College of Sciences Newsletter                        Edition 25                  June 15, 2005












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College Awards Ceremony 2005

On Saturday, April 23, 2005, the College of Sciences held its annual Awards Ceremony, which is designed to recognize the talent and achievements of our exceptional people who study science and/or conduct research at Old Dominion University. The ceremony also allows students to thank faculty mentors who most inspired them throughout their college experience. Opening comments were made by Dean Richard Gregory and Provost Thomas Isenhour. Department chairs made the award presentations as follows:

BIOLOGY - Dr. Kneeland Nesius, Assistant Chair

AWARD STUDENT INSPIRED BY
Outstanding Graduate Teaching Assistant Jennifer Lear Ms. Nancy Wade
Dr. Kneeland Nesius
Outstanding Undergraduate Deboki Chaudhuri Dr. Ralph Stevens
Outstanding Undergraduate in Service Rachael Watterton Ms. Nancy Wade











Jennifer Lear Deboki Chaudhuri Rachael Watterton
















CHEMISTRY AND BIOCHEMISTRY - Dr. Kenneth Brown, Chair

AWARD STUDENT INSPIRED BY
Outstanding Graduating Senior in Biochemistry Michelle A. Akigami Dr. Nancy Xu
Dr. Craig Bayse
Outstanding Graduating Senior in Chemistry Michelle L. Woods Dr. Mark Elliott











Michelle A. Akigami Michelle L. Woods
















COMPUTER SCIENCE - Ms. Janet Brunelle, Student Advisor

AWARD STUDENT INSPIRED BY
Outstanding Undergraduate Dec 2004 Ankit Kothari Mr. Jay Morris
Outstanding Undergraduate May 2005 Zeal Patel Ms. Janet Brunelle
Outstanding Research Assistant Yang Zhao Dr. M. Zubair
Outstanding Graduate Assistant Frank McCown Dr. Michael Nelson
Outstanding Teaching Assistant M. Moharrum Dr. H. Abdel-Wahab
Dr. Stephen Olariu
Dr. Ravi Mukkamala

















Ankit Kothari Zeal Patel Yang Zhao Frank McCown M. Moharrum



















MATHEMATICS AND STATISTICS - Dr. Mark Dorrepaal

AWARD STUDENT INSPIRED BY
Applied Math Track Jason Messersmith Dr. Gordon Melrose
Teacher Prep Track Melissa Futrell Dr. P. Bogacki
Philip R. Wohl Scholarship Tony Slaba Dr. Gordon Melrose











Jason Messersmith Melissa Futrell Tony Slaba
















OCEAN, EARTH & ATMOSPHERIC SCIENCES - Dr. Richard Zimmerman

AWARD STUDENT INSPIRED BY
S. Zaneveld Endowed Scholarship Michelle Watson Dr. Marg Mulholland
Hampton Roads Maritime Scholarship Peter Morton Dr. John Donat
Neil and Kelly Scholarship Paula Zimmerman Dr. Dennis Darby
Outstanding Graduate Student-Geology Gregory Coogan Dr. Jens Bischof














Michelle Watson Peter Morton Paula Zimmerman Gregory Coogan

















PSYCHOLOGY - Dr. Barbara Winstead

AWARD STUDENT INSPIRED BY
Elizabeth C. Guy Outstanding Service Jennifer Dueñas Dr. Thomas Cash
Elizabeth C. Guy Outstanding Academic Award Dec.2004 Christen Wooten
Elizabeth C. Guy Outstanding Academic Award May 2005 Jennifer Piver Dr. Bryan Porter
Alan L. Chaikin Honors Thesis Award Jennifer Piver Dr. Bryan Porter














Jennifer  Dueñas Jennifer Piver

















COLLEGE OF SCIENCES - Associate Dean Rule

AWARD AWARDEE INSPIRED BY
Outstanding Laboratory Instructor Jennifer Ambler Dr. Ronald Johnson







Jennifer Ambler

















Other stories in Student News..
A Twenty-Year Anniversary.
Doctor of Philosophy Degrees Awarded May 2005
C.S. Student is 2005 Kaufman Prize Winner
Master of Science Degrees Awarded May 2005

Phyllis Brown, Editor
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