... flown on 25 and 31 March 1999 achieved outstanding success and completed the fourth and final phase of the JADS End-To-End (ETE) Test. ...

... Title : OUTSTANDING CHEMICAL ENGINEERING ACHIEVEMENTS OF BUDAPEST TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OVER THE PAST 15 YEARS,. ...

Office of Industrial Technologies document produced for 2002 Customer Day event, which features industry partners who have worked with OIT to achieve outstanding energy efficiency achievements from January 2001 to the present.

... Accession Number : AD0714428. Title : Luna-16. An Outstanding New Achievement of Soviet Space Science. Corporate ...

The KSC Equal Opportunity Award is granted for outstanding contributions to equal ... The Equal Opportunity Medal is awarded for outstanding achievement and ...

This brief history of William Smith, who initiated the Principle of Faunal Succession, covers his early education, his employment as an assistant surveyor to Edward White, and his time as construction supervisor of the Somerset Canal in southwestern England. The text explains his production of a geological map of England and final recognition in 1831, when he received the ...

This publication contains stories about 10 outstanding Pennsylvania citizens who realize that a high quality education is essential to meeting life's challenges. These stories describe how 10 men and women faced great obstacles and overcame seemingly impossible barriers to become contributing and productive members of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. The obstacles or barriers ...

The Fast Flux Test Facility on the federal reservation at Hanford, Washington, has become a bright star in the universe of nuclear science and engineering technologies. The entire FFTF enterprise is now a success story, and this is particularly significant in these days when good news about nuclear power is scarce. The reactor, its testing capabilities and associated test ...

The application of the principles of intramural athletic competition to stimulate outstanding academic performance is discussed in this paper. The implementation of an academic intramural competition based on student diversity, immediate recognition, fun, and meaningful prizes in a Texas high school is described. The program is based on the tenet that student motivation for ...

August 15, 2008 Outstanding women in agriculture recognized by Purdue WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - Two women were recognized for their outstanding achievements and dedication to agriculture in Indiana by receiving the Purdue University Women in Agriculture awards on Friday (Aug. 15) during a ceremony

Employed qualitative methods to examine the role of the family in the academic success of very high-achieving African American males. Findings revealed a complex tapestry of family processes and contexts involved in each youth's journey to outstanding academic achievement. Specifically, the combined importance of ...

This book profiles the achievements and best practices of 10 outstanding adult education and literacy education programs in nine states that received the 1998-99 Secretary's Awards from U.S. Secretary of Education Richard W. Riley. The programs were selected from 35 nominated programs using the following criteria: program design, instructional design, ...

This study explored Ndebele culture of Zimbabwe's views of giftedness. Using questionnaire narratives, data were collected from thirty Zimbabwean teachers and lecturers of Ndebele cultural background. The study established that Ndebele culture views giftedness as an unusually outstanding ability blessed in an individual from birth, which manifests in extraordinary performances ...

Graphic for news release banner. For release: 09/05/02. Release #: 02-217. Former Georgia resident named 'Outstanding Achiever' at NASA Marshall Center ...

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sc10logoPR Awards for Outstanding High Performance Computing Achievements Presented at SC10 Conference Sets Tech Program Attendee Record New Orleans, LA � November 24, 2010 -...

Nobel Prize was awarded to Dr. Jerome Karle, Chief Scientist of NRL's Laboratory for the Structure of Matter, for "outstanding achievements in the development of direct methods...

This two-part volume provides a theoretical study of determinants of success in education and reports on an empirical study of competition in language and mathematics for students in the highest grades of Polish grade schools in 1976-77. The empirical study investigated factors associated with outstanding success in educational ...

Mar 31, 2010 ... The IEEE Computer Society Technical Achievement Award is given for outstanding and innovative contributions in the field of computer and ...

The Hispanic Engineer National Achievement Awards Corp. (HENAAC), Los Angeles, and Technica magazine will present their Outstanding Technical Achievement ...

