The Department Colloquium when the awards given out is scheduled for Wednesday, April 9th at 3:30pm in DRL A8.
The Elias Burstein Prize
Jonathan Stensberg - “For his pioneering works on terahertz studies on topological superconductivity.”
This award is provided from an endowment established by friends, colleagues, and students of Elias Burstein, upon his retirement as Mary Amanda Wood Professor of Physics on June 30, 1988. It is awarded to the graduate student in Condensed Matter Physics judged by the Department to have made a significant contribution to our understanding of the subject.
Herbert B. Callen Memorial Prize
Lauren Niu - “For her ingenious geometric method to understand the folding pattern of knit fabrics and the insight it brings to the development of new materials.
This award is provided from an endowment established by the family, friends, colleagues, and students of Herbert B. Callen to honor his memory. It is awarded to a graduate student or postdoctoral researcher judged by the Department to have made significant contribution to statistical physics.
Arnold M. Denenstein Prize
Amanda Bacon - “For developing an entire laboratory for the measurements of optical properties of scintillators, photon sensors, and dichroic filters—the latter in support of the “dichroicon”, a spectral sorting light concentrator for large-scale neutrino detectors.
This award is provided from an endowment established by the family, friends, and colleagues of Arnold M. Denenstein to honor his memory and his contributions to science. It is awarded annually to a graduate student judged by the Department, who shows the most promise of becoming and outstanding experimental physicist.
William E. Stephens Prize – Sophie Kadan
Provided from an endowment established by the family and friends of the late Williams E. Stephens, pioneer nuclear physicist, former Chair of the Physics Dept., former Dean of
The College, and a faculty member of the University of Pennsylvania for nearly forty years. Awarded annually to the graduating physics major who has demonstrated, during the course of their undergraduate course work, the most promise for a successful career as a scientist, based on overall performance in all aspects of the undergraduate program as judged by members of the Physics and Astronomy faculty. W. E. Stephens served the Dept. of Physics and the University with distinction from 1942 until his death in 1980.
Thomas H. Wood Prize – Luke Meyer
Awarded annually to the undergraduate student in introductory physics who has demonstrated, during the course of their undergrad coursework, the greatest proficiency in assimilating the concepts of physics, based on overall performance in all aspects of the undergrad program as judged by members of the physics faculty.