Grants & Awards
Dr. Sofia Karampagia: National Science Foundation, "RUI: Nuclear physics research with undergraduate students: Nuclear structure theory and its applications to nuclear astrophysics", 2024 - 2027
Dr. Brad Ambrose (PI), Dr. Karen Gipson (Co-PI), S. Rhodes (Co-PI), D. Weibel (Co-PI), Michigan Space Grant Consortium Research Seed Grant Program, "MSGC Public Outreach Grant with Augmented Support", 2024 - 2025
Dr. Sofia Karampagia: Michigan Space Grant Consortium Research Seed Grant Program, "Advancing computational microscopic models for level densities to study the elemental abundances produced by the weak r-process", 2024
Dr. Harold Schnyders: Advanced Photon Source, "A non-cubic ionic conducting phase of Ag2Te"
Dr. Dirk Pandel: NASA Grant 80NSSC18K0610: "KIC 9832227: A Contact Binary about to Merge", 2018-2019
Dr. Ben Holder: Research-In-Groups (month-long Strategic Workshop) International Centre for Mathematical Sciences Edinburgh, Scotland, "Mathematical and Statistical challenges in viral dynamics models: Ebola virus as a paradigm”, 2018
Dr. Geoff Lenters, Stephen K. Remillard: Michigan Space Grant Consortium/NASA: "Expanding Research and Teaching in Microwave Physics: A Spectroscopic Study of Microwave Microplasma Discharges in a Quarter-wave Resonator", 2017-2018
Dr. Brad Ambrose (Co-PI), J. Bailey (Co-PI), R. Lopez (Co-PI): NASA Space Science Education Consortium Grant, American Association of Physics Teachers, 2016 - now
Dr. Dirk Pandel: NASA Grant NNX15AJ88G: "ToO Observations of Galactic Gamma-ray Transients Discovered with Fermi", 2015-2017
Drs. P. Stancil (PI), M. Rakovic (Co-PI), D. Schultz (Co-PI), G. Zank (Co-PI): NASA grant NNX13AF31G (Project: An Ion-Neutral Collision Database for Astrophysics) via University of Georgia Research Foundation, 2013 - 2016
Drs. Kingshuk Majumdar, Maja Krcmar, and Douglas Furton ( Physics) and Dr. Agnieszka Szarecka (Cell and Molecular Biology): NSF-MRI award of $97,383 to acquire a HPC Cluster at GVSU, 2012 – 2015
Dr. Kingshuk Majumdar: XSEDE award: 50,000 CPU supercomputing hours, 2012 – 2013
Dr. Brad Ambrose: Consultant support from NSF CCLI Phase II Grant: “Developing Research-Based Tutorials in Upper-division Electricity and Magnetism” Project directors: S. Pollock and K. Perkins (Univ. Colorado-Boulder). Development and assessment of inquiry-based materials for the teaching of upper-level electromagnetism, 2011 - 2013
Dr. M. Krcmar: Higher Education Research Experience Fellowship from Oak Ridge National Laboratory, 2011 – 2012
Dr. Dirk Pandel: NSF Grant 1068152: "RUI: TeV Observations of Galactic Sources with VERITAS", 2011-2014
Dr. Brett Bolen: Michigan Space Grant Consortium Research Seed Grant Program, 2010
Dr. Dirk Pandel: NASA Grant NNX10AB08G: "Identifying the TeV Gamma-Ray Source MGRO J1908+06", 2010-2011
Dr. Brad Ambrose: NSF CCLI-EMD Grant DUE-0441426: "Developing a Tutorial Approach to Enhance Student Learning of Intermediate Mechanics," 2005 - 2007
Dr. Douglas Furton: Michigan Space Grant Consortium Research Seed Grant Program, 2004 – 2005
CLAS Lifetime Service Award
Dr. Ross Reynolds: 2010
Cottrell College Science Award from Research Corporation
Dr. Harold Schnyder: 2005 – 2008 Dr. Kingshuk Majumdar: 2005 –
2008 Dr. Richard Vallery: 2010 – 2013
GVSU Presidential Teaching Initiative Award
Dr. Brad Ambrose: 2001, 2009
GVSU Professor of the Year 2001 Award (by the Student Senate)
Dr. Karen Gipson: 2001
GVSU Interfraternity Council Professor of the Month
Dr. Edward Hamilton: April 2009
GVSU Pew Teaching Excellence Award
Dr. Richard Vallery: 2012
Kavli Institute of Theoretical Physics Scholar Award
Dr. Kingshuk Majumdar: 2005 – 2008, 2010 – 2013
Pew Teaching Excellence Award
Dr. Ross Reynolds: 2008, Dr. Brad Ambrose: 2006
University Distinguished Service Award
Dr. Karen Gipson: 2014
University Outstanding Teacher Award
Dr. Brad Ambrose: 2014
Women's Commission Impact Award
Dr. Karen Gipson: 2008