Mar 3, 2006 ... response to America's greatest natural disaster, ... Service, Outstanding Leadership, Exceptional Achievement, and Group Achievement Awards ...

A prototype microcomputer-based distribution high-impedence fault-detection system designed at Texas A and M University qualifies as one of the 1981's ten outstanding engineering achievements. The prototype successfully reported about 15 events daily during three months of testing and demonstration. Its value lies in its ...

The French LMFBR program has proceeded at a rapid pace since its inception only 18 years ago. The highly successful 250 MWe Phenix demonstration reactor has been one of its more visible achievements. Another outstanding feature of the French program has been the ability to maintain schedules: development timetables laid out in the ...

Everything in K-12 education is instant, short-term, the quick fix. As such, little attention is paid to long-term planning and even less to leadership succession or stability. The change agenda is the leadership agenda and from the very top, both are being mismanaged. More and more, the author is seeing this with his own eyes in his studies of education reform and its impact ...

The Subsurface Contaminants Focus Area, (SCFA) is committed to, and has been accountable for, identifying and providing solutions for the most pressing subsurface contamination problems in the DOE Complex. The SCFA program is a DOE end user focused and problem driven organization that provides the best technical solutions for the highest priority problems. This paper will discuss in some detail ...

A summary of the use of hypnosis in sport (Morgan 1980) has suggested that the evidence in this area is equivocal, particularly in strength, endurance, and psychomotor tasks. However, some experiments have demonstrated the potential use of hypnosis. This paper presents examples of two elite Australian athletes who achieve success using hypnosis or ...

The Success Stories project provides assistance to the Pennsylvania Department of Education's Bureau of Adult Basic and Literacy Education (ABLE) in selecting and recognizing 10 outstanding ABLE students via Midwinter Conference awards ceremonies and publication of their stories. Project staff edited the Success Stories nominations, ...

field. Outstanding Hispanic-American Student Award: Awarded to acknowledge outstanding academic to an African University Awards #12;38 American freshman for outstanding achievement and promise of leadership- time African American undergraduate art student with proven financial need. Preference given

scores: Achievement, aptitude, standardized or other evidence of outstanding achievement if test scores and submitting the program's application. In order for any application to be considered, aptitude, achievement, and/or standardized test scores and teacher ratings must be filled in by school personnel. Selection

... 6. AUTHOR(S) 5d. PROJECT NUMBER 5e. ... Congress for outstanding achievements in the Apollo space program. 7 Page 7. Facilities ...

Recreational interests include golf, water sports, photography, skiing, ... the National Intelligence Medal of Achievement, the NASA Outstanding Leadership ...

Extensive ~uppnrt Io1 the theory of chemical evolu- tion was oblailrcd in experiments designed to ...... documentary disclosure of unclassified information ...

Outstanding Achievement Award. Solar Energy Research Institute, 1988. Chemistry of Life Science Grant. One of 18 winners in a national competition. NSF, 1985. Member, Phi Beta...

Prize is awarded annually to an individual scientist for outstanding achievement in physical sciences. The Science Medal that accompanies the Tomassoni Prize honors the...

model for students who want to pursue careers in engineering, science, technology and math." Ghirardi is a senior scientist at NREL and a Research Associate Professor at the...

Prize is awarded annually to an individual scientist for outstanding achievement in physical sciences. The Science Medal that accompanies the Tomassoni Prize honors the...

Nov 20, 2007 ... Jody Singer has been recognized by President Bush for her outstanding achievements at NASA with a Presidential Rank Award one of the ...

Oct 24, 2008 ... John Chapman has been recognized by President Bush for his outstanding achievements at NASA with a Presidential Rank Award one of the ...

Dec 1, 2006 ... It is awarded for outstanding achievements in scientific research and has been awarded to such scientific giants as Charles Darwin, ...

ISSM was awarded the 2011 NASA Honors Group Achievement Award for " outstanding accomplishment in the development of the Ice Sheet System Model that ...

