Marshall N. Rosenbluth Outstanding Doctoral Thesis Award
To provide recognition to exceptional young scientists who have performed original thesis work of outstanding scientific quality and achievement in the area of plasma physics. The award consists of $2,000 and a certificate to be presented during the award ceremony at the banquet for the Division of Plasma Physics Annual Meeting and a travel allowance to the meeting of up to $500. Establishment & SupportThis award was established in 1985 (originally as the Simon Ramo Award and formerly as the Outstanding Doctoral Thesis in Plasma Physics Award) and endowed in 1997 by General Atomics Inc. Rules & EligibilityNominations will be accepted for any doctoral student of a college or university in the United States or for a United States student abroad who has successfully passed his/her final thesis defense within the preceding 24 months of the current nomination deadline. The work to be considered must have been performed as part of the requirements for a doctoral degree. Nomination packages should include a copy of the candidate's thesis. Each nominee will be considered for two consecutive cycles. Updated letters of support may be submitted for the second cycle. Nomination & Selection ProcessThis year’s deadline has passed. Please check back soon for next year’s nomination information and deadline. |  |
2008 Marshall N. Rosenbluth Outstanding Doctoral Thesis Award Recipient: Yang Ren University of Wisconsin
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