jonathan Beall, Boulder High School (last year: Stephan van der Mersch);
Neena Gupta, Monarch High School (last year: Ashley Barnes);
no candidate from Niwot High School (last year: Andrew Musser).

At the Annual Meeting & Banquet, 2002, April 23, Prof. Mark Ablowitz, Applied Mathematics, CU, spoke on "Waves, waves, waves . . . waves everywhere". After describing solitons in the form of internal waves in a canal and in the ocean, Professor Ablowitz showed how the same mathematics defines fiber-optic waves that promise enormous enhancement of the quality and quantity of information that can be transmitted around the globe. The banquet was at the University Club, 972 Broadway.

April 17 (tentative date) -- Annual Meeting & Banquet: Roger Bilham, CU,
"Death and Construction - a Global View of Urban Earthquakes"
At the ANNUAL MEETING we honor new members and winners of Sigma Xi awards: an outstanding science teacher, and top science students in local high schools. Spouses and other guests are welcome. Please join us! Meet promising young scientists and their parents; hear and query an expert on a significant scientific problem. Reservations are necessary, so please call Professor Garstang at 303-492-7795.

University of Colorado Chapter Officers:

April 23 (Thursday, banquet) -- Dr. Daniel Albritton, Director, The Aeronomy Laboratory, NOAA: "Global Warming, the Ozone Hole and the December UN Kyoto Conference"

At this ANNUAL BANQUET, we honor new members and winners of Sigma Xi awards: an outstanding science teacher, and top science students in local high schools. Inform Prof. Garstang of your plans to attend. Spouses and other guests are welcome. Enjoy a delicious meal served in the Aspen Room of the Memorial Center at the University of Colorado, meet promising young scientists and their parents, and hear and query an expert on socially significant scientific problems.

That's the year that was. Coming up in the fall of 1998:
Our first meeting will be the first Tuesday in October. Our November 3 speaker will be Ray Hauser: Science in the Courtroom.