Nova Award of JPL for Outstanding Achievement in Technology and R&D, May 1996. ? National Research Council (NRC) Fellowship Award, June 1979.

... outstanding contributions as a researcher and as an educator in the use of remote sensing and geographic ... DOI and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). This year�s award will be pre...

Overview of Missions ... Missions of Opportunity ... Stardust Mission ... to achieve outstanding results by launching many smaller missions using fewer resources ...

May 27, 2010 ... Scott D. Croomes ... Linda M. Yarbrough, Outstanding Administrative Achievement ... Michael G. Houts, Science & Mission Systems Office ...

Jul 28, 2011 ... Honoring Outstanding Science Achievement: An Interview with AIRS Team .... Dr. Eric Fetzer of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory discusses how ...

Mr. Day earned the Presidential Rank Award for Meritorious Executive and NASA Medals for Outstanding Leadership and Exceptional Service, ...

This publication describes the efforts of 15 schools to address systemic change needed to help low-achieving students move successfully from middle to high school. Section 1, "Getting Students Ready for High School," examines "Interdisciplinary Approach Helps Eighth-Graders Improve Their Scores on State Tests"; "Two-Year Interdisciplinary Program Advances ...

The Chilean physician Abraham B Horwitz (1910-2000) was an outstanding personality of World and Pan American public health during the second half of the twentieth century. He was member of a family that, emigrating due to ethnic persecutions in Russia, took refuge in Chile. He became a relevant physician, a specialist in infectious diseases and public health. He was highly ...

Part 1 of this book, "Evoluation and Organization of Physical Culture," examines the history and current organization of physical education and sport in the People's Republic of China. This part includes chapters on: the evolution and organization of physical culture; physical culture in China today; the organizational structure of physical culture in ancient and modern China and in the People's ...

Polarimetry is today the last unexplored probe in X-ray astronomy. Despite the first attempts to measure polarization from celestial sources were performed in the seventies, namely at the very beginning of high energy astrophysics, only a successful detection has been reported in the case of the Crab Nebula. Today, however, photoelectric devices promise to ...

Outstanding landmine detection has been achieved by the Handheld Standoff Mine Detection System (HSTAMIDS system) in government-run field tests. The use of anomaly detection using principal component analysis (PCA) on the return of ground penetrating radar (GPR) coupled with metal detection is the key to the success of the ...

After nearly a decade of drilling and some $250 million expended, the North Sea could very soon rank among the top 3 or 4 offshore producing areas. The North Sea has developed as an oil and gas province of international significance with an outstanding success ratio of 1-in-8. Since the drilling began 9 yr ago, nearly 450 companies have acquired stakes in ...

The George M. Low Trophy is awarded to current NASA contractors, subcontractors, and suppliers in the aerospace industry who have demonstrated sustained excellence and outstanding achievements in quality and productivity for three or more years. The objectives of the award are to increase public awareness of the importance of quality and productivity to ...

The goal of our study was to develop new asymptotic and singular perturbation methods for the analysis of random phenomena, and their application in various areas of science and engineering. We have studied the problems of: (1) atomic migration in crystals, (2) ionic and super-ionic conductivity, (3) chemical reaction rates, surface desorption rates, and more general activated rate processes, (4) ...

From tall skyscrapers and flashing neon signs to Buddhist temples and pagodas, South Korea is a mixture of the new and old Asia. Doing its part to help modernise this country, the Boryeong thermal power complex operates six coal-fired 500-MW units that provide electricity to power South Korea's economic growth. One of the important reasons for this facility's overall ...

Government officials and representatives from environmental groups were among those testifying at a hearing to strengthen and reauthorize the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA). Attention is focused on whether NEPA should apply to US overseas actions which significantly affect the quality of the human environment, by destroying natural resources and polluting air, water, and contaminating ...

