The Aust ralian Nat ional University Weekly Bulletin

Research School of Physical Sciences & Engineeering

Volume 34 Number 11 21 - 27 March 2008 either geology, mining engineering or extractive metallurgy. FROM THE DIRECTOR’S OFFICE Deadline(s): 30/06/2008

The Director will be away from the University Link to full program description: http://australia.infoed.org/spin/spin_prog.asp?88719 from 20 - 28 March inclusive. He is attending the

MRS 2008 Spring Meeting in San Francisco. Australasian Institute of Mining and Professor Ken Baldwin will be Acting Director Metallurgy during this time. Program Number: 88720 SCHOOL SEMINAR PROGRAM Title: Ian Morley Thesis Prize E-mail: [email protected] Thursday 3 April 2008 Program URL: 4.00pm http://www.ausimm.com.au/Content/default.aspx?ID=156 by Professor Rod Boswell Plasma Research Laboratories The sponsor provides awards to honor the best “Plasma trecking across the universe. In the final-year Honours Thesis completed in Starship SP3, hoping systems work!” Queensland in geology, mining engineering or HUXLEY LECTURE THEATRE extractive metallurgy. Drinks and light refreshments will be provided Deadline(s): 30/06/2008 in the RSPSE Link Tea Room after the Seminar Link to full program description: ALL WELCOME http://australia.infoed.org/spin/spin_prog.asp?88720

GRANTS & AWARDS National Aeronautics & Space Administration

Australasian Institute of Mining and Program Number: 92235 Metallurgy Title: ROSES 2008: Fellowships for Early Career Program Number: 88717 Researchers Title: Ivan Newnham Thesis Prize E-mail: [email protected] Program URL: Web Site: http://www07.grants.gov/search/search.do;?oppId=40912&fl http://www.ausimm.com.au/Content/default.aspx?ID=156 The sponsor provides an award of $1,000 for the ag2006=false&mode=VIEW Program URL: http://nspires.nasaprs.com/external/solicitations/summary.do best final-year Honours thesis completed in ?method=init&solId={E529A93E-C05F-7B1E-6 Victoria in either geology, mining engineering This Fellowship program is an add-on to one of the or extractive metallurgy. following planetary science research programs: Deadline(s): 30/06/2008 Cosmochemistry (SPIN Program #: 91954); Link to full program description: Planetary Geology and Geophysics (SPIN Program http://australia.infoed.org/spin/spin_prog.asp?88717 #: 91963); Planetary Astronomy (SPIN Program #:

8314); Planetary Atmospheres (SPIN Program #: Australasian Institute of Mining and 88367); Outer Planets Research (SPIN Program #: Metallurgy 92232); Lunar Advanced Science and Exploration Program Number: 88719 Research (SPIN Program #: 93961); Planetary Title: Charles Marshall Thesis Prize Mission Data Analysis (SPIN Program #: 96245); Program URL: Mars Data Analysis (SPIN Program #: 88413); http://www.ausimm.com.au/Content/default.aspx?ID=156 The sponsor provides a $1,000 award for the best Mars Fundamental Research (SPIN Program #: final-year Honours thesis completed in NSW in 92233); Astrobiology: Exobiology and Evolutionary Biology (SPIN Program #: 92234). Link to full program description: All Fellows are originally selected and funded http://australia.infoed.org/spin/spin_prog.asp?01470 through a parent proposal to, and subsequent award from, one of these program elements. American Physical Society Deadline(s): Program Number: 01474 DEADLINE NOTE Title: Davisson-Germer Prize in Atomic or Surface To be considered for the Fellowship, eligible Physics scientists must submit a standard research proposal E-mail: [email protected] (referred to as the parent proposal) to one of the Web Site: http://www.aps.org following participating programs: Program URL: Cosmochemistry (SPIN Program #: 91954); http://www.aps.org/programs/honors/prizes/davisson- Planetary Geology and Geophysics (SPIN Program germer.cfm #: 91963); Planetary Astronomy (SPIN Program #: A prize of $5,000 and a certificate is awarded to 8314); Planetary Atmospheres (SPIN Program #: recognize and encourage outstanding work in 88367); Outer Planets Research (SPIN Program #: atomic physics or surface physics. 92232); Lunar Advanced Science and Exploration Deadline(s): 01/07/2008 Research (SPIN Program #: 93961); Planetary Link to full program description: http://australia.infoed.org/spin/spin_prog.asp?01474 Mission Data Analysis (SPIN Program #: 96245);

