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Faculty Awards and Recognition
Faculty Awards and Recognition
The faculty and organizations representing the Department of Earth & Atmospheric Sciences have earned several rewards, some of which are listed below with their associated year.
Recipient |
Award |
| Carl Norman | 2003 - 2004: President's Award, Houston Geological Society |
| Kevin Burke |
2007: The Geological Society of America's Penrose Medal (The Geological Society of America's Highest Award). |
| Janok Bhattacharya | 2006: American Association of Petroleum Geologists Distinguished Lecturer 2005: American Association of Petroleum Geologists Distinguished Educator Award. 2005: American Association of Petroleum Geologists Distinguished Lecturer 2005-2006. 2004: Best Oral Presentation, Canadian Section Petroleum Geologists Annual Meeting. 2004: Certificate of Merit, American Association of Petroleum Geologists. 2004: Professional Service Award, Dallas Geological Society. 2002: Houston Geological Society, Best Oral Paper Award. 2001: Frank Kottlowski Memorial Presentation Award, American Association of Petroleum Geologists/EMD. 2001: American Association of Petroleum Geologists A.L. "Al" Cox Award, best poster. 1999: Society of Economic Paleontologist and Mineralogists Appreciation Award. |
| Daewon Byun | 1999: Environmental Protection Agency Silver Medal Award for Development of Models-3 CMAQ |
| John F. Casey | 1995-1996: Distinguished Lecturer -Joint Oceanographic Institutes and U.S. Science Advisory Committee |
| Henry Chafez | 1984: S.E.P.M. Outstanding Paper Award, 1984, for: Chafetz, H.S., and Folk, R.L., Travertines: Depositional morphology and the bacterially constructed constituents: Jour. Sed. Petrol.,54:289-316. |
| John Castagna | 2006: Society of Exploration Geophysicists Reginald Fessenden Award 2001: Society of Exploration Geophysicists TLE Best Paper Award 1995: Society of Exploration Geophysicists, Distinguished Lecturer |
| John F. Dewey |
2008: Honorary member of the Royal Irish Academy(An honor rarely bestowed to foreign scientist). 2006: The Geological Society of America's Structural Geology and Tectonics Division Career Contribution Award, Divisions Highest Award. 2004: Honorary Member, European Geosciences Union, 2004 2001: Member US National Academy of Sciences, 2001 1999: Wollaston Medal, Geological Society of London, 1999 1999: Paul Fourmarier Prize and Medal, Academie Royale de Belgique, Academy’s highest award 1997: Foreign Associate US National Academy of Sciences, Honor rarely bestowed to foreign scientist 1993: Arthur Holmes Medal, European Union of Geosciences, Union’s highest award for contributions to geology 1992: Penrose Medal, Geological Society of America, The Society’s highest Award for contributions to geology 1990: Member of Academia Europaea 1985: Fellow of the Royal Society, 1985 1983: T.N. George Medal, Geological Society, Glasgow, for contributions to geology 1983: Lyell Medal, Geological Society of London, The Society’s highest award for contributions to geology |
| Fred Hilterman |
2006: Society of Exploration Geophysicists Maurice Ewing Medal for lifetime work in geophysics, (SEG's highest medal) 2004: Society of Exploration Geophysicists Cecil Green Enterprise Award 2000-2001: Society of Exploration Geophysicists Distinguished Instructor Short Course (DISC) Lecturer (2000-2001) 21 worldwide presentations 1996-1997: President of Society of Exploration Geophysicists 1988: Society of Exploration Geophysicists Best Presentation Award 1985-1986: Society of Exploration Geophysicists Distinguished Lecturer 1984-1985: American Association of Petroleum Geologists Distinguished Lecturer 1985: Society of Exploration Geophysicists Classic Paper of Past 25 Years 1984: Society of Exploration Geophysicists Virgil Kauffman Gold Medal 1982-1983: Vice-President of Society of Exploration Geophysicists 1970: Society of Exploration Geophysicists Best Paper Award |
| Christopher Liner |
2001: Society of Exploration Geophysicists Distinguished Instructor Short Course (DISC) Lecturer (2000-2001) 27 worldwide presentations
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| Aibing Li |
2006: National Science Foundation Faculty Early Career Development Award for Integration of Seismic Constraints on the Continental Upper Mantle ($450,000).
