- Awards given by the MSU Dept. of Physics & Astronomy
2017-2018 Michigan State University
Physics & Astronomy Awards
The Michigan State University Department of Physics and Astronomy is proud
of its members who were the recipients of the various Departmental
Awards.
It also congratulates this year's PhD,
MS,
BS, and BA
degree recipients.
MSU Physics &
Astronomy Department Awards
The 2018 Sherwood K. Haynes Graduate Physics Award
This award goes annually to the year's "Outstanding Graduate Student (or Students) in Physics
or Astrophysics." For 2018 the award went to
- Wei Jia Ong
- Christopher Sullivan
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Previous
years' Sherwood K. Haynes Graduate Physics Awards
The 2018
Thomas H. Osgood Undergraduate Physics Award
The Osgood award goes to the year's "Outstanding Senior (or Seniors) in Physics or Astrophysics."
In 2018, on the basis of their outstanding academic
records, the recipients are
- Steven Fromm
- Nat Hawkins
- Jason Sammut
Previous
years' Thomas H. Osgood Undergraduate Physics Awards
The 2018 Carl Foiles
Award
This undergraduate award is sponsored by the family of Carl Foiles in
his memory. It is to be awarded annually to a graduating senior
who has
shown promise of future excellence by active participation in research
with a faculty member in the department as well as
by his/her excellent
academic performance. The 2018 recipient of this award is
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Previous
years' Carl Foiles Awards
The 2018 Bruce VerWest
Award
This award goes to the year's "Outstanding Junior(s) in Physics or Astrophysics." This year's
awardees are
- Dylan Mankel
- Alyssa Waterson
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Previous
years' Bruce VerWest Awards
The 2017-2018 Lawrence
W. Hantel Endowed Fellowships
The Hantel Endowed Fellowship was created to provide talented
undergraduate students the opportunity to participate in long-term
research programs that will augment their preparation for graduate school
and the work environment. The goal is to develop in the student the
ability to identify a problem, to plan and execute a program to solve
the problem, and last but not least, to write up the results in a clear,
understandable manner. These skills will help advance awardees in the
achievement of their goals in graduate school and on the job. The Fellowship
was established in 2001.
The awardees for the 2017-2018 were
-
Brendan Boyd
- Daniel Coulter
- Garrett King
- Brian Phelan
- Michael Roosa
- Pranjal Tiwari
- Antonius Torode
- Alyssa Waterson
- Abe Yeck
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Previous
years' Lawrence W. Hantel Fellowships
The 2018 Physics & Astronomy Outreach Award
This award is presented to faculty, staff and/or students who have served
a group or groups that are not part of the University. This year the award went to the organization
- Women and Minorities in the Physical Sciences and to
- Patrick Morgan, Department Outreach Coordinator
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Previous
years' Physics &: Astronomy Outreach Awards
The 2018 Outstanding P-A Faculty Teaching Award
This award goes to a faculty member teaching graduate level courses, selected
by a vote of the graduate students. This year's recipient was
Professor
who taught the Classical Mechanics course in the Fall Semester, 2017.
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Previous
years' Outstanding Faculty Teaching Awards
The 2018 Outstanding Teaching Assistant Award
This award goes to an outstanding TA or TAs for the past academic year,
selected by the teaching faculty. Selected this year were:
- Adam Kawash and
- Avik Sarkar who were TAs in upper level Physics courses and
- Kelsey Funkhouser and
- Paul Hamerski who were TAs in introductory Physics courses.
Three Outstanding Undergraduate Teaching Assistant awards went to
- Mary Margaret Al-Sheikh
- Nat Hawkins
- Ashleigh Leary
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Previous
years' Outstanding Teaching Assistant Awards
The 2018 Thomas H. Osgood Memorial Faculty
Teaching Awards
These awards go in general to two faculty members, one tenured, one non-tenured, recognizing
them for
their excellence in teaching courses at the undergraduate level. This year the non-tenured teaching award was
shared.
Non-tenured:
- Heiko Hergert
- Johannes Pollanen
- Jaideep Singh
Tenured:
- Morten Hjorth-Jenson
Previous
years' Thomas H. Osgood Memorial Faculty Teaching Awards
The 2018 Thomas A. Kaplan Award
This award is given to the graduate student or students who
have presented the best Condensed Matter Physics luncheon seminar
during the recent academic year. The award is sponsored by Tom Kaplan (who passed away this year) and
the department and was established upon Professor Kaplan's retirement. This year's awardee is
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Previous
years' Kaplan Awards
The 2018 Physics & Astronomy Distinguished
Staff Award
This award is presented to a staff member who has served above and
beyond the call of duty, selected by a vote of the faculty.
This year's
much-deserved awards went to two persons:
- Kim Crosslan, Graduate Secretary and
- Esther Reed, Information Technologist
- Previous
years' Distinguished Staff Awards
MSU Physics-Astronomy Awards Page, maintained by Julius
S. Kovacs.
Updated May 2, 2018