Annual Chapter Awards
Latest Award Information:
The Clemson Chapter of Sigma Xi - The Scientific Research Society, has announced the recipients of the chapter's annual awards.
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Brian A. Powell, Assistant Professor of Environmental Engineering, was named Outstanding Young Investigator of the Year, 2011. The award recognizes the outstanding accomplishments of Dr. Powell during the first 10 years of receiving his Ph.D. Dr. Powell has extensive expertise with the mobility of radionuclides in soil and groundwater systems through his research. The knowledge gained can be used to evaluate risk posed by subsurface contamination, to design remediation strategies for contaminated sites, and to facilitate the use of safe disposal practices.
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June J. Pilcher, Alumni Distinguished Professor of Psychology, was named Outstanding Researcher of the Year, 2011. She earned her Ph.D. in Biopsychology from the University of Chicago and served as a research psychologist for three years in the US Army at the Walter Reed Army Institute of Research in Washington, DC before beginning her academic career at Bradley University in Peoria, IL. Dr. Pilcher joined the faculty at Clemson in 2001. She was promoted to full professor in 2005 and was awarded an Alumni Distinguished Professorship in 2009. Dr. Pilcher's research has been funded for over 13 years by several national agencies including the Federal Railroad Administration and the Center for Advanced Study of Language at the University of Maryland. Her research focuses on the effects of stress and fatigue on performance, health, and well-being in the work place and in college students. Dr. Pilcher works with a team of Clemson students to explore how humans can best adapt to the demands of modern society and how we can make better choices in managing our work, sleep, and health-related habits. Dr Pilcher's other interests include teaching and training in a non-competitive, traditional martial art (Karatedo Doshinkan) and rescuing ex-racing greyhounds. She has received numerous awards for her research and her work with students, including the Bradley Award for Mentoring in Creative Inquiry and being named as a Fellow in the Association for Psychological Science in 2010. She is also a current recipient of a prestigious Fulbright Fellowship, the Fulbright-Freud Scholar Award, for 2011-2012 at the University of Vienna and the Freud Museum in Vienna, Austria. |
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Past Award Winners:
| Outstanding Young Investigator of the Year, 2011 | Brian Powell |
| Outstanding Researcher of the Year, 2011 | June J. Pilcher |
| Outstanding Young Investigator of the Year, 2010 | Saara DeWalt |
| Outstanding Researcher of the Year, 2010 | John Ballato |
| Outstanding Young Investigator of the Year, 2009 | Xuejun Wen |
| Outstanding Researcher of the Year, 2009 | Lesley Temesvari |
| Outstanding Young Investigator of the Year, 2008 | Julia Frugoli |
| Outstanding Researcher of the Year, 2008 | Karen Burg |
| Outstanding Young Investigator of the Year, 2007 | Nader Jalili |
| Outstanding Researcher of the Year, 2007 | Stephen Klaine |
| Outstanding Young Investigator of the Year, 2006 | Steven Ellis |
| Outstanding Researcher of the Year, 2006 | Stephen Foulger |
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| Outstanding Researcher of the Year, 2005 | Albert G. Abbott |
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| Outstanding Researcher of the Year, 2005 | Shiou-Jyh Hwu |
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| Outstanding Researcher of the Year, 2003 | David Van Lear |
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| Outstanding Young Investigator of the Year, 1995 | |
| Outstanding Researcher of the Year, 1995 | Darren Dawson |
| Outstanding Young Investigator of the Year, 1994 | |
| Outstanding Researcher of the Year, 1994 | Robert Geist |
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| Outstanding Researcher of the Year, 1993 | Peter H. Adler |
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| Outstanding Young Investigator of the Year, 1989 | |
| Outstanding Researcher of the Year, 1989 | John Morse |
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| Outstanding Young Investigator of the Year, 1982 | |
| Outstanding Researcher of the Year, 1982 | B. Merle Shepard |