To improve the current status of home multilayer optical coating design with low speed and poor efficiency when a large layer number occurs, the accurate calculation and fast realization of merit function�s gradient and Hesse matrix is pointed out. Based on the matrix method to calculate the spectral properties of multilayer optical coating, an analytic model is established theoretically. And ...

The EXPORT Health Project at the Center for Minority Health, University of Pittsburgh, partnered with the Center of Excellence in Minority Health at Jackson State University to design and present a Summer Research Career Development Institute (SRCDI) in 2005 and 2006. The goal of the SRCDI was to enhance the early academic career survival skills of postdoctoral and junior faculty investigators ...

The EXPORT Health Project at the Center for Minority Health, University of Pittsburgh, partnered with the Center of Excellence in Minority Health at Jackson State University to design and present a Summer Research Career Development Institute (SRCDI) in 2005 and 2006. The goal of the SRCDI was to enhance the early academic career survival skills of postdoctoral and junior faculty investigators ...

In communities nationwide, public charter schools are meeting the growing demand for high-quality education opportunities. This is especially true in communities with underperforming public district schools that are not meeting the academic needs of students, including poor and minority students. Forty states and the District of Columbia have laws allowing for fiscally independent, tuition-free ...

The purpose of this White Paper is to outline the benefits we expect to receive from Model-Based Engineering and Manufacturing (MBE/M) for the design, analysis, fabrication, and assembly of nuclear weapons for upcoming Life Extension Programs (LEPs). Industry experiences with model-based approaches and the NNSA/DP investments and experiences, discussed in this paper, indicate that model-based ...

This paper discusses a case study of a small cluster of 10- and 11-year-old multilingual children, all first- or second-generation Canadians living in suburban Toronto, who collaboratively wrote an elaborate adventure book in English as a Grade 5 enrichment activity. We explore the language worlds of these gifted young writers to trace their patterns of multiple language acquisition, affiliation ...

achievement, displayed leadership in professional and honorary societies, and provided exceptional service Award for Outstanding Achievement in Leadership The Women in Engineering Award The Center for this award? Please attach letter of support for each award/nomination. Nominated by

Highlights of Recent Nutrition Student, Faculty, and Staff Honors, Awards, and AchievementsIntosh) received the Human Environmental (HES) Outstanding Graduate Student Award for the Department of Nutrition winners in the American Society for Nutrition Clinical Emerging Leader Awards - Abstract Competition

The Outstanding Achievement Award in Water Pollution Control' is intended to recognize the water pollution control program that best demonstrates achieving significant, lasting, and measurable excellence in water-quality improvement in preventing water-quality degradation in a region, basin, or water body. This article is ...

This report contains a summary of technical achievements during a three-year project to demonstrate high efficiency LED luminaire designs based on small area array-based gallium nitride diodes. Novel GaN-based LED array designs are described, specifically addressing the thermal, optical, electrical and mechanical requirements for the incorporation of such arrays into viable ...

... Accession Number : ADA189210. Title : Social Security: Little Success Achieved in Rehabilitating Disabled Beneficiaries. ...

... Questions and Answers specific to Pesticide Incident ... effective, timely and successful achievement of the ... to successfully achieve the goals of the ...

... criteria are clearly defined, understood, and achievable.� This statement does not account for the chameleon effect of warfare ...

... The goal of this investigation was to ... Carrier Requirement (MMBHMF) Achievement (MMBHMF) ... 5. HMMWV Reliability Requirements/Achievements ...

Franklin Towne Charter High School opened in 2000 and is one of 71 public charter schools in Philadelphia. It sits within the aging, historic Frankford Arsenal grounds, and one of its campus buildings dates back to the War of 1812. The school's transformation from one of the lowest-performing schools in the city to one of the highest-achieving schools in the state began in ...

Four motivational variables were generated in a 2 x 2 experimental design: desire for achievement of group success, desire to avoid group failure, individual motive to achieve success, and individual motive to avoid failure. It was shown that these four v...

