<p>The American Physical Society has announced its major prizes for 2010. Among the 40 honorees are an impressive five on the Princeton faculty making Princeton the leading institution for the awards. The second leading institutions had no more than two faculty members represented.</p>
<p>2010 American Physical Society Awards to University Faculty</p>
<p>5---Princeton
2---Berkeley, Rutgers, U. of Michigan
1---Boston U., Brown, CCNY-CUNY, Harvard, Iowa State, Penn, Stanford, UC-Santa Barbara, U. of Colorado, UNC, UVA, U. of Rochester</p>
<p>(note that a number of winners are faculty members at foreign institutions or are employed by non-educational research institutions or companies)</p>
<p>The Princeton faculty members who were this year's winners are:</p>
<p>Frans Pretorius: Aneesur Rahman Prize for Computational Physics</p>
<p>" For his brilliant computational solution of a fundamental problem in Einstein's theory of General Relativity, the collision of two black holes, with implications for fundamental physics, astrophysics, and gravitational wave observations"</p>
<p>Prize</a> Recipient Frans Pretorius</p>
<p>Michael Aizenman: Dannie Heineman Prize for Mathematical Physics</p>
<p>"For his development of the random current approach to correlations which has had an impact on a wide variety of problems, especially his rigorous non-perturbative proof of the triviality of φ4 field theory"</p>
<p>Prize</a> Recipient Michael Aizenman</p>
<p>Yueh-Lin Loo: John H. Dillon Medal</p>
<p>"For insightful experiments connecting structure with performance in conducting polymers, organic electronics, and functional block copolymers"</p>
<p>Prize</a> Recipient Yueh-Lin Loo</p>
<p>Frank von Hippel: Leo Szilard Lectureship Award</p>
<p>"For his outstanding work and leadership in using physics to illuminate public policy in the areas of nuclear arms control and nonproliferation, nuclear energy, and energy efficiency"</p>
<p>Prize</a> Recipient Frank von Hippel</p>
<p>Paul Steinhardt: Oliver E. Buckley Condensed Matter Prize</p>
<p>"For pioneering contributions to the theory of quasicrystals, including the prediction of their diffraction pattern"</p>
<p>Prize</a> Recipient Paul Steinhardt</p>
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