Mars Data Analysis (SPIN Program #: 88413); American Physical Society Mars Fundamental Research (SPIN Program #: Program Number: 01475 92233); Astrobiology: Exobiology and Title: Oliver E. Buckley Condensed Matter Prize Evolutionary Biology (SPIN Program #: 92234). E-mail: [email protected] Proposals for start-up funds from Fellows selected Web Site: http://www.aps.org in prior years are due twice annually: May 31, Program URL: 2008, and October 31, 2008. http://www.aps.org/programs/honors/prizes/buckely.cfm Link to full program description: A prize of $10,000 recognizes outstanding http://australia.infoed.org/spin/spin_prog.asp?92235 theoretical or experimental contributions to

condensed matter physics. Each prize shall be American Physical Society awarded for a most important contribution to the Program Number: 01466 advancement of knowledge in condensed matter Title: Julius Edgar Lilienfeld Prize physics. E-mail: [email protected] Deadline(s): 01/07/2008 Web Site: http://www.aps.org Link to full program description: Program URL: http://australia.infoed.org/spin/spin_prog.asp?01475 http://www.aps.org/programs/honors/prizes/lilienfeld.cfm

A prize of $10,000 is offered for the most American Physical Society outstanding contribution to physics by an Program Number: 01478 individual who also has exceptional skills in Title: Tom W. Bonner Prize in Nuclear Physics lecturing to diverse audiences. E-mail: [email protected] Deadline(s): 01/07/2008 Web Site: http://www.aps.org Link to full program description: http://australia.infoed.org/spin/spin_prog.asp?01466 Program URL: http://www.aps.org/programs/honors/prizes/bonner.cfm

A prize of $7,500 recognizes outstanding American Physical Society experimental research in nuclear physics, including Program Number: 01470 the development of a method, technique, or device Title: Polymer Physics Prize that significantly contributes in a general way to E-mail: [email protected] nuclear physics research. Nominations are open to Program URL: http://www.aps.org/programs/honors/prizes/polymer.cfm physicists whose work in nuclear physics is A prize of $10,000 recognizes outstanding primarily experimental or a particularly accomplishment and excellence of contributions in outstanding piece of theoretical work. polymer physics research. Deadline(s): 01/07/2008 Deadline(s): 01/07/2008 Link to full program description: http://australia.infoed.org/spin/spin_prog.asp?01478 http://www.aps.org/programs/honors/awards/adler.cfm

American Physical Society A lectureship award of a $5,000 honorarium is Program Number: 01682 given to a contributor to the field of materials Title: Earle K. Plyler Prize for Molecular physics, who is noted for the quality of his or her Spectroscopy research, review articles and lecturing. E-mail: [email protected] Deadline(s): 01/07/2008 Web Site: http://www.aps.org Link to full program description: Program URL: http://australia.infoed.org/spin/spin_prog.asp?01696 http://www.aps.org/programs/honors/prizes/plyler.cfm A prize of $10,000 recognizes notable American Physical Society contributions to the field of molecular Program Number: 03206 spectroscopy. Title: I.I. Rabi Prize in Atomic, Molecular and Deadline(s): 01/07/2008 Optical Physics Link to full program description: E-mail: [email protected] http://australia.infoed.org/spin/spin_prog.asp?01682 Web Site: http://www.aps.org Program URL: American Physical Society http://www.aps.org/programs/honors/prizes/rabi.cfm Program Number: 01688 A $7,500 prize is offered to investigators for Title: Arthur L. Schawlow Prize in Laser Science outstanding research in atomic, molecular, and E-mail: [email protected] optical physics. Web Site: http://www.aps.org Deadline(s): 01/07/2008 Program URL: DEADLINE NOTE http://www.aps.org/programs/honors/prizes/schawlow.cfm The award is given biennially in odd-numbered A prize of $10,000 recognizes outstanding years. contributions to basic research that uses lasers to Link to full program description: advance knowledge of the fundamental physical http://australia.infoed.org/spin/spin_prog.asp?03206 properties of materials and their interaction with light. American Physical Society Deadline(s): 01/07/2008 Program Number: 03207 Link to full program description: Title: Shock Compression Science Award http://australia.infoed.org/spin/spin_prog.asp?01688 E-mail: [email protected] Web Site: http://www.aps.org American Physical Society Program URL: Program Number: 01690 http://www.aps.org/programs/honors/awards/shock.cfm Title: Robert R. Wilson Prize E-mail: [email protected] A $5,000 award is presented to a member of the Web Site: http://www.aps.org scientific community to recognize contributions to Program URL: understanding condensed matter and non-linear http://www.aps.org/programs/honors/prizes/wilson.cfm physics through shock compression. A prize of $7,500 recognizes achievement in the Deadline(s): 01/07/2008 physics of particle accelerators. Prizes are DEADLINE NOTE normally awarded for contributions made at an The award is presented biennially in odd- early stage of the recipients' careers. numbered years. Deadline(s): 01/07/2008 Link to full program description: Link to full program description: http://australia.infoed.org/spin/spin_prog.asp?03207 http://australia.infoed.org/spin/spin_prog.asp?01690