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| Liming Li |
2009: NASA Early Career Development Award for “Energy Balance of Saturn and Jupiter” ($875,000)
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| Kurt Marfurt |
2006: Society of Exploration Geophysicists Distinguished Instructor Short Course (DISC) Lecturer 27 worldwide presentations
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| Robert Sheriff |
1998: Society of Exploration Geophysicists Maurice Ewing Medal of for lifetime work in geophysics, SEG's highest medal.
1997: Quest for Excellence Award, University of Houston College of Natural Sciences and Mathematics 1997: Society Of Exploration Geophysicists: Distinguished Achievement Award to the Allied Geophysical Laboratories (Sheriff-Director), Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, University of Houston. The longest running petroleum industrial consortium at the University of Houston. The award is given from time to time to a company, institution, or other organization for a specific technical contribution or contributions that have, in the opinion of the SEG Honors and Awards Committee and the Executive Committee, substantially advanced the science of exploration geophysics. 1996: Special Commendation Award, Society of Exploration Geophysicists 1993: Australian Society of Exploration Geophysics Distinguished Lecturer 1980: Honorary Membership in Geophysical Society of Houston 1979: Honorary Membership in Society of Exploration Geophysicists 1977: Society of Exploration Geophysicists Distinguished Lecturer 1969: Society of Exploration Geophysicists Virgil Kauffman Gold Medal for outstanding contribution to geophysics |
| Kurt-Martin Strack | 2005: Society of Petrophysicist and Well Log Analysts (SPWLA) Distinguished Lecturer 2003: Society of Exploration Geophysicists Reginald Fessenden Award 2003: Foreign Member of Russian Academy of Sciences 2003: Technical Achievement Award, SPWLA 2003: Russian Academy of Sciences Kapitsa Gold Medal of Honor 1998-1999: Distinguished Lecturer Society of Petroleum Engineers on Through Casing Resistivity |
| Leon Thomsen |
2006-07: President of Society of Exploration Geophysicists 2002: Distinguished Instructor, Society of Exploration Geophysicists 1997: Distinguished Lecturer, Society of Exploration Geophysicists 1993: Fessenden Award, Society of Exploration Geophysicists Kapitsa Medal, Russian Academy of Natural Sciences Foreign Member of the Russian Academy of Natural Sciences Honorary Member of the European Association of Geoscientists and Engineers Honorary Member Geophysical Society of Houston. |
| Arthur B. Weglein | 2003: Society of Exploration Geophysicists Distinguished Lecturer |
| Jolante Van Wijk | 2009: International Lithosphere Program Edward A. Flinn-Pembroke J. Hart Award for an outstanding young scientist’s contributions in Solid Earth Sciences.
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| Allied Geophysical Laboratories, Department of Geosciences, University of Houston | 1997: SEG Distinguished Achievement Award The award is given from time to time to a company, institution, or other organization for a specific technical contribution or contributions that have, in the opinion of the SEG Honors and Awards Committee and the Executive Committee, substan-tially advanced the science of exploration geophysics. |
Best Paper Presented by a Student at the Annual Meeting |
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| Chris Harding | 2000: "Multi-modal investigation of geoscientific data—adding touch and sound to 3D visualization of surface-based data," Chris Harding and John Casey
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| Cory Hoelting | 2002: A preliminary study of salt flank illumination at Vinton Dome, Louisinana: Do we need lateral wavefield continuation? Cory Hoelting, Mariana Gherasim, Warrenn Duncan, Kurt Marfurt and Hua-wei Zhou.
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| Yardenia Martínez | 2005: Mapping geology and structure using multispectral and hyperspectral data and evaluating topographic correction methods: Case study, Salmon River Mountains of east-central Idaho, Yardenia Martínez, Shuhab Khan, Paul Link.
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