Honors Day has been a long-standing department tradition to celebrate the hard work and dedication of our students to the study of Physics, the practice of Physics, and the sharing of Physics with the community.

Honor’s Day Alumni Speaker

David Schmidt, PhD (1986), Executive Advisor and Principal Associate Director for Science, Technology and Engineering at Los Alamos National Laboratory, Science and Congress: a Personal Perspective.

Sigma Pi Sigma Inductees

  • Trent Bonfadini
  • Jessica Hankes
  • Amanda Jack
  • Nathan Myers
  • Noah Rogers

Award for Excellence in Introductory Physics 121-122 (Book) Awards

  • Dory Enright
  • Brynn FitzGerald
  • Kimberly Huggler
  • Mitch Keller
  • Patrick Keller
  • Farha Khan
  • Maria Mancini
  • Trevor Masters

Award for Excellence in Introductory Physics 125-126 (Book) Awards

  • Patrick Banner
  • Jane Bright
  • Jiatao Cui
  • Wae Nakayama
  • Amanda Nelson

Departmental Fellows:

The Department reserves this designation for rising juniors and seniors who have demonstrated a high ability and interest in physics, and who have made significant contributions to the Department in various ways. Fellows also have the responsibility to be leaders and good role models in the Department. Next year’s Fellows are:

Senior Fellows:

  • Patrick Becker
  • Brant Bowers
  • Nicolas Lyman
  • Junzhi Wang

Junior Fellows:

  • Trent Bonfadini
  • Jessica Hankes
  • Amanda Jack
  • Nathan Myer
  • Noah Rogers

Roderick M. Grant Physics Education Award

Students receiving this award must demonstrate exceptional potential for making contributions to the education of future science students in classrooms ranging from elementary school to graduate school.

  • Ian Lowe
  • Elizabeth Donoghue

Samuel C. Wheeler Award for Excellence in Physics

This award is given for excellence in the understanding and doing of physics combined with leadership in the Department.

  • Kristina Dungan

Ron Winters Graduate School Award in Physics

This award recognizes the intellectual horsepower of the recipient, their ability to do and understand physics, and their dedication to the study of physics.

  • Ian Lowe
  • Riley Sechrist
April 30, 2015