This report summarizes the Department of Energy Voluntary Protection Program (DOE-VPP) Review Team`s findings from the five-day onsite evaluation of the Weldon Spring Site Remedial Action Project (WSSRAP), conducted November 17--21, 1997. The site was evaluated against the program requirements contained in ``US Department of Energy Voluntary Protection Program, Part 1: Program Elements`` to ...

The life of Dr. Masao Sumita, who was the first professor of the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery at Kyushu University in Fukuoka during 1912-1925, was one of the founders of modern orthopaedic surgery in Japan. His technique of operative procedures had gained a national reputation, and the successful results of his operations of arthroplasty in over 300 joints, along with ...

Major depressive disorder (MDD) is a disabling psychiatric condition for which effective treatment remains an outstanding need. Antidepressants are currently the mainstay of treatment for depression; however, almost two-thirds of patients will fail to achieve remission with initial treatment. As a result, a range of augmentation and combination strategies ...

A potentially cost-effective radio-over-fiber (ROF)/fiber-to-the-X (FTTX)/CATV hybrid three-band transport system based on direct modulation of a distributed feedback laser diode (DFB LD) with multi-wavelength output characteristic is proposed and experimentally demonstrated. Directly modulated radio-frequency (RF) (1.25Gbps/6GHz), externally remodulated baseband (BB) (622 Mbps), and externally ...

Low cost small satellite missions have been very successful in providing outstanding results to a wide range of many scientific and commercial users. Small satellite performance and capabilities have seen dramatic improvements and the technologies are now mature. From global daily revisit imaging of the Earth, to in-orbit test beds, rapid response ...

The fractional quantum Hall effect (FQHE) is one of the most amazing collective states discovered in modern times. A remarkably detailed and accurate understanding of its nonperturbative physics has been achieved in terms of a new class of exotic particles called composite fermions. I will begin with a brief review of the composite fermion theory and its ...

Laura Beane Freeman, Ph.D., Occupational and Environmental Epidemiology Branch, was selected as the 2010 Outstanding Young Alumnus by the University of Iowa College of Public Health, in honor of her exceptional career achievements and for her work on cancer and the environment. Dr. Beane Freeman received an M.S. in preventive medicine in 1999 and a Ph.D. ...

Jan Tullis, an AGU Fellow and a professor at Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island, has been selected to receive the 1998 Outstanding Educator Award from the Association for Women Geoscientists Foundation. The award will be presented on October 27, 1998, at the Geological Society of America Convention in Toronto, Canada. Through her encouragement and professional ...

Reports on an on-site survey of six outstanding theatre programs in Las Vegas, Omaha, Minneapolis, Fort Wayne (IN), Flint (MI), and Midland (TX). Notes their successful features: high-energy leaders, total child concept, clear goals, outstanding facilities, play selection, etc. Covers actor training in depth. (PD)

MISSION: MaRS Innovation will convert the outstanding discoveries of its partner institutions of life of Canadians and others around the world. VISION: MaRS Innovation will transform the Toronto-based research enterprise into one of the most successful commercialization clusters in the world. MaRS

In this article, "Training" editors recognize innovative and successful learning and development programs and practices. They share best practices from Automatic Data Processing, Inc., Farmers Insurance Group, FedEx Express, InterContinental Hotels Group, and Oakwood Temporary Housing. They also present the outstanding initiatives of EMD Serono, Inc., ...

This study contrasted the perspectives of 101 K-12 public school teachers and 271 African American high school seniors regarding the characteristics of outstanding teachers. Data from surveys were analyzed using univariate and bivariate statistics. The results revealed six qualities that both teachers and students agree are characteristics of outstanding ...

Cerium-doped lanthanum bromide, LaBr3(Ce), scintillator possesses several outstanding properties that make it an attractive choice for security, medical, and geophysical radiation detection applications. Among these properties are good density (5.1 g/cc), excellent energy resolution (�3% full-width at half-maximum (FWHM) at E?=662 keV), brightness (>65,000 photon/MeV), ...

