The University of Alabama’s Dr. Beth Todd, associate professor of mechanical engineering, recently received the 2004 Student Section Advisor by the American Society of Mechanical Engineers. Todd was honored with the top national award at the ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress in Anaheim, Calif.
Dr. Stephen J. Thoma, professor and chair of human development and family studies at The University of Alabama’s College of Human Environmental Sciences, recently received national recognition, being named a recipient of the Association for Moral Education’s Kuhmerker Award.
The University of Alabama College of Human Environmental Sciences recently presented the Jack Davis Professional Achievement Award to John Rodney Brown of Tuscaloosa; Amy Curry of Houston, Tex.; Linda Godfrey of Vestavia Hills; Lee Green of College Station, Tex.; Linda Newell of Chicago, Ill.; Pam Oldacre Northway of Somerville; and Stella Rainey of Tuscaloosa.
Dr. Robert F. Olin, dean of the College of Arts and Sciences at The University of Alabama, has been appointed chair of the American Mathematical Society’s Committee on Science Policy.
The 2004 Ian Campbell Medal, the American Geological Institute’s most distinguished award, was presented to Dr. Ernest A. Mancini, professor of geological sciences at The University of Alabama, at an awards ceremony in Denver earlier this month.
The University of Alabama Board of Trustees has conferred the highest honor it gives to a faculty member to Dr. Robin Rogers, professor of chemistry in UA’s College of Arts and Sciences. Rogers has been named a University of Alabama Distinguished Research Professor by the board.
Dr. John R. Wheat, professor of community and rural medicine in The University of Alabama College of Community Health Sciences, has been named the 2004 Stueland Scholar by the National Farm Medicine Center of the Marshfield Clinic in Marshfield, Wis.
The University of Alabama’s chapter of the Society of Women Engineers recently received second place among medium-sized sections in the Outstanding Student Section competition at the National Conference in Milwaukee, Wis.
The University of Alabama has been awarded nearly a $1 million grant from the National Science Foundation to establish a new program that will enhance the education of students entering engineering.
The University of Alabama Graduate School has named 12 graduate students as new fellowship recipients in programs designed to increase and retain the number of minorities in college or university faculty positions, with a special emphasis on graduate students who plan to become faculty members at colleges and universities in Alabama.