Chemistry Department Held 2010 Honors Day
The Department of Chemistry held 2010 Honors Day Awards Ceremony on Thursday, April 29, 2010. Dr. Ed McDaniel, retired Director at Eastman Chemical Company in Kingsport, Tennessee attended as the guest speaker at this annual event.
10 undergraduate awards were given to 13 students and 34 graduate students received 19 graduate awards. Faculty awards, staff awards and several other recognitions were also presented during the ceremony.
First introduced in 1979, Honors Day Awards Ceremony is held annually to recognize outstanding academics, service and teaching in the Chemistry Department. Awards will be given to outstanding undergraduates along with general awards and recognitions for achievement and scholarship. Graduate awards will be given in specific areas of chemistry as well as overall service, teaching, research and merit awards. Exceptional staff members will also be recognized for their service to the department. Members of the faculty will enjoy awards given for their achievements in the way of service, appointments, and prestigious awards.
This year’s speaker is Dr. Ed McDaniel. He came to UT in 1950 as a rising junior from the Junior College of Augusta, GA, and obtained his B. S. in Chemistry, and PhD in Chemistry in 1956. He was a National Science Fellow during his PhD research in catalysis under the late Professor Hilton Smith.
Upon graduation McDaniel went to work for Tennessee Eastman Company (now Eastman Chemical Co.) in the research laboratories. He held a number of positions in research including assistant Director of Development, and Assistant Director of Research. He then started a program at Eastman searching for research external to the company to complement the internal research and development efforts.
Besides his achievement in industry, McDaniel has served on the Board of Visitors both in the Chemistry Department and the College of Arts and Sciences of UT. Now retired, he lives in Kingsport and is active in volunteer civic projects.
McDaniel’s speech covered his experiences in industrial research and things that were important to him as he worked his way from bench chemist to research management.
Undergraduate Student Awards
CRC Press General Chemistry Award – Alexandra P. Punke
C.W. Keenan Outstanding General Chemistry Student Award – Burton Mandrell, Anna K. Manneschmidt
Judson Hall Robertson Memorial Award in Analytical Chemistry – Rose E. Johnson
Judson Hall Robertson Memorial Instrumental Analysis Award – Malcolm J. Cochran
C.A. Buehler Chemistry Scholarship – Rose E. Johnson, Roger A.E. Wright
D.A. Shirley Award in Organic Chemistry – Victoria N. Hale
Undergraduate Inorganic Award – James R. Humble
East Tennessee Section, ACS, Undergraduate Award – Alicia A. Farrar
Hach Foundation Scholarships – Julia L. Price, Maria Owens
GlaxoSmithKline Undergraduate Fellowship – Anrew W. Hahn
Honors Chemistry Recognition – Benjamin M. Bolin, Benjamin P. Cochran, Sean C. Forrest, Angela Frantz, Collin G. Howser, Britta A. Johnson, Cameron T. Landers, Cheshire Rigler, Jacqueline R. Smartt
Graduate Student Awards
Carol Moulton ACGS Service Award – Traymon Allen, Thomas G. O’Lenick, Carlos A. Steren
D.A. Shirley Graduate Award in Organic Chemistry – Meng M. Rowland
First Year Acheivement Awards – Peng(Jacky) Chen, Vighter O. Iberi, William M. Kochemba, Zhenqian Zhu
Outstanding Teaching Awards – Ashesh S. Belapure, Rachel L. Glazener, Jessica R. Gooding
C.W. Kennan Outstanding Graduate Teaching Award – Rebecca B. Horton
Outstanding Service Awards – Morgan B. McConico-Lewis, Joel G. Putnam, Stephen Gibson
East Tennessee Section, ACS, Graduate Fellow – Christopher P. Bennett
J.C. and Ruth Burger Award in Analytical Chemistry – Jacob N. Fairchild
Judson Hall Robertson Graduate Award in Analytical Chemistry – Deepak Bhandari
Jerome Eastham Graduate Fellowship – Michael P. Quinn
Graduate Award for Acheivement in Inorganic Chemistry – Julia K. C. Abbott
Burchfield Burridge Warner Graduate Fellowship in Chemistry – Thomas G. O’Lenick
Eugene John Barber Fellowship in Chemistry – Meng M. Rowland
Gleb Mamantov Graduate Chemistry Scholar – Tatiana V. Brinzari
Buehler Fellowships – Jessica R. Gooding, Andrew S. Hicks, Belinda S. Lady, Michael E. Peretich
JINS Fellowships – Seth C. Hunter, Paige E. Landry, Dias Linton
International Center of Materials Research, Summer Appointment – Irene E. Abia
Chancellor’s Honors -Extraordinary Professional Promise – Julia K. C. Abbott, Irene E. Abia
SAACS Outstanding T.A. Chemistry Award – Deborah A. Penchoff
Staff Award
Outstanding Service Award – Lisa M. Bonds, Gail Y. Cox
Faculty Awards
SAACS Outstanding Chemistry Professor Award – Dr. T. Ffrancon Williams
Ziegler Professor of Chemistry – Dr. Jan Musfeldt, Dr. Bin Zhao
Chancellor’s Honors
Research and Creative Achievement – Dr. Jan Musfeldt
Professional Promise in Research and Creative Achievement – Dr. Bin Zhao
American Association for the Advancement of Science Fellow – Dr. Robert N. Compton, Dr. Michael J. Sepaniak
Lifetime Achievement Award from the Journal of Chromatography – Dr. Dr Georges A. Guiochon
2010 Southern Chemist Awards – Dr. Jimmy W. Mays
Retiring Faculty – Dr. Jamie L. Adcock, Dr. Fred M. Schell
New Faculty – Dr. Alexei P. Sokolov
Georges A. Guiochon, a Distinguished Professor of Chemistry, just published his 1,000th paper. Such an extraordinary achievement is reflective of his international renown as a chromatography expert. This renown is also revealed by his six books, four honorary doctorates, 15 national or international medals or awards, and numerous research grants from industrial and governmental agencies. Guiochon has also been the organizer of 27 national and international symposia and has held editorial positions on six major journals. Among his most recent honors, Guiochon was elected as a corresponding member of the Reial Academia de Ciencias i Arts of Barcelona, and he received the LC/GC Lifetime Achievement Award and the Professor Andrzej Waksmunski Medal of the Polish Academy of Sciences.