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Student Award Recipients


C. Y. Liang Outstanding Graduate Student Award

Year Recipient
2006 Chaba Sandor
2005 Dundar Karabay
2004 Matthew Toigo
2003 Jose Ceja
2001 James F. Patterson
1998 Arturo Ortiz
1997 Hidehito Adaniya
1996 Sean C. Ahern and Dobrina Iotova
1995 Akemi Kayleng Knight
1994 Roya Zandi-Haghighi
1992 Hitoshi Watanabe
1989 Jack W. Deaton
1984 Ross D. Olney
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John W. Nagle Outstanding Senior Award

Year Recipient
2006 Vincent Tagliamonti
2005 Daniel P. McDonald
2004 Greg Frye
2003 David Miccolis
2002 Makan Mohageg and Peter Porazik
2001 Jose A. Ceja
1996 Jason A. Pruet
1995 Kenneth M. Webb
1994 Shaan M. McClenton
1993 Thomas J. Bensky, William R. Lay, and Roya Zandi-Haghighi
1992 Patricia P. Lin
1991 Garen Moradkhanian
1990 Roy W. Chien
1989 Daryl G. Parker
1988 Frederick Linkchorst
1987 David H. Crosser
1986 Theresa M. Johnson
1985 Mark T. Cowan
1984 Eliot A. Eklund and Sharon F. Yarger
1983 Bruce E. Bozovich
1982 William P. Ambrose, Brian D. Hadley, and Garnik Hairapetian
1981 Vittorio Paolone
1980 Douglas Ganson
1979 David Lopiano
1978 Donald L. Aldrich, Don A. Bolton, and Virgene L. Severson
1977 Phillip E. Deutschile and Ross D. Olney
1976 Robin A. Reeder
1975 Thomas E. McGuire
1974 Robert V. Taylor
1973 Marian S. Downey, Lai W. Leung, and Stuart R. Stampke
1972 Stewart A. Einstein
1971 Daniel L. Kelly
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Best Graduate/Teaching Assistant Award

Year Recipient
2006 David Berkowitz
2005 Chaba Sandor
2004 Ilyea Shaikh
2002 Hank Scudder
2000 Kirsti M. Lewis
1992 Koorosh Vasseghi
1991 Linda Yin and Kintak Yue
1990 Erkin Sidick
1989 Armik Khachatourian
1988 David (Ye) Song
1987 Varujan Cakaroglu
1986 Frank (Feng) Gao
1985 George (Zhicheng) Wang
1984 Daiping (Diane) Ma
1982 Doug Meyer and Bill Sheng
1981 Jay Wightman
1980 Don Klabunde
1979 Steve Bitterly and Stephen Thorman
1978 Robin Reeder
1977 Don Lestrange and Jim Van Nieuwenhuyse
1976 Julio R Blanco and Robert O'Rear
1975 Don Sparks
1974 Larry Small
1973 Ken Raschke
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President's Associates Outstanding Graduate Student Award

Year Recipient
1993 Hitoshi Watanabe
1988 Jack W. Deaton
1984 Ross D. Olney
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C. Y. Liang Memorial Scholarship

Awarded to an Outstanding Continuing Upper-Division or Graduate Physics Major

Year Recipient
2006 Mark Kurban
2005 Andrew Vandenberg
2004 Daniel McDonald
2003 Gregory M. Frye
2002 Mayra Tovar
2001 Lucas L. Haley
2000 Jose A. Ceja
1999 Alan R. Kramer
1998 Zakia Kator
1997 Kirsti M. Lewis
1996 Marta L. Herbranson
1995 Christopher D. McMullen
1994 Steve Agoston
1993 George Vazquez
1992 William Lay
1991 Eric Mikkelson
1990 Fatholiah Kasraie
1989 Erkin Sidick
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Adrian Herzog Outstanding Graduate Student Scholarship

Year Recipient
2006 Niva Ranjeet
2005 Chaba Sandor
2004 Farisa Morales
2003 Jose A. Ceja, Alexander Lee, and Mayra Tovar
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Robert Romagnoli Physics Graduate Scholarship

Year Recipient
2006 Vincent Tagliamonti
2005 Georgiy Shcherbatyuk
2004 Chaba Sandor
2003 Kenneth Cooper
2002 Peter Porazik
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Other Student Honors

Sigma Pi Sigma Members of the Official Honor Society of the Physics Profession
California State University Northridge Chapter


