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June 14, 2006 -- Outstanding students in the University of Wyoming Graduate School have been selected to receive awards for their teaching and research accomplishments during the 2005-2006 academic year.
The honors include the Ellbogen Outstanding Graduate Assistant Teaching Awards, which recognize exceptional contributions to undergraduate education. Winners are Jacob Anfinson, Casper, communication and journalism; Sarah Carle, Morrill, Neb., modern and classical languages; Eva Finkemeier, Vreden, Germany and Ithaca, N.Y., modern and classical languages; Jennifer Murdock, Hot Springs, S.D., counselor education; Nicholas Schwab, Colfax, Ia., psychology; Victoria Umanskaya, Saratov, Russia, economics and finance; and Cody Warner, Meeteetse, sociology.
Three students received Outstanding Dissertation Awards. Winners, with their projects and UW mentors were:
In-Jae Kim, Daegu, South Korea, mathematics, "Spectral Properties of Combinatorial Classes of Matrices," mentor Bryan Shader, mathematics professor.
Scott Lake, Gardnerville, Nev., animal science, "Postpartum Dietary Lipid Supplementation for Beef Cows Managed to Achieve Two Different Body Condition Scores at Parturition," mentor Bret Hess, associate professor of animal science.
Jeffrey Morris, zoology and physiology, "Mechanisms and Effects of Light-mediated Zinc Uptake by Photosynthetic Biofilm: Implications for Diel Metal Cycling in Mining-impacted Streams," mentor Joe Meyer, professor of zoology and physiology.
Outstanding Master's Thesis Awards were presented to five students. Award recipients, with their projects and UW mentors were:
Sriram Kiran Annapragada, Chennai, India, chemical and petroleum engineering, "A Study of Production of Micronized Powders Using Decompressive Spray Atomization," mentors M.P. Sharma and William Lindberg, professors of chemical and petroleum engineering.
Jane Daniels, Brookfield, Wis., international studies, "Local Impacts of International Cultural Landscape Preservation in the Lednice-Valtice World Heritage Site, Czech Republic," mentor Garth Massey, professor of sociology.
William Harman, Lewistown, Mont., electrical and computer engineering, "Biomimetic Analog Machine Vision System Characterization and Application," mentor Steve Barrett, associate professor of electrical and computer engineering.
Andromeda Hartwick, Laramie, English, "The Biographical Man of Feeling: Boswell, Genre, and Sentiment," mentor Caroline McCracken-Flesher, professor of English.
Viswatej Attili, Vijayawada, India, renewable resources, "A Method to Remove Arsenite and Arsenate from Water," mentor K.J. Reddy, professor of renewable resources.
Robert Hurtibise, professor in the Department of Chemistry, received the Distinguished Graduate Faculty Mentor Award. The award recognizes and honors the important contribution that graduate faculty mentors make to guiding and assisting students during the transition from novice to expert in a discipline.
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Graduate School Award -- Jennifer Murdock of Hot Springs, S.D., was among University of Wyoming students receiving the Ellbogen Outstanding Graduate Assistant Teaching Awards, which recognize exceptional contributions to undergraduate education. Discussing counseling communication in her fundamentals of counseling course are, from left, Lisa Dudrey, Sheridan; Murdock; Emily Paasch, Helena, Mont.; and Colin Beecher, Casper. (UW Photo)
Posted on Wednesday, June 14, 2006
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