The scientific productivity of the NSLS continues to be outstanding and the research conducted here has high impact. 2003 was no exception and some of the many highlights from this year's research activity are included in this Activity Report. We are especially pleased that one of our users, Professor Roderick MacKinnon (Rockefeller University), was the co-recipient ...

Part I. Intensive courses have been shown to be associated with equal or greater student success than traditional-length courses in a wide variety of disciplines and education levels. Student records from intensive and traditional-length introductory general chemistry courses were analyzed to determine the effects, of the course format, the level of academic experience, life ...

W. Richard Peltier was awarded the 2010 Charles A. Whitten Medal at the AGU Fall Meeting Honors Ceremony, held on 15 December 2010 in San Francisco, Calif. The medal is for �outstanding achievement in research on the form and dynamics of the Earth and planets.�

The development of efficient procedures for the colonization, mass rearing, and dissemination of tsetse fly colonies can be considered to be one of the outstanding achievements of medical and veterinary entomology during the past decade. It can be expecte...

An account is given of how the first Soviet laser, specifically made of ruby, was developed at the Vavilov State Optical Institute and launched there in June 1961. Direct eye-witness accounts of and archival materials on this outstanding achievement are presented.

and adding to the international standing and reputation of the country. � The University of Plymouth has 30 � building on excellence in teaching and learning and our key research strengths � delivering an outstanding. But delivering on Plymouth's potential is not something any of us can achieve in isolation. Together we can

The origin and charter of the Space Research Group of the American Projects Division is presented. Some of the achievements of the Very Long Base Interferometer (VLBI) team is traced through the deployment of outstanding personnel and facilities to which ...

A prize honoring young doctors in the field of astronomy. ... 2008, Paul Backes, Larry Matthies, Eric Baumgartner, IEEE Robotics and Automation Award ... Dr. Alfonso Saiz-Lopez has been named the 2008 Outstanding Young Scientist Award ...

Jimmy Carter, on behalf of the National Space Club, "for outstanding achieve- ment in space contributing to U.S. leadership in astronautics." (3-24-80) ...

During the past several decades magnetic fusion has made outstanding progress in understanding the science of fusion plasmas, the achievement of actual fusion plasmas and the development of key fusion technologies. Magnetic fusion is now technically ready...

... celebrate our authors' achievements in creative and meaningful research, insightful interpretation, and articulate writing. Top finalists were selected from the 53 full-length papers published in Volume 67...

The research constituted an investigation of organizational factors in scientific performance. A number of hypotheses were tested within a theoretical framework whose major premise states that outstanding achievement in science requires an 'essential tens...

Preliminary studies showed that outstanding corrosion resistance to humid N2O4 and salt fog could be achieved on sulfuric acid anodized 7075-T6 aluminum alloys when sealed first with nickel acetate followed by sodium dichromate. In this study, the nickel ...

e Facilities, Maintenance, and Engineering (FME) directorates focus on improving employee safety during the past year is paying off . During 2002, fi ve out of 10 shop operations achieved an outstanding record of zero recordable injuries, and overall,

Nomination Packet THE AWARD The WCAHS Outstanding Achievement in Farm Health & Safety Award will honor an individual, group, organization, association or, business/industry that consistently strives candidate/organization. Nominees could be recognized for their � noteworthy advancement of new agricultural

The Environmental Protection Agencys (EPA) National Clean Water Act (CWA) Recognition Awards program began with the National Operations and Maintenance (O&M) Excellence Awards in 1985, to recognize communities that have achieved outstanding O&M programs a...

Nov 28, 2005 ... His awards including the NASP Gene Zara Award (1989), NASA Medal for Exceptional Engineering Achievement (1993), NASA Outstanding Leadership ...

H. Jay Melosh was awarded the 2008 Harry H. Hess Medal at the AGU Fall Meeting Honors Ceremony, held 17 December 2008 in San Francisco, Calif. The medal is for ``outstanding achievements in research in the constitution and evolution of Earth and sister planets.''

