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The Nottingham Prize
The Nottingham Prize was originally established in 1966 from
contributions given in memory of Professor Wayne B. Nottingham of
the Massachusetts Institute of Technology by his many friends and
associates. The prize, currently consisting of a certificate and
$1000, is awarded to the best student paper presented at the
conference. This prize represents a seminal honor, as many
Nottingham winners have gone on to become leaders in the field of
surface science.
Sponsored by Omicron NanoTechnology USA
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Competing for the Nottingham Prize
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A student paper is defined as a paper based on a Ph.D. thesis whose date of submission
is no earlier than one year before the meeting at
which the Prize is given. In other words -- all students who are working on, but have not
yet completed, their Ph.D. thesis work are eligible. In addition, you are also
eligible to compete if you have completed your Ph.D. work but your
thesis was submitted less than one year ago. In this case, your talk
must be on your Ph.D. thesis work, not on work done afterwards.
The committee requests that a paper submitted for competition have
no more than two authors - the student and his/her professor. If the
adviser is not a co-author, his/her name should be provided. From those
who submit, we will select a set of finalists based on the extended
abstract, and will inform all applicants of their status approximately
May 15th. For those who are selected as finalists, the registration
fee will be waived. All Nottingham contestants must complete and submit
the registration form and the housing form (if you intend to use
university housing).
They must also submit:
1. A regular 1-page abstract submitted as a Word Document for easy
compilation. The competitor's name should be marked with an asterisk
(*), and the accompanying footnote should read, "Nottingham
Contestant." (Download
WORD Template HERE.)
2. A Nottingham Prize competition package, submitted as a single pdf file, including:
(a) A cover letter indicating your interest in the Nottingham Prize
competition. Include in the letter (expected) thesis submission and
graduation dates.
(b) A brief vita.
(c) An extended abstract of approximately 1500 words.
(Download
WORD Template HERE.)
These items should be sent by email (as attachments) to Ginny Ashrafi
at e-mail address info@physicalelectronics2009.rutgers.edu.
Please be sure that the subject line of the e-mail starts with the phrase PEC09 Nottingham.
We will continue to
accept abstracts until 5:00 PM PST Friday, April 17, 2009.
Although the competition will be judged largely on the oral
presentation, the 1,500-word extended abstract is needed to provide
additional information to the judges and to identify the finalists.
Submission of a thesis or of a manuscript to be published is not
acceptable. The committee will limit the number of competitors to those
who can be accommodated in one day. Published material may be included
in the paper providing that the thesis submission date meets the
previous specifications.
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Prior Nottingham Prize Winners
| Year |
Winner |
Institution |
PI |
| 1966 |
L. F. Cordes |
University of Minnesota |
W. T. Peria |
| 1967 |
D. Steiner |
Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
E. P. Gyftopoulos |
| J.V. Hollweg |
| 1968 |
E. Ward Plummer |
Cornell University |
T. N. Rhodin |
| 1969 |
John C. Tracy |
Cornell University |
J. M. Blakely |
| 1970 |
J. M. Baker |
Cornell University |
J. M. Blakely |
| 1971 |
D. P. Smith |
University of Minnesota |
W. T. Peria |
| 1972 |
W. Henry Weinberg |
University of California, Berkeley |
R. Merrill |
| 1973 |
J. R. Bower |
Bartol Research Foundation |
J. M. Chen |
| 1974 |
N. J. Dionne |
Cornell University |
T. N. Rhodin |
| Torgny Gustafsson |
Chalmers University of Technology |
P. O. Nillson |
| 1975 |
L. C. Isett |
Cornell University |
J. M. Blakely |
| 1976 |
J. A. Knapp |
Montana State University |
G. A. Lapeyre |
| 1977 |
S.-L. Weng |
University of Pennsylvania |
E. W. Plummer |
| 1978 |
Gwo-Ching Wang |
University of Wisconsin, Madison |
M. G. Lagally |
| 1979 |
Wilson Ho |
University of Pennsylvania |
E. W. Plummer |
| 1980 |
R. DiFoggio |
University of Chicago |
R. Gomer |
| Harry J. Levinson |
University of Pennsylvania |
E. W. Plummer |
| 1981 |
Ruud M. Tromp |
FOM Institute for Atomic & Molecular Physics |
F. W. Saris |
| 1982 |
P. O. Hahn |
University of Hanover |
M. Henzler |
| 1983 |
R. Raue |
Cologne and KFA Julich |
G. Guntherodt
M. Campagna |
| 1984 |
M. Onellion |
Rice University |
G. K. Walters |
| 1985 |
K. Gibson |
University of Chicago |
S. J. Sibener |
| J. W. M. Frenken |
FOM Institute for Atomic & Molecular Physics |
J. F. van der Veen |
| 1986 |
S. M. Yalisove |
University of Pennsylvania |
W. R. Graham |
| 1987 |
John D. Beckerle |
Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
S. T. Ceyer |
| 1988 |
Lee J. Richter |
Cornell University |
W. Ho |
| 1989 |
J.-K. Zuo |
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute |
C.-C. Wang |
| 1990 |
Y.-W. Mo |
University of Wisconsin., Madison |
M. G. Lagally |
| 1991 |
Brian S. Swartzentruber |
University of Wisconsin, Madison |
M. B. Webb |
| 1992 |
Thomas Michely |
KFA, Julich |
G. Comsa |
| 1993 |
A. K. Swan |
Boston University |
M. El-Batanouny |
| 1994 |
G. Rosenfeld |
KFA, Julich |
G. Comsa |
| 1995 |
Marcus K. Weldon |
Harvard University |
C. Friend |
| 1996 |
J. Carpinelli |
University of Tennessee |
E. W. Plummer |
| B. Kohler |
Fritz Haber Institute |
M. Scheffler |
| 1997 |
D. Gragson |
University of Oregon |
G. Richmond |
| 1998 |
Barry C. Stipe |
Cornell University |
W. Ho |
| M. S. Hoogeman |
FOM Institute & Leiden Univ. |
J. W. M. Frenken |
| 1999 |
K. Pelhos |
Rutgers
University |
T. E. Madey |
| 2000 |
Lincoln Lauhon |
Cornell University |
W. Ho |
| 2001 |
Gayle Thayer |
University of California, Davis & Sandia Livermore |
S. Chiang
R. Hwang |
| 2002 |
Denis Potapenko |
Rutgers University |
B. J. Hinch |
| 2003 |
John Pierce |
University of Tennessee |
E. W. Plummer
J. Shen |
| 2004 |
Peter Wahl |
Max Planck Institute for Solid-State Physics |
Klaus Kern |
| 2005 |
Nathan Guisinger |
Northwestern University |
Mark Hersam |
| 2006 |
Mustafa Murat Ozer |
University of Tennessee-Knoxville |
J. R. Thompson
H. H. Weitering |
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Paul C. Snijders |
Delft University of Technology |
H.H. Weitering
T.M. Klapwijk |
| 2007 |
Peter Maksymovych |
University of Pittsburgh |
J. T. Yates, Jr. |
| 2008 |
Brett Goldsmith |
University of California - Irvine |
P. G. Collins |
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