American Physical Society American Physical Society Program Number: 03208 Program Number: 01696 Title: John Wheatley Award Title: David Adler Lectureship Award E-mail: [email protected] E-mail: [email protected] Program URL: Web Site: http://www.aps.org http://www.aps.org/praw/wheatley/index.html Program URL: A $2,000 award is offered to recognize the statistical physics including the quantum fluids. dedication of physicists who have made The prize is open to researchers in statistical contributions to the development of physics in physics covering a wide range of physical third world countries. phenomena, as long as the nominee is active at the Deadline(s): 01/07/2008 time of the award. DEADLINE NOTE Deadline(s): 01/07/2008 The award is presented biennially in odd- Link to full program description: numbered years. http://australia.infoed.org/spin/spin_prog.asp?27670 Link to full program description: http://australia.infoed.org/spin/spin_prog.asp?03208 American Physical Society Program Number: 27682 American Physical Society Title: Edward A. Bouchet Award Program Number: 05368 E-mail: [email protected] Title: George E. Pake Prize Web Site: http://www.aps.org E-mail: [email protected] Program URL: Web Site: http://www.aps.org http://www.aps.org/programs/honors/awards/bouchet.cfm Program URL: A $3,500 award is presented annually to any http://www.aps.org/programs/honors/prizes/pake.cfm Black, Hispanic or Native American who has made A prize of $5,000 recognizes work by a physicists significant contributions to physics research. The combining original research accomplishments with recipient will also deliver at least three lectures leadership in the management of research or about his/her specialty at academic institutions development in industry. The sponsor also where the impact of the visit on minority students provides a certificate and an allowance for travel to would be significant. the meeting at which the award is given. Deadline(s): 01/07/2008 Deadline(s): 01/07/2008 Link to full program description: Link to full program description: http://australia.infoed.org/spin/spin_prog.asp?27682 http://australia.infoed.org/spin/spin_prog.asp?05368 American Physical Society American Physical Society Program Number: 30184 Program Number: 08743 Title: Hans A. Bethe Prize Title: Aneesur Rahman Prize for Computational E-mail: [email protected] Physics Web Site: http://www.aps.org E-mail: [email protected] Program URL: Web Site: http://www.aps.org http://www.aps.org/programs/honors/prizes/bethe.cfm Program URL: A prize of $7,500 is to be awarded annually for http://www.aps.org/programs/honors/prizes/rahman.cfm outstanding work in theory, experiment or observation in the areas of astrophysics, nuclear A prize of $5,000 recognizes and encourages physics, nuclear astrophysics, or closely related outstanding achievement in computational physics fields. Scientists world-wide are eligible. research. Deadline(s): 01/07/2008 Deadline(s): 01/07/2008 Link to full program description: Link to full program description: http://australia.infoed.org/spin/spin_prog.asp?30184 http://australia.infoed.org/spin/spin_prog.asp?08743 American Physical Society American Physical Society Program Number: 30185 Program Number: 27670 Title: Joseph F. Keithley Award for Advances in Title: Lars Onsager Prize Measurement Science E-mail: [email protected] E-mail: [email protected] Web Site: http://www.aps.org Web Site: http://www.aps.org Program URL: Program URL: http://www.aps.org/programs/honors/prizes/onsager.cfm http://www.aps.org/programs/honors/awards/keithley.cfm The sponsor awards a $15,000 prize annually to A prize of $5,000 is to be awarded annually to recognize outstanding research in theoretical recognize physicists who have been instrumental in the development of measurement techniques or contribution to the knowledge of physics. equipment that have impact on the physics Deadline(s): 01/07/2008 community by providing better measurements. DEADLINE NOTE Deadline(s): 01/07/2008 The prize is presented biennially. Link to full program description: Link to full program description: http://australia.infoed.org/spin/spin_prog.asp?30185 http://australia.infoed.org/spin/spin_prog.asp?64290

