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Departmental Awards for Undergraduates

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E.G. Memorial Scholarship

An annual scholarship to a rising senior, majoring in physics, who has demonstrated an outstanding aptitude for the study of physics. Requires two letters of recommendation. Awarded in the spring semester. Please submit your recommendation by April 10, 2026.

Recipients:

2025- Owen Rollins
2024- Kevin Su
2023 - Leo Murphy
2022 - Luke Mrini
2021 - Jiahui Li
2020 - Stuart Thomas
2019 - Kangning Yang
2018 - Jacopo Gliozzi
2017 - Kevin Nelson
2016 - Melissa Guidry
2015 - Samuel Girdzis
2014 - William Bergan
2013 - Timothy Milbourne and Elana Urbach
2012 - Jennifer Hays
2011 - Christine McLean
2010 - Peyton Rose
2009 - Francesca Fornasini and Virginia Forstall
2008 - Andrew Leister
2007 - Ashwin Rastogi
2006 - Kendra Letchworth and Keith Bechtol
2005 - David Rose and Brian Spencer
2004 - Dimitar Vlassarev
2003 - Paul Hansen and Ellen Keister
2002 - Jason Hoffman
2001 - Haley Dawn Showman
1998 - Tesla Erin Jeltema
1996 - Jin Yamamoto
1995 - Michael Edward Groenert
1994 - Mark David Prochaska

EPAD Undergraduate Capstone Prize

To be awarded to the EPAD team with the highest demonstrated achievement in their senior capstone project. Selection is made based on their presentation during the Physics Undergraduate Research Showcase in April, as well as on the EPAD mentor recommendations at the end of the Spring semester. Please submit your recommendation by April 10, 2026.

Recipients

2025 - Rahul Pamadi, Connor Martin, Erin McDonald, Emma Small and Fiona Gordon
2024 - Anna McNally, Emily Morris and Emma Stiller
2023 - Noah Fields, Benjamin Sanders and Abigail Wolcott
2022 - Anthea Empson and Jacob Brotman-Krass

Frank Hohl Memorial Physics Award

To be awarded to a physics major in the Spring for excellence in research performed prior to the senior year. Requires one letter of recommendation, typically from the research supervisor. Please submit your recommendation by April 10, 2026.

Recipients

2024 - Connor Cassidy
2023 - Julia Merti
2022 - Catherine Sturner and Ubaid Kazianga
2021 - Luke Mrini
2020 - Finn Mayhew
2019 - Hana Warner
2018 - Jessica Sydnor
2017 - Nathan Super
2016 - Wenqing Zhao
2015 - Haley Bauser
2014 - Rachel Hyneman
2013 – William Bergan and David Specht
2012 – Brian Crawford Chase

Don Edward Harrison Jr. Award for Excellence in Physics

To be awarded to the senior(s) with the highest demonstrated achievement in physics. The selection will be made by the undergraduate committee at the end of the fall semester, based on the entire academic record, the preliminary oral and written presentations of the senior research or capstone project, and two letters of recommendation. Please submit your recommendation by November 20, 2025.

Recipients

2025 - Kevin Su
2024 - Leo Murphy
2023 - Luke Mrini
2022 - Jiahui Li
2021 - Stuart Thomas
2020 - Kangning Yang
2019 - Jacopo Gliozzi
2018 - Kevin Nelson
2017 - Melissa Guidry
2016 - Samuel Girdzis
2015 - William Bergan & Rachel Hyneman
2014 - Elana Urbach and Timothy Milbourne
2013 - Jonathan Fischer
2012 - Ari Cukierman
2011 - Ronald Wilcox
2010 - Francesca Fornasini
2009 - Andrew Leister
2008 - Ashwin Rastogi
2007 - Keith Bechtol
2006 - Brian Spencer
2005 - Dimitar Vlassarev
2004 - Paul Hansen
2003 - Jason Hoffman
2002 - Sarp Akcay
2001 - Kevin Christopher Knott
2000 - David Jacob Leichtman and Ruth Speel Van de Water
1999 - Abigail Acton Flower and Paul Lloyd Larsen
1998 - Ryan John Bubb and Wendy Sara Vogan
1997 - Matthew George Mizenko
1996 - Timothy Hunter Bouck and Laura Marie Keyt
1995 - Daniel Kent Leventhal and Christopher Allan Taggart
1994 - Scott Michael Hirsch  
1993 - David John Lange and Sridhar Rao Charagundla
1992 - Louisa M. Rebull
1991 - Thomas R. Hays
1990 - Lee H. Harrell
1989 - Matthey J. McIrvin and Kevin B. Sizer

Physics Undergraduate Research Prize

To be awarded to the senior(s) with the highest demonstrated achievement in physics research. The selection will be made by the undergraduate committee during the spring semester on the basis of the preliminary oral and written presentations of the senior project, as well as updates by the faculty advisor(s). Performance in classes will not be a criterion. Requires one letter of recommendation, typically from the research supervisor. Please submit your recommendation by April 10, 2026.

Recipients

2025- Connor Cassidy
2024 - Ramisa Rahman
2023 - Jude Bedessem
2022 - Sofia Brown
2021 - Austin Batz and Daniel Slyepichev
2020 - Hana Warner
2019 - Ravn Jenkin
2018 - Ryan Wilmington
2017 - William Laney
2016 - Haley Bauser
2015 - Alice Perrin
2014 - Nicholas Penthorn 
2013 - Bain Bronner
2012 - Christine McLean
2011 - Kevin Cox
2010 - Colton O'Connor
2009 - Douglas Dean
2008 - Ashwin Rastogi
2007 - Alison Pouch
2006 - Dan Damiani
2005 - Erin Buckley and Kelly Sullivan
2004 - Ellen Keister
2003 - None Given
2002 - Christopher Earl Mayes
2001 - Kenneth Lawrence Baranowski
2000 - Patrick Daniel Ryan
1999 - Thomas John Walls
1998 - Jennifer Lynn Thompson
1997 - Pablo Sebastian Londero
1996 - Bridgett Maureen Harrison
1995 - Andrew John Norman
1994 - Scott Hearne Hawley 
1993 - William Ridgely Hall