Awards & Scholarship
Awards Committee
The Distinguished Scientist Award and the Best Paper Award were presented on the morning of the first day of the 11th Hypervelocity Impact Symposium in Freiburg. The Awards Committee administers these awards behalf of the Hypervelocity Impact Society for research activity that is new and original in the field of hypervelocity impact.
The Distinguished Scientist Award (DSA) is given to a single individual or to a research team of two or more individuals for significant and lasting contributions to the field of hypervelocity science. The award consists of a plaque citing the accomplishments of the award winner and a monetary remuneration set by the Board of Directors. The selection of the Distinguished Scientist Award winner for HVIS 2010 was based on nominations made by the members of the Hypervelocity Impact Society and anyone who has been involved in hypervelocity impact science and engineering. Nominations included a supporting letter with information about the candidate including his/her technical recognition within the community, publications, the importance of his/her work and contributions to hypervelocity science as well as personal contributions and services to the Society. The closing date for nominations for the HVIS 2010 DSA was August 1, 2009.
This year’s (2010) Distinguished Scientist Award was received by Peter Schultz, Professor of Geological Science at Brown University, who received his PhD in Astronomy at the University of Texas in 1972. Professor Schultz is world renowned in the field of hypervelocity impact and he received the award for his contributions to i) impact cratering including atmospheric effects throughout the solar system, ii) oblique hypervelocity impacts, iii) impact flash spectroscopy, iv) particle image velocimetry of ejecta, and v) electromagnetic properties of hypervelocity impacts. He is currently developing a new technology using impact flash to determine surface compositions of planets and asteroids in conjunction with National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)/Jet Propulsion Laboratory. In addition to his research and teaching at Brown University, he has served as Director of the Lunar and Planetary Institute Planetary Image Facility, and is currently the Director for both the Northeast Planetary Data Center and the NASA/Rhode Island University Space Grant Consortium. He is further co-Investigator on the NASA Discovery Mission Deep Impact. We congratulate Prof. Schultz for his accomplishments and the award.
ACSS scholarships
The Board of Directors for the Hypervelocity Impact Society has established an Educational Outreach Committee, the purpose of which is to promote awareness of hypervelocity impact activities among students. The Alex Charters Student Scholars Program is designed to support students interested in hypervelocity impact phenomena and who are enrolled in an academic institution at the time of the conference. This program is aimed primarily at graduate students. The scholarship program provides support for students to attend the Hypervelocity Impact Symposia. This includes a waiver for the registration cost, a copy of the symposium proceedings, and reimbursement for transportation and lodging during attendance at symposia up to a limit of $1000. The Alex Charters Student Scholars are selected by a vote of the HVIS Educational Outreach Committee through a competitive evaluation of nominations submitted by their academic advisors. Currently, Sikhanda Satapathy serves as the chair of the HVIS Educational Outreach Committee.
The HVIS Impact Society is pleased to introduce the 11 students from 6 different countries who were selected for this year’s Alex Charters Student Scholars Program.
The awardees are Henry-Alexandre Cayzac, Jessica Meulbroek, Kyle Manning, Gregory Swanson, Angela Stickle, Brendan Hermalyn, James Hogan, Kazuhiro Aso, Yasutaka Otsuji, Young Cho and Dirk Elbeshausen.
All students have research interests that are closely related to hypervelocity impact phenomena. Henry-Alexandre is a graduate student at the École Polytechnique in Orléans, France. His research interest is the numerical prediction of material behavior under very high loads or extreme environmental conditions. Yasutaka and Kazuhiro are both students at the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the Kyushu Institute of Technology in Fukuoka, Japan. Yasutaka is interested in the investigation of ejecta from space debris and meteoroid impacts on spacecraft surfaces, and Kazuhiro’s research interests include the investigation of solar array failures induced by hypervelocity impacts. Kyle and Jessica are both students at John Hopkins University in Baltimore, USA. Kyle is interested in the prediction of potential spacecraft failure models, and Jessica is interested in the investigation of the failure and fragmentation of ductile materials. James, a student at the University of New Brunswick, Canada, is interested in the exploration of possible simulations of the impact of micrometeorites and orbital debris on space infrastructure. Brendan and Angela are both associated with the Department of Geological Sciences at Browns University in Providence. Brendan’s research interest is the investigation of impact cratering processes, especially the ejecta emplacement from impact events, and Angela focuses on the damage resulting from oblique hypervelocity impacts. Gregory’s research interests include hypervelocity impact damage and detection; he has studied at Santa Clara University and at the University of Idaho. Young, a student at Sejong University in Seoul, South Korea, is working on the incorporation of the SPH scheme into a Korean FEM Lagrangian hydrocode. Finally, Dirk, who is based at the Museum für Naturkunde in Berlin, is developing a three-dimensional, multi-material, multi-rheology hydrocode in order to study large meteoroid impacts, landslides and tsunami-wave generation.
We congratulate the awardees on their scholarship and hope that their participation at this HVIS Symposium could contribute to their current research.