  Dr. Roy was accompanied by Michelle Girvan, Bhargava Ravoori, Karl Schmitt, Adam Cohen, Erin Rericha, and Kimberly Glass. Next year's "Hands-On School" will take place at the University of Buea, in Buea, Cameroon, in early August. Please visit the School's website for further information and photos from this year's school: www.handsonresearch.org 
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 CHARLES W. CLARK was elected Chair Elect of the Physics Section of the American Association for the Advancement of Science - 2009.
Charles W. Clark, Adjunct Professor and Affiliate of the Institute for Physical Science and Technology, Fellow of the Joint Quantum Institute and founder of Kamp Qual-i-Fire, was elected Chair of the Physics Section of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS). The AAAS is the world's largest general science society with a membership of 130,000. 10,000 of these members are associated with the Physics Section.  JOHN WEEKS was elected to the National Academy of Sciences April 28, 2009.
The National Academy of Sciences is a private organization of scientists and engineers dedicated to the furtherance of science and its use for the general welfare. It was established in 1863 by a congressional act of incorporation signed by Abraham Lincoln that calls on the Academy to act as an official adviser to the federal government, upon request, in any matter of science or technology.  ANDREW BALLARD has been awarded a 2009 Fulbright Scholarship to study at the University of Vienna (Austria) with Professor Christoph Dellago.
The Fulbright Program is the flagship international educational exchange program sponsored by the U.S. government designed to "increase mutual understanding between the people of the United States and the people of other countries." Participants are chosen based on academic merit and leadership potential. The program offers the opportunity to study, teach, conduct research, and exchange ideas in seeking solutions to shared international concerns.  BROOKE HESTER is the recipient of the 2009 SPIE Scholarship in Optical Science and Engineering in the amount of $2,000.
The SPIE Scholarship is open to full-time undergraduate and graduate students who are studying optical science and engineering. Fields of study may include optics, photonics, imaging, optoelectronics and other related disciplines. The student must also be a student member of SPIE (International Society for Optical Engineering) to be eligible for this award.  SURI VAIKUNTANATHAN was awarded a 2009 Graduate School Summer Fellowship.
The fellowship provide support to outstanding doctoral students at "mid-career," that is, in the period approximately before, during, or after achievement of candidacy, and are intended to enable students to prepare for or complete a key benchmark in their program's requirements. Summer Research Fellowships carry stipends of $5,000. 
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