Composite grid structures can be made to possess outstanding structural properties which can exceed those of laminated and sandwich construction. The superior performance is achieved by avoiding micro-cracking and delamination failures common in the conve...

opportunities for students to study in China at our partner universities with or without a Chinese language the many outstanding programs and achievements of the faculty, staff and students (both Chinese) Beijing � Liaoning Normal University (Dalian) � Liaoning University of Traditional Chinese Medicine

For the Laboratory and staff, 2006 was a year of outstanding achievements. As our many accomplishments in this annual report illustrate, the Laboratory's focus on important problems that affect our nation's security and our researchers breakthroughs in sc...

Laboratory evaluations have shown that polybenzimidazole (PBI) hollow fiber membranes possess outstanding desalination properties. Water flux as high as 10 gfd and salt rejections as high as 99% have been achieved. Structure-desalination performance corre...

May 1, 2010 ... More info: Space Operations Award Going to Mars Rover Team (International Space Fellowship site). GD Star Rating a WordPress rating system ...

Outstanding energy resolution (approx. 40 keV) has been achieved for low energy, heavy ions using a delay-line focal plane detector with a split-pole spectrometer. (Atomindex citation 13:669502)

Alex Halliday was awarded the Norman Bowen Award in San Francisco, California, in December 1998. The award is given in recognition of an outstanding achievement in volcanology, geochemistry, and petrology during the last 5 years.

Cape Industries produces Dimethyl Terephthalate (DMT) and Terephthalic Acid (TA) which are used as raw materials in the production of polyester fibers and films. In this process para-cymene is used as a heat transfer fluid for the process equipment. As th...

Frank M. Richter was awarded the 2009 Harry H. Hess Medal at the AGU Fall Meeting Honors Ceremony, held on 16 December 2009 in San Francisco, Calif. The medal is for �outstanding achievements in research in the constitution and evolution of Earth and other planets.�

In 1990, the USDA-ARS Hydraulic Engineering Research Unit (HERU) was recognized as a National Historic Landmark by ASABE for its groundbreaking work and development of vegetated waterways design procedures. In 2000, ASABE acknowledged the vegetated waterway design criteria as an Outstanding Achieve...

Energy conservation protects the environment and saves money. The United States have achieved outstanding results so far in energy conservation and efficiency since the oil crises in the 1970's. Yet there are enormous opportunities available in the buildi...

David Walker was awarded the 2010 Harry H. Hess Medal at the AGU Fall Meeting Honors Ceremony, held on 15 December 2010 in San Francisco, Calif. The medal is for �outstanding achievements in research of the constitution and evolution of Earth and other planets.�

Charles C. Counselman III was awarded the 2008 Charles A. Whitten Medal at the AGU Fall Meeting Honors Ceremony, held 17 December 2008 in San Francisco, Calif. The medal is for ``outstanding achievements in research on the form and dynamics of the Earth and planets.''

With no big television presence or golden statues, the awards given for outstanding science writing are certainly less well-known recognitions of achievement. However, several prestigious and sizable monetary awards honor science writing. This short revie

and a privilege for me to act as President of the Society. Last year, our past- president, Laurence Nafie the goals and achieve- ments of Larry Nafie and prior presidents. It is through aggressively active Larry Nafie (past president) and Debbie Bradshaw (Treasurer) for their really outstanding service

Dec 7, 2010 ... NOAA AIRS Team Members Honored with NASA Group Achievement Award For outstanding contributions in improving weather forecasting using data ...

...presentation ceremony as recognition for an outstanding technological achievement or an innovative process, method or device in wastewater treatment and/or pollution abatement programs. The President of the United States, the Governor of the State, or...

of Chemistry. Scionix uses ionic liquids for electropolishing. Beaumont Hall: a popular conference location Nurse and Lord Mackay of Clashfern received Royal Gold Medals for Outstanding Achievement

...precludes the execution of a cooperative agreement, the FBI will consider using mediation with the goal of achieving, in a timely fashion, a consensual resolution of all outstanding issues through facilitated negotiations. (b) Should the carrier agree...

