Several
current and former Beth Brown Memorial Award winners will be presenting their
research at the AAS in Kissimmee, FL in Jan.
The Beth Brown Memorial Award is sponsored by the AAS and presented
by the ASTRO committee of the National Society of Black Physicists (NSBP) to
two student posters and one student speaker at the NSBP meeting. The prize is
named for Dr. Beth Brown an astronomer and active member of both societies, who
died suddenly in 2008 at the age of 39.
2015 Oral
presentation winner:
Christopher S. Moore (Univ. of Colorado, Boulder)
Abstract ID: 125.01
Title: The Effects of Magnetic Field Morphology on the Determination
of Oxygen and Iron Abundances in the Solar Photosphere
Session Title: The Sun and Solar System
Session Date: January 5, 2016
2015 Undergrad
poster winner:
Carl E. Fields, Jr. (Arizona State Univ.)
Poster Number: 144.01
Title: On The Origin of The Elements: The Spectacular Role of White
Dwarfs
Session Title: Variable Stars & White
Dwarfs Poster Session
Session Date: January 5, 2016
Former winners:
Keith Hawkins (Institute of
Astronomy, University of Cambridge UK)
Abstract ID: 425.02D
Title: At the interface of the Galactic disk and halo: A lesson from
APOGEE and other large spectroscopic surveys
Session Title: The Milky
Way, Stellar Populations
Session Date: January 8, 2016
Gregory Mosby (University of Wisconsin, Madison)
Abstract ID: 318.06D
Title: Using diffusion k-means for simple stellar population
modeling of low S/N quasar host galaxy spectra
Session Title: AGN, QSO, Blazars: Physics and Models
Session Date: January
7, 2016
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CSMA Meet and Greet Scheduled
for 6:30 PM - 7:30 PM; St.
George 104 (Gaylord Palms Resort and Convention Center)