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The College of Liberal Arts and
Sciences has honored several faculty members with awards which will
be handed out Friday, April 19, in an awards ceremony in the Scheman Building.
That ceremony, which is open to the public, will be held at approximately
6:15 p.m.
The awards and the recipients include:
LAS Award for Excellence in Research/Artistic Creativity
Recognizing a faculty member who has a national or international reputation
for contributions in research, and who has influenced the research activities
of students.
Steve Kawaler
Professor of physics
and astronomy
A pioneer in both theoretical and observational aspects of the dynamic
field of asteroseismology, Steve Kawaler is a leading expert on the interpretation
of white dwarf vibrational spectra. As the director of the Whole Earth
Telescope, the world’s premier facility for asteroseismology, Kawaler
oversees a worldwide network of 22 cooperating observatories that obtain
uninterrupted time-series measurements of variable stars. He has published
48 papers in referred journals, given over 100 invited talks and is a
frequent speaker at international conferences. Kawaler is also the co-author
of a book that has become the standard graduate-level text on stellar
astrophysics.
LAS Award for Early Excellence in Research/Artistic Creativity
Recognizing a faculty member who has demonstrated outstanding research
activities usually early in his or her professional career.
Amy Andreotti
Assistant professor of biochemistry,
biophysics & molecular biology
In her short time at Iowa State, Amy Andreotti has gathered a group of
highly motivated, hard-working students and has fostered an atmosphere
in the laboratory of cooperation and learning that is built on the sense
of excitement that can emerge in scientific research. In her quest to
understand the inner workings of the cell, she is laying the groundwork
for advancing knowledge in the field of structural biology as well as
biochemistry and immunology. The emphasis of her lab is the study of the
relationship between protein structure and function, which is supported
by a large, multi-year federal research grant.
Yuhong Yang
Associate professor of statistics
Yuhong Yang has produced groundbreaking work in the statistical theory
of non-parametric function estimation. His primary contributions are to
strategies for model development and to estimation in the presence of
long-range dependence. Yang has begun to work with collaborators to develop
applications of his basic research in such diverse areas of meteorology,
agronomy and automated machine learning. As a recipient of the prestigious
National Science Foundation CAREER award, Yang has been identified as
one of a few extremely promising young scholars who are likely to "become
academic leaders of the 21st Century."
LAS Outstanding Teaching Award
Recognizing a faculty member who has an outstanding teaching career with
distinguished achievement in undergraduate education.
William
Jenks
Associate professor of chemistry
William Jenks teaches classes at both ends of a wide spectrum within the
Department of Chemistry from advanced graduate-level courses to a large
service course for non-majors. Jenks wants each of his students to "think
like scientists…to learn to observe, confront inconsistency, deduce,
induce, conclude." That philosophy has allowed Jenks to be recognized
numerous times for his excellence in teaching at Iowa State including
the 1998 Wilkinson Teaching Award from the Department of Chemistry. He
has also been named a Cottrell Scholar by the Research Corporation and
received a National Science Foundation CAREER Award, both based on highly
selective nationwide competitions requiring a teaching component that
recognizes the importance of education as well as research.
R.W. Swenson Award for Outstanding Advising
Recognizing outstanding performance as an undergraduate academic adviser
over an extended period of time.
Bert
Crawley
Professor of physics and astronomy
For the past 22 years, H. Bert Crawley has been the undergraduate adviser
for more than 300 freshman physics majors and for students transferring
to the Department of Physics and Astronomy. The advice these students
receive at this early stage of their undergraduate careers help them plan
for future course offerings and for a timely graduation. Crawley has shown
extraordinary diligence and care in helping students to resolve personal
difficulties and unusual situations associated with their studies. A former
physics major says, "Dr. Crawley was an integral part of helping
me receive the best education that Iowa State could offer me."
LAS Professional and Scientific Excellence Award
Recognizing contributions made by a professional and scientific staff
member beyond the university, contributions made within the university,
and career progress demonstrated by accomplishments at Iowa State.
Charlene Carsrud
Business manager, Department of Economics
Charlene Carsrud served Iowa State for 35 years with distinction and honor,
serving as a role model for others and setting a high standard for others
to follow. After serving the department for many years as the department
secretary, for the past 15 years she was the department’s business
manager and administrative assistant. In these roles, Carsrud administered
the Department of Economics office, personnel management, budgeting, accounting
and facilities with expertise, efficiency and success.
Pictured: left to right, Amy Andreotti, Yuhong Yang, William Jenks
(seated), Steve Kawaler
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