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Home   |   Programs   |   Prizes, Awards and Fellowships   |   Prizes   |   Aneesur Rahman Prize for Computational Physics

Aneesur Rahman Prize for Computational Physics

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To recognize and encourage outstanding achievement in computational physics research. The prize consists of $5,000, an allowance for travel to the meeting of the Society at which the prize is awarded and at which the recipient will deliver the Rahman Lecture, and a certificate citing the contributions made by the recipient. The prize will be presented annually.

Establishment & Support

The prize was established in 1992 with support from IBM, Corporation as a means of recognizing outstanding work and disseminating information in computational physics.

Rules & Eligibility

Nominations are open to scientists of all nationalities regardless of the geographical site at which the work was done. The prize shall ordinarily be awarded to one person, but a prize may be shared when all recipients have contributed to the same accomplishments. Nominations are active for three years.

Nomination & Selection Process

The deadline for submission of nominations for the 2009 prize is July 1, 2008.
 
Nominations and supporting documentation for the 2009 Prize should be sent by email with PDF or Word attachments, to the Chair of the 2009 Selection Committee at the address below:
 
Gerd Ceder
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Department of Materials Science and Engineering
77 Massachusetts Avenue
Cambridge, MA 02139
Phone (617)  253-1581
Fax (617) 258-6534
E-mail: gceder@mit.edu  

Other Selection Committee Members: Annabella Selloni, Gary S. Grest, Christopher McKee, Giulia Galli
 
  Nomination Guidelines

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2008 Aneesur Rahman Prize for Computational Physics Recipient:
Gary S. Grest
Sandia National Laboratories

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Past Recipients:

2007: Daniel Frenkel
2006: David Vanderbilt
2005: Uzi Landman
2004: Farid Abraham
2003: Steven R. White
2002: David P. Landau
2001: Alex Zunger
2000: Michael John Creutz
1999: Michael L. Klein
1998: David Matthew Ceperley
1997: Donald H. Weingarten
1996: Steven Gwon Sheng Louie
1995: Roberto Car and Michele Parrinello
1994: John M. Dawson
1993: Kenneth G. Wilson
 
 
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