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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><font face="Tahoma" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma; font-weight: bold;">From:</span></font></b><font face="Tahoma"><span style="font-family: Tahoma;"> Smith, Mark A
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<b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sent:</span></b> Tuesday, March 15, 2011 3:00 PM<br>
<b><span style="font-weight: bold;">To:</span></b> All faculty in NSM.; LISTSERV NSM-STAFF; John J Antel; Long, Stuart; Carlucci, Carl P; Charlson, Elaine; Anderson Fletcher, Elizabeth; Ness, Craig<br>
<b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Subject:</span></b> Dr. Simon Moss</span></font><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman";"></span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style=""><font color="black" face="Times" size="5"><span style="font-size: 16pt; font-family: Times; color: black;">Dear NSM Faculty and Staff;</span></font><font color="black"><span style="color: black;"></span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font color="black" face="Times" size="5"><span style="font-size: 16pt; font-family: Times; color: black;">It is with great sadness I report to you the passing of a valued member of our UH faculty, Professor Emeritus Dr. Simon Moss. Simon
was a faculty member with the Physics Department for 38 years, first coming to UH in September 1972. He obtained his B.S., M.S and Doctorate from Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Simon’s research focused on</span></font><font color="black"><span style="color: black;">
</span></font><font color="black" face="Times New Roman" size="5"><span style="font-size: 16pt; font-family: "Times New Roman"; color: black;">X-ray and neutron scattering from disordered and defective solids; structure of semiconductor nanoclusters in zeolite
hosts; surface structure and thin films; phase transitions in solids and on surfaces. His current research also included:
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</span></font></span></span></font><font color="black" face="Times" size="5"><span style="font-size: 16pt; font-family: Times; color: black;">X-ray and neutron scattering studies of phase transitions and of disordered and defective solids: structure and
modeling of liquids and amorphous solids including molten salts, amorphous Si, biopolymers, oxide and metallic glasses and colloids</span></font><font color="black"><span style="color: black;"></span></font></p>
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</span></font></span></span></font><font color="black" face="Times" size="5"><span style="font-size: 16pt; font-family: Times; color: black;">Nanocrystalline solids including semiconductor molecular nanoclusters in zeolite pores</span></font><font color="black"><span style="color: black;"></span></font></p>
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</span></font></span></span></font><font color="black" face="Times" size="5"><span style="font-size: 16pt; font-family: Times; color: black;">Modulated solids including structural and order-disorder transformations in metals and surface induced effects</span></font><font color="black"><span style="color: black;"></span></font></p>
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</span></font></span></span></font><font color="black" face="Times" size="5"><span style="font-size: 16pt; font-family: Times; color: black;">Structure and defects in high Tc superconductors</span></font><font color="black"><span style="color: black;"></span></font></p>
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</span></font></span></span></font><font color="black" face="Times" size="5"><span style="font-size: 16pt; font-family: Times; color: black;">Thin films including studies of epitaxy and interfacial structures in metallic and semiconducting multilayers
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<p class="MsoNormal" style=""><font color="black" face="Times New Roman" size="5"><span style="font-size: 16pt; font-family: "Times New Roman"; color: black;">Simon’s honors and awards include:</span></font><font color="black"><span style="color: black;"></span></font></p>
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</span></font></span></span></font><font color="black" face="Times" size="5"><span style="font-size: 16pt; font-family: Times; color: black;">Ford Foundation Postdoctoral Fellow in Engineering, M.I.T. (1962-1964)</span></font><font color="black"><span style="color: black;"></span></font></p>
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</span></font></span></span></font><font color="black" face="Times" size="5"><span style="font-size: 16pt; font-family: Times; color: black;">John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation Fellow (1968-1969)</span></font><font color="black"><span style="color: black;"></span></font></p>
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</span></font></span></span></font><font color="black" face="Times" size="5"><span style="font-size: 16pt; font-family: Times; color: black;">Lyle Traveling Fellow,
University of
Melbourne (tenure: 6 weeks in May-June, 1975)</span></font><font color="black"><span style="color: black;"></span></font></p>
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</span></font></span></span></font><font color="black" face="Times" size="5"><span style="font-size: 16pt; font-family: Times; color: black;">American Physical Society Fellow (elected, 1975)</span></font><font color="black"><span style="color: black;"></span></font></p>
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</span></font></span></span></font><font color="black" face="Times" size="5"><span style="font-size: 16pt; font-family: Times; color: black;">Alexander von Humboldt Foundation Senior Scientist Award (1978-1979)</span></font><font color="black"><span style="color: black;"></span></font></p>
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</span></font></span></span></font><font color="black" face="Times" size="5"><span style="font-size: 16pt; font-family: Times; color: black;">Yamada Science Foundation (Japan)
Visiting Research Scholar (May-June, 1985)</span></font><font color="black"><span style="color: black;"></span></font></p>
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</span></font></span></span></font><font color="black" face="Times" size="5"><span style="font-size: 16pt; font-family: Times; color: black;">DOE Award for outstanding Scientific Accomplishment (with Lawrence Livermore and Brookhaven Labs, 1988)</span></font><font color="black"><span style="color: black;"></span></font></p>
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</span></font></span></span></font><font color="black" face="Times" size="5"><span style="font-size: 16pt; font-family: Times; color: black;">Research Excellence Award,
University of
Houston (1990)</span></font><font color="black"><span style="color: black;"></span></font></p>
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</span></font></span></span></font><font color="black" face="Times" size="5"><span style="font-size: 16pt; font-family: Times; color: black;">M.D. Anderson Chair of Physics,
University of
Houston (1991)</span></font><font color="black"><span style="color: black;"></span></font></p>
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</span></font></span></span></font><font color="black" face="Times" size="5"><span style="font-size: 16pt; font-family: Times; color: black;">David Adler Lectureship Award, Division of Materials Physics, American Physical Society (1993)</span></font><font color="black"><span style="color: black;"></span></font></p>
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</span></font></span></span></font><font color="black" face="Times" size="5"><span style="font-size: 16pt; font-family: Times; color: black;">Max Planck Research Award, Max Planck Gesellschaft/Alexander von Humboldt Foundation (1994-96), Shared with Prof.
J.S. Peisl, University of
Munich</span></font><font color="black"><span style="color: black;"></span></font></p>
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</span></font></span></span></font><font color="black" face="Times" size="5"><span style="font-size: 16pt; font-family: Times; color: black;">Esther Farfel Award,
University of
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</span></font></span></span></font><font color="black" face="Times" size="5"><span style="font-size: 16pt; font-family: Times; color: black;">Alexander von Humboldt Foundation Senior Scientist Award Extension (1999-2000)</span></font><font color="black"><span style="color: black;"></span></font></p>
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</span></font></span></span></font><font color="black" face="Times" size="5"><span style="font-size: 16pt; font-family: Times; color: black;">Von Hippel Award, Materials Research Society (November 2001)</span></font><font color="black"><span style="color: black;"></span></font></p>
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</span></font></span></span></font><font color="black" face="Times" size="5"><span style="font-size: 16pt; font-family: Times; color: black;">William Hume-Rothery Memorial Award, TMS Society (2007) - selected in (2005)</span></font><font color="black"><span style="color: black;"></span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style=""><font color="black" face="Times" size="5"><span style="font-size: 16pt; font-family: Times; color: black;">Simon was an accomplished physicist and will begreatly missed by his colleagues and all those he worked with.
We will keep you posted regarding funeral details.</span></font><font color="black"><span style="color: black;"></span></font></p>
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