Denver X-ray conference awards

The following awards were presented during the plenary session of the 60th Annual Denver X-Ray Conference: The 2011 Barrett Award was presented to Dr. Juan Rodriques-Carvajal, Institute Laue-Langevin, Grenoble, France to honor his exceptional contributions to the field of X-ray diffraction, in particular for his work on characterization of the structural and magnetic properties of strongly correlated oxides using diffraction techniques and for writing and freely disseminating FULLPROF, the most widely used Rietveld refinement program for analysis of crystallographic and magnetic structures. The 2011 Jenkins Award was given to Dr. Paul K. Predecki to honor his contributions to the development of X-ray methods for a wide variety of materials, and his generosity in teaching and inspiring others in X-ray materials analysis both at the University of Denver and through organization and management of the Denver X-ray Conference. The 2011 Jerome B. Cohen Student Award was given to Vallerie Ann Innis-Samson, University of Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan, for her work, X-ray Reflection Tomography: A New Tool for Surface Imaging. For further information, visit the Web page, http://www.dxcicdd.com/