Awards and other recognitions
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Undergraduate Presents Jet Research at Acoustical Conference
Most who go to Hawaii find themselves at the beach, not presenting work on spectrum similarities of jet noise to a room full of acoustical researchers.
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BYU Geology Students Win International Geophysics Competition
Geology graduate students Scott Meek and Trevor Tuttle beat out 16 teams from 16 different countries to place first in the Society of Exploration Geophysics (SEG) International Student Challenge Bowl in Dallas, Texas, on October 17.
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Math Education Alumnus Becomes Utah Valley Educator of the Week
The Daily Herald named BYU Mathematics Education alumnus Stephen Scott the Utah Valley Educator of the Week on September 21, 2016. An anonymous faculty member at Provo High School nominated him for this recognition.
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BYU’s Fastest Stats Professor Achieves Olympic Dreams
Jared Ward began to doubt his ability to finish his Olympic Trials marathon run as the unforgiving Los Angeles heat bore down on him towards the end of the race.
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Mathematics Professor Awarded for Great Research
With about six to seven research projects in his queue each year, Dr. Pace Nielsen in the BYU Department of Mathematics has made waves in the mathematics community. One of his most recent projects was a massive collaboration (unusual in mathematics) with a number of world-class researchers, studying the spacing of prime numbers. They proved there are infinitely many pairs of primes within 246 integers of each other.
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Neilsen Balances Family, Research, Classes, and Receives Award
Dr. Tracianne Neilsen has spent many years trying to find a balance between family, mentoring students in acoustics, and teaching physics. After 12 years at BYU, Neilsen received the BYU Adjunct Faculty Excellence Award at the Annual University Conference in recognition for her outstanding contribution to the Department of Physics and Astronomy, and the University. The award is given to a part-time faculty member who has demonstrated excellence in teaching or in other professional responsibilities over a period of at least five years.
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Tyler Jarvis Honored for Making Math Memorable
Tyler J. Jarvis, a professor in the BYU Department of Mathematics, received the Karl G. Maeser Excellence in Teaching Award at this year’s Annual University Conference.
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From Stones to Sky: The Award Winning Research of a Planetary Scientist
When Dr. Jani Radebaugh isn’t in a geology classroom or her office, you can guess she’s across the world researching and collecting geological samples.
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BYU Statistics Professor Becomes American Statistical Association Fellow
The American Statistical Association (ASA) has named BYU statistics professor Dr. William Christensen as a 2016 Fellow of their organization. This prestigious honor distinguishes Christensen, along with 64 other members of the ASA, for his professional contributions, leadership, and commitment to the field of statistical science.
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Jared Ward Returns to the Classroom After Olympics
Earlier this month, while many professors were putting the final touches on their fall syllabi, a statistics professor at Brigham Young University, Jared Ward, was crossing the finish line in the marathon at the Rio Olympics.
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Computer Science Alumnus Takes Top Prize
BYU’s research in machine learning is starting to receive recognition on the world stage.
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BYU Physics Professor Receives Outstanding Referee Award
Every college professor is part of a professional community. According to BYU physics professor Dr. Justin Peatross, peer reviewing is one way to give back to that community.
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How These Mormon Women Became Some of the Best Cybersecurity Hackers in the U.S.
Sarah Cunha and Laura Wilkinson, two seniors at Brigham Young University, didn’t make it to graduation this year.
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BYU Mathematics Professor Receives National “Hall of Fame” Award
Dr. Tyler Jarvis, professor and former department chair in the BYU Department of Mathematics, recently received the Deborah and Franklin Tepper Haimo Award presented by the Mathematical Association of America. He was presented the award at the Joint Mathematics Meeting of the Mathematical Association of America and the American Mathematical Society in early January.
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Fuel for a Growing Population
Dr. Thomas Fletcher received the 2015 Reed M. Izatt and James J. Christensen Faculty Excellence in Research Award for his extensive studies in pyrolysis and coal combustion. This award honors scientific achievements in the Department of Chemical Engineering.
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BYU Professor Honored by Utah Academy of Sciences, Arts & Letters
Jean-François Van Huele of the Department of Physics and Astronomy is the recipient of the 2015 Academy Fellow Award from the Utah Academy of Sciences, Arts & Letters (UASAL).
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As Great Salt Lake dries up, Utah air quality concerns blow in
A state grant of around $40,000 went to Greg Carling, an assistant professor in geological sciences at Brigham Young University. His research will provide the state’s first glimpse into what’s blowing around in the lakebed dust.
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BYU computer scientist earns distinction of being “Highly Cited”
As recognized by Thomson Reuters’s publications database
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