The Dr. John Imhoff Outstanding Research Publication Award
University of Arkansas Chapter of Sigma Xi, Honors Research Society
The Outstanding Research Publication Award was established through a generous gift from Dr. John Imhoff. Dr. Imhoff, Professor Emeritus in Industrial Engineering, who served as founding department head (1951-1980) for Industrial Engineering at the University of Arkansas, Fayetteville. He also served as president of the UA chapter of Sigma Xi from 1985-1986. The Imhoff Award recognizes the research contributions of faculty at the University of Arkansas who are also members of Sigma Xi. The endowment provides for an annual cash award (currently $1000 less withholding) to the professor who has published the most outstanding manuscript in a peer-reviewed journal during the preceding year.
For consideration, a faculty member author who is a member of the chapter must nominate their paper through submission of a high-quality copy of the final manuscript (as reprint or pre-print), along with a cover letter describing the significance of the work. Manuscripts must have been published or been accepted for publication within the 12 months preceding nomination. Nominations may include up to two letters of support from recognized authorities in the particular field of research to emphasize impact. Faculty members are limited to one submission per year and must document consent from all co-authors for submission for this award. The competitiveness of a nomination is enhanced by complete and thorough documentation attesting to the significance of the manuscript. The award is based solely on the content and impact of the publication and is not related to teaching, mentoring, or service by the faculty member. Extraneous information and documentation will only detract from the nomination. All nomination materials will be returned following presentation of the award.
The faculty member must be a member in good standing with the University of Arkansas Chapter of Sigma Xi throughout the preceding calendar year. Materials should be forwarded to the Chapter President. The annual deadline for nominations is March 21.
Awardees attend the Annual Banquet during the spring semester as guests of the Chapter and it is at this occasion that the award will be presented.
Past Winners of the John Imhoff Award
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Member | Department | Publication | Photo |
| 2019 | Dr. Salil Bapat & Dr. Ajaye Malshe | Mechanical Engineering |
Malshe, A.P., Bapat, S., Rajurkar, K.P., Haitjema, H.. 2018. Bio-inspired textures for functional applications. photo: Dr. Bapat (left) receives the award |
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| 2018 | Dr. Douglas Rhoads | Biological Sciences |
Dey S., A. Parveen, K.J. Tarrant, T. Licknack, B.C. Kong, N.B. Anthony, D.D. Rhoads. 2018. Whole Genome Resequencing Identifies the CPQ Gene as a Determinant of Ascites Syndrome in Broilers. PLOS One 13(1): e0189544. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0189544 photo: Dr. Dey and Dr. Rhoads |
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| 2017 | Dr. Suresh Kumar Thallapuranam | Chemistry Biochemistry |
RC Henderson, F Gao, S Jayanthi, A Kight, P Sharma, RL Goforth, CD Heyes, RL Henry, and TKS Kumar. 2016. Domain Organization in the 54-kDa Subunit of the Chloroplast Signal Recognition Particle. Biophysical Journal 111:1151–1162. photo: Dr. Kumar (right) receives the award. |
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| 2016 | Drs. Adnan Al-Rubaye, Robert Wideman, and Douglas Rhoads | Cell and Molecular Biology | Al-Rubaye, A. A. K., M. B. Couger, S. Ojha, J. F. Pummill, J. A. Koon, II, R. F. Wideman, Jr., and D. D. Rhoads. 2015. Genome analysis of Staphylococcus agnetis, an agent of lameness in broiler chickens. PLoS ONE 10:e0143336. doi 10.1371/journal.pone.0143336 | |
| 2015 | Dr. Roger Koeppe II | Chemistry Biochemistry |
Kelsey A. Sparks, Nicholas J. Gleason, Renetra Gist, Rebekah Langston, Denise V. Greathouse, and Roger E. Koeppe, II. Comparisons of Interfacial Phe, Tyr, and Trp Residues as Determinants of Orientation and Dynamics for GWALP Transmembrane Peptides. Biochemistry 53: 3637-3645. photo: Dr. Koeppe (right) receives the award from Chapter President Douglas Rhoads |
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| 2014 | No Winnner | |||
| 2013 | Dr. Roger Koeppe II | Chemistry Biochemistry |
Nicholas J. Gleason, Vitaly V. Vostrikov1, Denise V. Greathouse, and Roger E. Koeppe II. Buried lysine, but not arginine, titrates and alters transmembrane helix tilt. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, USA. 110(5):1692-1695 photo: Dr. Koeppe (left) receives the award from the Chapter President |
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| 2012 | Dr. Jin Woo Kim | Biological Engineering | Kim, Kim and Deaton (2011) DNA-Linked Nanoparticle Building Blocks for Programmable Matter. Angewandte Chemie International Edition 50:9185-9190 |  |
| 2011 | Dr. Robert F. Wideman | Poultry Science |
Wideman, R. F., K. R. Hamal, M. T. Bayona, A. G. Lorenzoni, D. Cross, F. Khajali, D. D. Rhoads, G. F. Erf, and N. B. Anthony. 2011. Plexiform Lesions in the Lungs of Domestic Fowl Selected for Susceptibility to Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension: Incidence and Histology. The Anatomical Record: Advances in Integrative Anatomy and Evolutionary Biology 294:739-755. (note: this article was also selected for the cover photograph). photo: Dr Wideman (right) receives the award from Dr. Rhoads (chapter president) |
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| 2010 | Dr. Jin Woo Kim | Biological Engineering |
Kim, Galahzha, Shashkov, Moon and Zharov (2009) Golden carbon nanotubes as multimodal photoacoustic and photothermal high-contrast molecular agents. Nature Nanotechnology 4:688-694. photo: Dr. Kim (left) receiving the award from Dr. Rhoads (chapter president) |
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| 2009 | Dr. Wayne Kuenzel | Poultry Science |
Li, and Kuenzel (2008) A possible neural cascade involving the photoneuroendocrine system (PNES) responsible for regulating gonadal development in an avian species, Gallus gallus. Brain Research Bulletin 76:586-596. photo: Dr. Kuenzel (left) with his wife, Kim. |
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| 2008 | Dr. Jak Tchakalian | Physics | Chakalian, Freeland, Habermeier, Cristiani Khaliullin, Veenendaal, and Keimer (2007) Orbital reconstruction and covalent bonding at an oxide interface. Science 318:1114-1117 |  |
| 2007 | Dr. Michael Lehmann | Biological Sciences | Chike Cao, Yanling Liu, and Michael Lehmann. (2007) Fork head controls the timing and tissue selectivity of steroid-induced developmental cell death. Journal of Cell Biology 176:737-739 |
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| 2006 | Dr. Jak Tchakalian | Physics | Tchakalian, Freeland, Srajer, Strempfer, Khaliullin, Cezar, Charlton, Dalgliesh, Bernhard, Cristiani, Habermeier, and Keimer. (2006). Megnetism at the interface between ferromagnetic and superconducting oxides. Nature Physics (in press) | |
| 2005 | Dr. Huaxiang Fu | Physics | Naumov, Bellaiche, and Fu. (2004). Unusual phase transitions in ferroelectric nanadisks and nanorods. Nature 432:737-740 |  |
