Award winners announced!
The 2009 MAS Award winners are announced.
MAS 2009 Awards
It is with great pleasure, that I announce our 2009 MAS Award Recipients. Please join me at the Opening Plenary Session Part II to congratulate our colleagues for their noteworthy contributions to our scientific field and to our Society. Please also welcome and congratulate the next generation of microanalysis investigators – the Distinguished Scholar Awards recipients.
Cathy Johnson - President, MAS 2008-2009
Peter Duncumb Award for Excellence in MicroanalysisSponsored by |
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Dale E. Newbury |
Presidential Science Award |
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Joseph R. Michael |
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K.F.J. Heinrich Award |
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Dominique Drouin |
MAS Service Award |
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Valerie Woodward |
MAS Outstanding Paper Awards from M&M 2008
Birks Award - Best Contributed Paper
Sponsored by 
Quantitative HAADF-STEM and EELS
J.M.
LeBeau1, S.D. Findlay2, L.J. Allen3, S.
Stemmer1
University of California at Santa Barbara1
University of Tokyo2
University of Melbourne, Australia3
Macres Award - Best Instrumentation/Software paper
Sponsored
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Methodology for the Quantification of HyperspectralCathodoluminsecence
C.M. MacRae, N.C. Wilson and A. Torpy CSIRO, Australia
Cosslett Award - Best Invited Paper
Sponsored by MAS
Secondary, Backscattered and Low Energy Loss electrons in the SEM: Quantification for Nano Analysis
M. M. El-Gomati, C.G.H. Walker, C. Bonnet, S.P. Tear and J A D. Matthew
University of York, United Kingdom
Castaing Award - Best Student Paper
Sponsored by 
New FIB Fold-Out Method for TEM Cross-Section Sample Preparation
H.C. Floresca, J. Jeon, M.J. Kim
University of Texas at Dallas
MAS Distinguished Scholars
| Scholar | Institution | Paper |
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| C. A. Barrios | University of Akron | Toward Robust High Resolution Chemical Imaging |
| D. Cohen-Tanug | Princeton University | Superior Imaging Quality of Scanning Helium-Ion Microscopy: A Look at Beam-Sample Interactions |
| D. A. Cullen | Arizona State University | Polarization Field Mapping of AlGaN/GaN HEMT Devices using Lorentz-mode Electron Holography |
| H. Hu | University of Illinois-Urbana Champaign | Atomic-Resolution Imaging of Crystals Using Charge Flipping and Precession Electron Diffraction |
| J. K. Hyun | Cornell University | Three-Dimensional Imaging of Corrosion Mechanisms in Polymer Electrolyte Fuel Cells by Scanning Transmission Electron Tomography |
| S. C. Longanbach | Michigan State University | In-Situ Tensile-Creep Deformation Observations of a Cobalt-Based Superalloy |
| S. Morishita | Nagoya University | Reconstruction of Atomic Columns in Silicon by Electron Diffractive Imaging |
| V. Ortalan | University of California-Davis | Observation of Cluster Formation from MgO - Supported Mononuclear Ir Complexes by Aberration-Corrected STEM |
| Z. E. Russell | Appalachian State University | Development of a Micro Mass Spectrometer: Analysis of Particle Behavior in MEMS Ion Lens Systems |
| J. P. Winterstein | University of Connecticut | Electron Microscopy Analysis of Interfaces in Oxides for Energy Applications |







