Department Accomplishments

2007

• MSU administrator honored as a 'leading business woman'- Sandra H. Harpole of West Point is part of the 2007 class of the Mississippi Business Journal's "Mississippi's 50 Leading Business Women."

2006

• Dr. Wenchao Ma - Awarded the College of Arts & Sciences Henry Family Dean's Eminent Scholar on October 17, 2006
• SPS - Wins Blake Lily Award for physics outreach link
• Dr. Mark A. Novotny - Faculty Research Award
• Dr. Cuicchi - Starkville High's STAR Teacher (for the 11th time!)
• P. Andrew Anderson - Inducted into the Society of Scholars
• SPS - wins Marsh W. White award (National SPS) link

2005

• Brad N. Barlow - Undergraduate Student Research Award
• Dr. David Ermer - Faculty Entrepeneur Award, A&S
• Dr. Seong-Gon Kim - Inducted as full member of Sigmi Xi Society
• Brad N. Barlow - Inducted into the Society of Scholars

2004

• Dr. J. P. Lestrade - Presenter of the third Fred Elston Memorial Lecture on Gravitation link
• Davis Herring - Hertz Foundation Graduate Fellowship link
• Dr. P. Cuicchi - Named a 2004 Alumni Fellow of MSU link
• Dr. P. Cuicchi - Starkville High School's STAR Teacher
• Dr. Wenchao Ma - Faculty Recognition Award (MSU Alumni Association) for his research contributions link
• Frances D. Carter - NSF Graduate Research Fellowship link
• Dr. R. Torsten Clay - Ralph E. Powe award link
• Dr. James A. Dunne - Schilling Special Teaching Project grant
• Dr. Foley, Dr. Mzoughi, et. al. - WEBTOP named a finalist for the prestigious Pirelli Award link

2003

• Dr. John Foley - George B. Pegram Award for creativity in teaching
• Dr. P. Cuicchi - Named Outstanding High School Teacher by MSTA
• Dr. J.P. Lestrade - Faculty Recognition Award link
• Dr. Joe Ferguson - Honored for 35 years of service link
• Dr. P. Cuicchi - Starkville High School's STAR Teacher
• Dr. Sandra H. Harpole - Delta Kappa Gamma (Alpha Iota) Red Rose Award for contribution to education and the status of women in educational leadership roles

2002

• Dr. Cuicchi - Mississippi Teacher of the Year link
• Dr. Cuicchi - Starkville High School's STAR Teacher
• Dr. Seong-Gon Kim - Ralph E. Powe Award link
• Dr. Mark A. Novotny - Elected Member-at-Large of Division of Computational Physics (DCOMP) of the American Physical Society (APS)

2000

• Dr. Mark A. Novotny - Elected Fellow of APS (through DCOMP)
• Kurt Spurlock - Inducted into Society of Scholars
• Dr. S. Harpole - Distinguished Service Citation, AAPT link
• Dr. Leslie Bauman - NIWeek Outstanding Application in R&D Category for computer-based measurement and automation

1999

• Dr. Sandra Harpole - Named an 'Outstanding Faculty Woman'
• Sarah Phillips - MS State Goldwater Scholarship link
• Dr. Leslie Bauman - HEADWAE Outstanding Faculty Member
• Dr. Cuicchi - Achieves certification by the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards in Adult/Young Adolescent Science

1998

• Dr. Irl Howell - George B. Pegram Award

1997

• Dr. John T. Foley - Phil Hardin Foundation Technology Award
• Dr. Sandra H. Harpole - Award For Excellence, Public Education Forum

1996

• Dr. David L. Monts - Initiated into Phi Kappa Phi honorary society

1995

• Dr. Joe Ferguson - George B. Pegram award for teaching
• Dr. Sandra H. Harpole - Woman of Distinction, Alpha Iota Chapter of Zeta State, Delta Kappa Gamma
• Dr. Mark A. Novotny - 'Distinguished Foreign Researcher Study Grant,' Tokyo Metropolitan University, Japan

1994

• Dr. Sandra H. Harpole - John Grisham Master Teacher
• Dr. Leslie Bauman - ASME Best Poster Paper Presentation at MHD Symposium

1993

• Dr. John T. Foley - Fellow of The Optical Society of America

1992

• Dr. J. P. Lestrade - IBM Educational Software Design Award link