Year Inductee
2006 Shelley Green, Thiago Halmer, Mark Kurban, Trevor Leonard, Rohit Sharma, Vince Tagliamonti, Chris Vergien, Andrew Wandenberg
2005 Geoffrey DeJaynes, Benjamin Ett, Dundar Karabay, Daniel McDonald, Farisa Morales, Nicholas Roueiheb, Andrew Shaw
2004 Elizabeth Bell, Mavis Irwin, Chaba Sandor, Matthew Toigo
2003 Kenneth Cooper, Berrie Goldman, David Miccolis, Mayra Tovar
2002 Lucas Haley, Makan Mohageg, Peter Porazik
2001 John E. Basinski, Jose A. Ceja, Patrick M. Collins, James F. Patterson
2000 Albert Hyuk Jin Lee, Alan Richard Kramer
1998 Taeseong Jeong, Zakia Kator, Linda Krawitz, Kirsti Lewis, John L. Markson, Arturo R. Ortiz, Antoine Shahin, Sung Ha Park, Robert Troy, Kenneth Miller Webb
1995 Sean Ahern, Victor Andrade, Roberto Eduardo Cano, Stephen Campbell, Kenneth Matthew Edmondson, Amar Quinsain Liang, Michelle Denise Mayer
1994 Jerry B. Dulco, Darin Tracy Solk
1993 Marcus Allin Alfred, Michael Robert Gluszczak, Josh Edward Reniker, Kevin Scott Thomas, Rick Ortiz Vazquez, Christopher John Wilson, Lin Yu-Suan
1992 Roya Zandi-Haghighi, Brook A. Henderson, John F. Zanni, Bryan Waldron, Hans-Peter Schwelbler, Hon Jung Yu, Hitoshi Watanabe, Patricia Lin, William R. Lay, Shaan M. McClendon
1991 Anthony L. Daniell, Bradley A. Blocksom
1989 Barton Landrum, Ronald A. Blum, David Rapkin
1988 Steven A. Larson
1987 Roger Miller, Joseph R. Gonzales, David R. Goldwater, Fred P. Linkchorst, Armik Khachatourian, Garen Moradkhanian, Bruce C. Goldstein, Thomas Bulharowski
1986 Daxin Sheila Zhuang, Varujan Cakaroglu, Robert Fielding, Martin E. Hummel
1985 Chris Stenland
1984 Stephen Frederick Motter, Kun Wong, Steve Kuo
1983 Frank Dino Panaro, A. Douglas Meyer, Elliott Allan Eklund, Sharon Fyfe Yarger, Jack Wesley Deaton, Peter George Ringold
1982 Kimberly L. Schumacher, Bruce Edward Bozovich
1981 Thomas M. Crawford, John D. Hagan, Thomas A. Stephens, Thomas W. Parslow, Philip G. Eliades, Garnik Austin Halrapetian, David Brent Reynolds, James Michael Kentosh, Vicky Lewolt
1980 William Patrick Ambrose, Jay Arden Wightman, Louis Kevin Zeldin, Joseph Bernardino Comunale, Vittorio Paolone, Dennis Ray Willett, Steven Eric Bitterly
1979 Carl Robert Ginnon
1978 Donald Paul Klabunde, Philip Ira Klutch, Robin Anthony Reeder
1977 Donald Patrick Lestrange, Don Allen Bolton, James Edwards van Nieuwenhuyse, Donald Lloyd Aldrich, Virgene Luella Severson, Jeffrey A. Blau, Neal Brian Sulmeyer
1976 Robert G. O'Rear II, Louis Beverino, Julio R. Blanco, Christopher Dean Smith
1975 Daryl M. Van Orden, Ross D. Olney, Bernard neil Adamson, William Doug Wilder, Robert Louis Richardson, Anton Nicolaus Paley, Steven Douglas Cochran, Bruce Michael Vose
1974 Earle I. Neill Jr., Richard S. Edelman, Sandra S. Lee, Ward A. Lillback, Thomas E. McGuire, Steven E. Anticevich, Nancy E. Macartney-Filgate, Donald M. Sparks, Jon Becker, James B. DaCosta, Nigel R. Wright, Michael P. Sveda, Kenneth S. Sklaroff, Thomas J. Humanic, Charles R. Meyer, Robert H. Benner, Russell J. Wallace
1973 Charles F. Harding, Lai-Wo Stanislaus Leung, Mark Hildor Nelson, Michael J. Mahoney, Joseph H.A. Chudy, Fred Sissine
1972 Robert T. Park, Stuart R. Stampke, H. Kathleen Worfolk, Marian S. Downey, E. Allen Whedon, Fredrick W. Bennett, Guadalupe D. Padilla, Larry D. Hilburn, Ronald Duane Stagers, Hirsch T. Goffman, Kenneth E. Raschke, Lance C. Stevenson, Isaac Rosen, John R. Mosher
1969 Stephen Rees Kerner, Harry Kurtgman, Tyrone Clark Marshall, David Howard Pace, Roger Lee Roark, Frank Garacci, Dennis James Martin, Joseph A. Swenson, David G. Cottle, Giulio C. Ricci, Alfred Smith-Polliser
1968 Bruce D. Wallace, Harmon W. Icenogle, Balazs Becht, Sim E. Fightmaster, Clifford R. Hogstedt, Timothy E. Winesburg, Norman C. Lucas, Lal Baboolal, Patrick M. Hurdle, Daniel D. Evans, Kenneth Matosain, Thomas L. Smith, Stephan Saneff, George Lawrence Naes, Jr., John Edward McGinnis, Hugo Bert Weiner, John Charles Hendershot, Kenneth Williams Fertig, Jr.
1967 Robert T. Johnson, Dennis A. Leatart, Jerry A. Wilson, Henry A. Kampmeyer
1966 Barry N. Warner, Leonard G. Hale, Wai-Min Lin, Gordon L. Salmon, Brian E. Dent, Kenneth L. Adams, Arthur Altshiller, Garin S. Bircsak, George D. Carpenter, Lawrence B. Golden, Robert S. Roberts, William E. Stoelzner, Philip L. Walker
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Dean's List

Students receiving this honor are listed below. Click on the semester of interest.