2009 Nomination Packet THE AWARD The WCAHS 2nd Outstanding Achievement in Farm Health & Safety Award will again honor an individual, group, organization, association or, business the potential candidate/organization. Nominees could be recognized for their � noteworthy advancement of new

The mission of EH-61 is the prevention of worker illness by fostering outstanding occupational medicine and medical surveillance programs within the DOE complex. The EH-61 annual report for 1998 describes our major activities and achievements as we have w...

This publication contains descriptions of "outstanding practices" in high schools that had the most success in improving student performance by doing the best job of implementing one particular High Schools That Work key practice. The 33 efforts are organized according to which of these 10 key practices they reflect: high expectations (4); vocational ...

... boards showed outstanding properties, equal or exceeding current high performance laminates such as fluoropolymer, aramid/epoxy and quartz/polyimide ...

The Lion Foundation Young Enterprise Scheme College of Business and Economics Student of the Year Director (it may be anyone of the Director roles) who has demonstrated outstanding enterprise and business and attributes demonstrated with examples of success; b) Leadership shown within the role: Qualities demonstrated

This article highlights 10 outstanding weatherization programs and details the keys to success for a weatherization program: staff and training; client recruitment and selection; diagnostics and audit procedures; measure installation; client education; leveraging resources; cost controls.

This report contains a short outline of the subjective aspects of the project, including the environment, benefits and success, particularly as they relate to the pre-set objectives. This is followed by an in-depth technical report. The outstanding featur...

of Physics in association with Lincoln College UNIVERSITY LECTURER IN EXPERIMENTAL CONDENSED MATTER PHYSICS Lecturership in Condensed Matter Physics. The successful candidate will be appointed to a Tutorial Fellowship to condensed matter physics; (ii) have an outstanding record of research in condensed matter physics, supported

We have successfully restored all Apollo Subsatellite Biaxial Magnetometer data and samples of Lunar Surface Magnetometer data available at NSSDC. More work is needed to recover the LSM and SBM data archived at the Federal Records Center.

After more than 20 years of outstanding success in implementing its basic objectives, the NATO Alliance faces a protracted period of serious internal and external stress. The political-military environment in Europe is in a profound flux, partly as a resu...

The report assembles and summarizes available information on tropical and subtropical grasslands with particular reference to their potential development and utilization. Examples of outstanding successes in increasing forage production and nutritive valu...

We ran an outstanding DOD project (W81XwH-06-1-0625) about hypoxia in invasion and metastasis by a novel technology. At first, we have successfully constructed a hypoxia-responsive fluorescence protein animal model for mammary carcinoma studying by using ...

of strong financial packages, the success of recent graduates, and the strengths of the UniversityGraduate Education Vision The University will attract and enroll outstanding graduate students from at the cutting edge of their disciplines, will have financial support to compete with the top graduate programs

This thesis presents a two-part analysis of excellence criteria for fleet combat replacement squadrons. Part one focuses on the qualitative issues and management techniques identified in outstanding fleet combat replacement squadrons. Part two develops an...

Cellophane, a gel developed from crystalline alpha-cellulose, has been used as an ionic barrier (battery separator) in electric batteries with outstanding success for many years. Understanding the mechanism of the cellophane action in ionic barrier applic...

The outstanding Civil Engineering Achievement of 1978 was selected as the construction and completion of the Trans Alaska Pipeline. Enemies on the job were the permafrost and the cold. The construction sequences are discussed. Subjects covered include: determining the route; properties of permafrost; routing a pipeline through permafrost; soils ...

Minority participation in the science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) fields are still vastly underrepresented after almost four decades of conception and implementation of numerous diversity programs nationwide. These initiatives focuses on research experiences that combine field-based activities, scientific inquiry, and data collection. Earth science, diversity programs have ...