UNDERGRADUATE AWARDS & PRIZES
In addition to the University Prizes such as the Dean's Medal, the Mary Gates Award, and the Goldwater Scholarship, the Physics Department offers the Gregory Lynn Andersen Scholarship and the Paul M. Higgs Prize.
Gregory Lynn Andersen Scholarship
Gregory Lynn Andersen (1958-1981) received the Bachelor of Science Degree in Physics cum laude in 1980. He was a member of Phi Beta Kappa and of the Physics Honors Program. He participated in research in the Nuclear Physics Laboratory. Only a month after his graduation he was killed while riding his bicycle.
The Andersen Scholarship was endowed by his parents and friends. It is awarded to one or more physics majors for their junior and/or senior years. The scholarship is awarded primarily on the basis of academic merit.
The Andersen Scholars have been:
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1983-1984 Frederick C. Mackintosh 1984-1985 Charles Dunn & David Palmer 1985-1986 Jon Sandberg 1986-1987 Douglas Mar & Eugene Wong 1987-1988 Gary Loechelt 1988-1989 Richard Kodama 1989-1990 Blair Zajac 1990-1991 Martin Platte 1991-1992 Jeffrey Miller & Kimberly Shilcutt 1992-1993 Jesse Hersch & Gregory Wilson 1993-1994 Iya Khalil 1994-1995 Katherine Pullen |
1996-1997 Brent Jones 1995-1996 Nathan Bramall 1997-1998 Joshua Bloom 1998-1999 Jonathan Jerke 1999-2000 Emma Brunskill 2000-2001 Annika Peter 2001-2002 Jeffrey Giansiracusa 2002-2003 Matthew White 2003-2004 Laura Kogler 2004-2005 Imai Jen-La Plante 2005-2006 Owen Biesel |
Each year, the Higgs/Osborne Prize is awarded to an undergraduate students who has shown exceptional ability in laboratory work. The Prize commemorates two early faculty members of the Department. Professor Higgs entered the University of Washington as a freshman in 1914 and retired in 1966 after serving many years as a member of the physics faculty. He was outstanding for his talent as an experimentalist and for his many contributions to teaching, particularly in bringing physics alive through the design, construction, demonstration and use of laboratory equipment. Professor Higgs was particularly interested in laboratory instruction and was among the first in the United States to develop undergraduate laboratory work in modern atomic physics. Professor Osborn came to the University in 1902 as the first Professor of Physics and Director of the Physics Laboratories.He served as department head until his death in 1942.
The winners of the Higgs/Osborne Prize have been:
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1976-1977 Gregg Byron Franklin 1977-1978 Glen A. Wurden 1978-1979 David W. Hicks 1979-1980 William M. Miller 1980-1981 Winston A. Saunders 1981-1982 Edward A. Celarier 1982-1983 None 1983-1984 Amin Samsavar 1984-1985 Robert Tjoelker 1985-1986 David Imel & Charles Dunn 1986-1987 Brad Thayer & Stephen Gierman 1987-1988 Darrell Armstrong 1988-1989 Christopher Ekstrom 1989-1990 Gary Loechelt 1990-1991 Yucong Huang 1996-1997 Brent Jones |
1991-1992 Ronald Legere 1992-1993 Junji Urayama 1993-1994 Marshall T. Depue 1994-1995 Frank Lind 1995-1996 Peter Saxby 1996-1997 Kevin Strecker 1997-1998 Kim Mauldin 1998-1999 Erin (Behne) Miller 1999-2000 Marcus Collins 2000-2001 Dawn Erb 2001-2002 Richard Ben Corn 2002-2003 Matthew White 2003-2004 Chris Pearson 2004-2005 Laura Bodine & Kristopher Yirak 2005-2006 Imai Jen-La Plante |
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