2016-17 SPS Outstanding Undergraduate Research Award Recipients

The Outstanding Undergraduate Research Award is provided to students based on exceptional research achievement in any physics-related field. Recipients show evidence of strong research skills, innovative and original thinking, and promise for future study. Awardees receive up to $1,800 to cover travel and registration costs to attend one AIP member society professional meeting of their choosing in the 12 months after receiving the award. Additionally, award recipients receive a $500 honorarium for themselves and a $500 honorarium for their SPS chapter.

The Runner-up receives a $250 honorarium for themselves and a $250 honorarium for their SPS chapter.

Award details...

Award Recipients

Kathryn Regan

Kathryn Regan

University of San Diego

Mobility and Conformational Dynamics of large DNA diffusing through Cytoskeletal Networks

Matthew Huber

Matthew Huber

Rhodes College

Optical imaging of propagating ultrasonic wave fronts resulting from ultrasonic pulses incident on heel bones using refractovibrometry

Runner-up

Brittney Hauke
Coe College
Structural Study of Tellurite Glasses

Honorable Mention

Luciano Manfredi
Loyola Marymount University
Horizon Wavefunction of Generalized Uncertainty Principle Black Holes

Jeremiah Wells
United States Air Force Academy
Enhancement of Fine-Structure Collisional Transfer Rates in Dense Inert Buffer Gas Mixtures

Collin Wilkinson
Coe College
A Novel Proton Imaging Detector with High Density Scintillating Glass