American Physical Society American Physical Society Program Number: 37152 Program Number: 64291 Title: Joseph A. Burton Forum Award Title: Frances M. Pipkin Award E-mail: [email protected] E-mail: [email protected] Web Site: http://www.aps.org Web Site: http://www.aps.org/ Program URL: Program URL: http://www.aps.org/programs/honors/awards/burton.cfm http://www.aps.org/programs/honors/awards/pipkin.cfm A prize of $3,000 is offered for outstanding A $2,000 award is given to a young scientist with contributions to the public understanding or exceptional research accomplishments in the resolution of issues involving the interface of interdisciplinary area of precision measurement physics and society. An allowance is provided for and fundamental constants. The award also travel to the meeting of the Society at which the includes travel expenses to the meeting where the award is presented. award is given. Deadline(s): 01/07/2008 Deadline(s): 01/07/2008 Link to full program description: DEADLINE NOTE http://australia.infoed.org/spin/spin_prog.asp?37152 The award is given biennially every odd-numbered year. American Physical Society Link to full program description: Program Number: 64268 http://australia.infoed.org/spin/spin_prog.asp?64291 Title: James C. McGroddy Prize for New Materials E-mail: [email protected] American Physical Society Web Site: http://www.aps.org Program Number: 64292 Program URL: Title: Leo Szilard Lectureship Award http://www.aps.org/programs/honors/prizes/mcgroddy.cfm E-mail: [email protected] The sponsor provides support for a $7,500 prize to Web Site: http://www.aps.org recognize and encourage outstanding achievement Program URL: in the science and application of new materials. http://www.aps.org/programs/honors/awards/szilard.cfm Eligible nominees are scientists of all nationalities The sponsor supports an award that recognizes irrespective of where their work has been carried outstanding accomplishments by physicists in out. A certificate and travel expenses to the promoting the use of physics for the benefit of meeting where the prize is bestowed are also society. The lectures should be especially aimed at awarded. physicists early in their careers. Deadline(s): 01/07/2008 Deadline(s): 01/07/2008 Link to full program description: Link to full program description: http://australia.infoed.org/spin/spin_prog.asp?64268 http://australia.infoed.org/spin/spin_prog.asp?64292

American Physical Society American Physical Society Program Number: 64290 Program Number: 64294 Title: George E. Valley, Jr. Prize Title: Mitsuyoshi Tanaka Dissertation Award in E-mail: [email protected] Experimental Particle Physics Web Site: http://www.aps.org E-mail: [email protected] Program URL: Web Site: http://www.aps.org http://www.aps.org/programs/honors/prizes/valley.cfm Program URL: The sponsor provides support for an award to http://www.aps.org/programs/honors/dissertation/tanaka.cfm recognize an individual, in the early stages of his The sponsor provides an award to recognize or her career, for an outstanding scientific exceptional young scientists who have performed original doctoral thesis work of outstanding scientific quality and achievement in the area of experimental particle physics. Deadline(s): 01/10/2008 Link to full program description: http://australia.infoed.org/spin/spin_prog.asp?64294

American Physical Society Program Number: 87155 Title: Einstein Prize E-mail: [email protected] Web Site: http://www.aps.org Program URL: http://www.aps.org/programs/honors/prizes/einstein.cfm The sponsor provides an award of $10,000 to recognize outstanding accomplishments in the field of gravitational physics. Deadline(s): 01/07/2008 DEADLINE NOTE This award is presented biennially in odd- numbered years. Link to full program description: http://australia.infoed.org/spin/spin_prog.asp?87155

American Physical Society Program Number: 87157 Title: Nicholson Medal for Human Outreach E-mail: [email protected] Web Site: http://www.aps.org Program URL: http://www.aps.org/programs/honors/awards/nicholson.cfm The sponsor provides an award to recognize the humanitarian aspects of physics and physicists. Deadline(s): 01/07/2008 Link to full program description: http://australia.infoed.org/spin/spin_prog.asp?87157