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Mr. Juan Carlos Rodriguez-Reyes has been named recipient of the Dorothy M. and Earl S. Hoffman Award at the 56th International Symposium and Exhibition of the American Vacuum Society (AVS). The Hoffman award, established in 2002 to recognize and encourage excellence in graduate studies in the sciences and technologies of interest to AVS, is the top-level award given yearly to a single graduate student by AVS. Juan Carlos was nominated for this prestigious award by his advisor, Professor Andrew Teplyakov of the University of Delaware’s Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry. After a competitive selection process, five students were selected as top-level graduate student awardees, and the recipient of each award was determined after a presentation and interview before the Awards Committee of AVS at the International Symposium. After this final competition, Juan Carlos was named the recipient of the top-level Hoffman Award,
which consists of a cash award, a certificate,
and reimbursed travel support to attend the
International Symposium.
Juan Carlos' presentation, entitled "Tuning the chemical properties of surfaces through atomic- and molecular-level modification schemes", summarized the investigations done under the supervision of Prof. Teplyakov over the last five years. His research is focused on understanding and modifying the surface chemical processes taking place in different systems, such as thin films, bare silicon surfaces and functionalized surfaces; it has resulted in several publications.
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During the award ceremony,Juan Carlos was said to receive the award "for his contributions to the understanding of chemical reactions involved in thin film deposition and surface functionalization".
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Mr. Juan Carlos Rodriguez-Reyes accepts the Dorothy M. and Earl S. Hoffman Award from the President of the American Vacuum Society, *Gregory Exarhos (right) and the Chairman of the Awards Committee, Steven George (left)* at the 56th International Symposium of the American Vacuum Society |
In addition, Juan Carlos was recognized as a runner-up in the competition for the Morton M. Traum Surface Science Division Student Award, which is presented annually for the best student poster at the International symposium and exhibition of the American Vacuum Society (AVS). In his poster, entitled "A surface-chemical perspective on the success (and failure) of metalorganic compounds as thin film deposition precursors," Juan Carlos explored the surface reactions of several technologically-relevant metalorganic compounds and proposed a general pathway able to explain the undesired incorporation of carbon into the substrate when these compounds are used as deposition precursors.
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Ms. Carol Roach of Professor Sharon Neal's research group, won the Federation of Analytical Chemistry and Spectroscopy Societies (FACSS) Student Poster Award. Ms. Roach's presented her poster on "Origin of Multiexponential Tryptophan Decay in Proteins" on Wednesday afternoon, October 21st, in Louisville, KY, at the annual FACSS meeting.
The FACSS/SAS Student Poster Award was awarded to SAS Student members who presented outstanding papers at the poster session. You may learn more about Ms. Roach's poster at: https://facss.org/contentmgr/showdetails.php/id/35864
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Ms. Kathryn Perrine and Mr. Juan Carlos Rodríguez-Reyes from the research group of Professor Teplyakov are awarded the Dorothy M. and Earl S. Hoffman Travel Grant to attend the 56th International Symposium & Exhibition of the American Vacuum Society to be held in San Jose,CA, November 8-13, 2009 and to present their research.
Mr. Rodríguez-Reyes is also selected as one of the five top-level student finalists for the 2009 competitive awards to be awarded at this meeting. The information about these Graduate Student Awards and the list of finalists are published in the Technical Program for the AVS 56th International Symposium and Exhibition.
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Photo by Kathy F. Atkinson
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Svilen Bobev, assistant professor of chemistry and biochemistry at the University of Delaware, has been selected to receive the Alison Faculty Award. This award is given annually at the University of Delaware by the Francis Alison Society to outstanding assistant professors.
Prof. Bobev was recognized for the originality of his work in his field of Solid-state and Inorganic Chemistry. He will receive a plaque and a $2000 cash award. This spring he will be asked to give an informal presentation of his work in front of the Provost and the Francis Alison Society.
Read more about the Bobev Group's research
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