Dr. Robert Panoff, scientist in residence and instructor of computer science, recently became the first recipient of the Educational Award for Outstanding Contribution to Computational Science Education by the ACM SIGHPC chapter. ACM is the largest computer science professional society in the world. Panoff was recognized for his work assisting faculty with the integration of computational science in the undergraduate curriculum. He is widely known for developing Interactivate, a set of modeling tools to assist in the teaching of pre-college science and math. He also has received numerous National Science Foundation grants to provide workshops for faculty, K-12 teachers and students.
Panoff received a $2,000 honorarium and recognition at the SC22 meeting in Dallas, Texas, in November.