Thiel Research Group

Honors awarded to members of the Thiel group

Professional Societies

• Superior Student Presentation Award at the 36th Annual Midwest Regional American Chemical Society Meeting.
  Tanhong Cai
  
  
• Dorothy and Earl S. Hoffman Award of the American Vacuum Society.
  Conrad Stoldt
  
  
• Nellie Yeoh Whetten Award of the American Vacuum Society.
  Tanhong Cai
  
  
• American Vacuum Society Student Prize.
  Diane (Flynn) Sanders
  Mary (Selner) Walczak
  
  
• Travel Scholarship from Minnesota Chapter of the American Vacuum Society, to fund presentation at National AVS Meeting.
  Baris Ünal
  Anthony Layson
  Mark Jensen
  Michael Columbia
  Peter Schmitz
  
  
• American Women in Science (AWIS) Predoctoral Award.
  Diane (Flynn) Sanders
  
  
• Graduate Student Award from the Materials Research Society.
  Mary (Selner) Walczak
  
  
• First-Place Prize for Best Poster at the Materials Research Society Local Chapter Symposium on Rare Earth Materials.
  Selena Russell
  
  
• First-Place Prize for Best Poster at the Physical Electronics Conference.
  Alex Belianinov
  Feili Qin
  
  

Government

• U.S. Department of Energy Award for Outstanding Scientific Accomplishment in Materials Chemistry 1998.
  Cynthia Jenks
  
  
• Graduate Assistance in Areas of National Need (GAANN) Fellowship.
  Mark Jensen
  Oden Warren
  
  

Industry

• Amoco Foundation Fellowship.
  Oden Warren
  
  
• Dow Corning Graduate Student Scholarship.
  Diane (Flynn) Sanders
  
  
• Merck Award for Undergraduate Research.
  Rochelle Lockridge
  
  
• Miller Fellowship.
  Zhouxin Shen
  
  
• Noble-Hines Undergraduate Scholarship.
  Rochelle Lockridge
  
  
• Phillips Petroleum Fellowship.
  Mark Jensen
  Peter Schmitz
  
  
• Chevron Phillips Fellowship.
  Selena Russell
  
  
• Proctor and Gamble Graduate Fellowship.
  Diane (Flynn) Sanders
  Mary (Selner) Walczak
  
  
• Invited participant in Union Carbide Corporation Student Innovation Recognition Program Symposium (1998).
  Conrad Stoldt
  
  

Iowa State University

• Research Excellence Award.
  Alex Belianinov
  Baris Ünal
  Zhouxin Shen
  Mark Jensen
  Peter Schmitz
  Mary (Selner) Walczak
  
  
• Teaching Excellence Award.
  David Appy
  Dahai Shao
  Chad Yuen
  Selena Russell
  Dapeng Jing
  Baris Ünal
  Oden Warren
  Mary (Selner) Walczak
  
  
• Alpha Chi Sigma Research Excellence Award.
  Mingmin Shen
  Conrad Stoldt
  Oden Warren
  Mary (Selner) Walczak
  Sheng-Liang “Luke” Chang
  
  
• Frank J. Moore and Thoreen Beth Moore Fellowship.
  Chad Yuen
  
  
• Hellwig Fellowship for first-year graduate students.
  Tanhong Cai
  
  
• Henry Gilman Fellowship.
  Mingmin Shen
  Zhouxin Shen
  
  
• Peer Research Award from the Graduate and Professional Student Senate.
  Selena Russell
  
  
• Women in Chemistry Award, Graduate Award.
  Selena Russell
  
  
• Women in Science and Engineering, Graduate Award.
  Diane (Flynn) Sanders
  
  
• Zaffarano Prize for Graduate Student Research.
  Mary (Selner) Walczak
  
  
• Honorable mention for Zaffarano Prize.
  Baris Ünal
  
  
• College of Liberal Arts and Sciences Award for Professional and Scientific Staff Excellence 1999.
  Cynthia Jenks
  
  

Current Members

Former Members