The objective shall be to enhance the Society's ability to meet the needs of the industrial and applied physics community, and help the Society take advantage of the evolving opportunities in the practice and application of physics.

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FIAP officer elections for 2012-2015 term

Election closes 5 PM EST Monday December 19.

FIAP elections have begun! Your country and the APS need you to vote!

Country?

Absolutely and here’s why: In 2005, the Congress and Senate asked the National Academies (Sciences, Engineering, and Institute of Medicine) to do a study on U. S. Competitiveness. The results (a report entitled “Rising above the gathering storm”) were terrible, so in 2010 they were asked to try again. Last year the new report came out entitled: “Rising above the gathering storm Revisited: Rapidly approaching category 5” If you have any interest in seeing where physics and your funding and your future are heading, don’t hesitate to download yourself a FREE copy of the $19.95 report at http://www.nap.edu/catalog.php?record_id=12999#description.

Physicists represent one of the Nation’s most precious resources needed to reverse this trend … and time is running out rapidly. FIAP represents a major constituency of the APS with almost 6800 members and desperately needs your encouragement and participation to become more active in the Nation’s industrial and Applied Physics needs.

Last year almost 91% of our membership didn’t vote!! PLEASE spend a few minutes looking over our remarkable list of candidates running in this year’s election and then cast your votes. Your vote means so much to all of us. Please help and vote early.

Details of the duties and responsibilities of the positions open for election may be found at the APS Website. Meanwhile FIAP exists to represent the interests of the industrial and applied physics community within APS. Electing officers is your right as a member and is one of the best ways to influence the priorities and direction of FIAP. We encourage you to read the candidate summaries carefully and to make informed choices. Every vote counts! Historical participation rates in APS unit elections are very low - which makes your vote all the more important. Don't miss this opportunity to shape the future of FIAP!

FIAP's Vice-Chair succeeds to Chair-Elect and Chair and leads all of FIAP's key subcommittees: Program (plans FIAP's March Meeting sessions), Fellowship (selects new APS Fellows), and Nominating (selects candidates for FIAP office). The Councillor serves as liaison between the FIAP Executive Committee and the APS Council, brings proposals and issues of concern to FIAP to the attention of Council, reports to FIAP regarding Council actions that affect the status and operations of FIAP, and performs other functions as appropriate. Members-at-Large assist with all FIAP activities and are encouraged to champion new initiatives through the FIAP Executive Committee.

Please vote and, in the process, learn more about your remarkable colleagues who are running for election.

APS will send an email containing a secure personal URL to access the ballot (FIAP members without a valid email address registered with APS will instead be mailed a paper ballot).

Candidate statements 

For questions or comments, contact fiapelection@mailaps.org.

FIAP Outstanding Student Papers at the APS March Meeting

At the APS March meeting in Dallas, the Forum on Industrial and Applied Physics will recognize three outstanding student papers submitted to FIAP sessions. Please attend our FIAP reception/business meeting on Tuesday afternoon (17:30, Session M20, Room: D168) where the recipients will receive their awards. Also, please make sure to attend the FIAP sessions where these students will present their outstanding research. Our forum plans to repeat this award next year, so watch your inbox for a FIAP announcement in October or November.

Best paper:
(1) Xingxian Shou, Case Western Reserve University, "The suppression of dominant acoustic frequencies in MRI,"
Session D21: Focus Session (GIMS): Novel Instrumentation & Measurements for Biomedical Research
D21.00006, 3:54 PM.4:06 PM, Monday, March 21, 2011. Room: D161.
http://meetings.aps.org/Meeting/MAR11/Event/138010.

Runner-ups:
(2)Christopher Jaworski, The Ohio State University, "The spin-Seebeck effect in a GaMnAs/MnAs bilayer,"
Session J15: Focus Session (DMP, GMAG, FIAP): Spins in Semiconductors - Spin Currents II
J15.00004, 12:15 PM.12:27 PM, Tuesday, March 22, 2011. Room: D171.
http://meetings.aps.org/Meeting/MAR11/Event/139036

(3) Liu Zhiqi, National University of Singapore, "Nonlinear Insulator in Complex Oxides,"
Session W12: Electronic Transport in Novel Materials and Nanostructures (FIAP)
W12.00012, 11:15 AM.2:15 PM, Thursday, March 24, 2011. Room: D223/224.
http://meetings.aps.org/Meeting/MAR11/Event/142931

FIAP Best Student Paper Selection Committee:
Stefan Zollner, New Mexico State University (Chair)
Alex Demkov, The University of Texas at Austin
Ernesto Marinero, Hitachi Global Storage

FIAP congratulates its new 2010 APS Fellows

FIAP is pleased to recognize our members who have recently been elected to APS Fellowship upon nomination by the Forum on Industrial and Applied Physics. To view their citations, click the "APS Fellowship" link on the left.

2010 APS Fellows nominated by FIAP:

Vikram Dalal, Iowa State University
Steven Greenbaum, CUNY, Hunter College
James Hannon, IBM TJ Watson Research Center
Krishna Shenai, University of Toledo
Rajiv Singh, University of Florida, Gainesville
Sivalingam Sivananthan, University of Illinois, Chicago
Ichiro Takeuchi, University of Maryland, College Park
NJ Tao, Arizona State University
Igor Vurgaftman, Naval Research Laboratory
Xun-Li Wang, Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Jingming Xu, Brown University

Call for nominations: FIAP members for APS Fellowship

The APS is now accepting nominations for the 2011 class of APS Fellows. The deadline for consideration by FIAP is June 1, 2011, and we encourage members to nominate outstanding candidates. Instructions for preparing nominations are available at:
http://www.aps.org/programs/honors/fellowships/nominations.cfm

Call for Nominations

2012 George E. Pake Prize — Deadline: 1 July 2011

The members of the Forum are strongly encouraged to submit nominations for the 2012 Pake Prize, endowed by Xerox Corporation in 1983 specifically for industrial and applied physicists. Past winners have also worked in the national labs and academia. Detailed information on previous winners and guidelines for nominations.

2012 AIP Prize for Industrial Applications of Physics — Deadline: 1 April 2011

You are invited to submit nominations for the 2012 American Institute of Physics Prize for Industrial Applications of Physics. The prize is awarded in recognition of outstanding contributions to the industrial applications of physics.

General Motors Corporation, APS, and AIP cosponsor this $10,000 award. The prize will be presented at an upcoming AIP member society meeting. The following website contains the rules and eligibility for nominations: http://www.aip.org/industry/prize/

We hope that you will participate and promote recognition for our colleagues whose physics contributions have led to commercialized technology.

APS 2011 Prize for Industrial Applications of Physics

We congratulate Nicholas P. Economou and William Ward, ALIS Corporation, winners of the 2011 Prize for Industrial Applications of Physics:

"For innovative developments in the physics of field ion microscopy and the invention and commercial introduction of the Helium Ion Microscope."

AIP 2010 Prize for Industrial Applications of Physics

We congratulate Robert Street, Palo Alto Research Center, winner of the 2010 Prize for Industrial Applications of Physics:

"For pioneering contributions to the science and technology of hydrogenated amorphous silicon, and the development of flat panel x-ray medical imaging"