Awards and Achievements

We recognize outstanding individuals and their accomplishments. Many students deliver excellent results in the field of their study or beyond. Faculty excel. Staff go above and beyond. The physics department is proud of these individuals and to reward them, we have instituted a number of awards. We also recognize our students and alum at the university and college level.

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Dean's List

The physics department congratulates our students in making the Dean's list.

Spring 2024

GPA 4.00

  • Cammin, Will V.
  • Causey, Matthew A.
  • Chiarino, Cooper L.
  • Gordon, David J.
  • Hawkins, Joshua T.
  • Konop, Andrew J.
  • Martin, Michael R.
  • Schumann, Walker E.
  • Standen, Robert L.
  • West, Austin R.

GPA 3.50-3.99

  • Barr, Daniel J.
  • Bar-Ziv, Saar
  • Botha, Juan
  • Cook, Dylan S.
  • Easley, Parker
  • Grate, Zeke S.
  • Jahncke, Josiah T.
  • Lambert, Grant M.
  • LaMotte, Estyn M.
  • Nelson, Andrew J.
  • Nelson, Grace E.
  • Rockel, Logan B.
  • Russell, Michael R.
  • Schlaff, Grant T.
  • Watson, Daniel J.
  • Willis, Jonathan T.
  • Wilson, Rita M.
  • Yu, Max
  • Zuber, Ian C.

Fall 2023

GPA 4.00

  • Botha, Juan
  • Causey, Matthew A.
  • Gordon, David J.
  • Hawkins, Joshua T.
  • Konop, Andrew J.
  • LaMotte, Estyn M.
  • Martin, Michael R.
  • Nelson, Andrew J.
  • Piskie, William M.
  • Schlaff, Grant T.
  • West, Austin R.
  • Yu, Cong

GPA 3.50-3.99

  • Alexander, Nathaniel
  • Barr, Daniel J.
  • Bar-Ziv, Saar
  • Chiarino, Cooper L.
  • Cook, Dylan S.
  • Culver, Josh R.
  • Harvey, Rose O.
  • Jahncke, Josiah T.
  • Lambert, Grant M.
  • Munoz, Davin C.
  • Nelson, Grace E.
  • Richards, Dylan S.
  • Rockel, Logan B.
  • Rolfe, Josh D.
  • Schumann, Walker E.
  • Standen, Robert L.
  • Watson, Daniel J.
  • Willis, Jonathan T.
  • Wilson, Rita M.

Spring 2023

GPA 4.00

  • Avery, David M.
  • Gordon, David J.
  • Konop, Andrew J.
  • LaMotte, Estyn M.
  • Martin, Michael R.
  • Schumann, Walker E.
  • Standen, Robert L.
  • West, Austin R.

GPA 3.50-3.99

  • Barr, Daniel J.
  • Chiarino, Cooper L.
  • Cifani, Nico A.
  • Grate, Zeke S.
  • Jahncke, Josiah T.
  • Ogilvie, Sidney A.
  • Patz, Breanna M.
  • Piskie, William M.
  • Richards, Dylan S.
  • Rolfe, Josh D.
  • Willis, Jonathan T.
  • Yu, Cong

Fall 2022

GPA 4.00

  • Konop, Andrew J.
  • LaMotte, Estyn M.
  • Schumann, Walker E.
  • Standen, Robert L.
  • West, Austin R.

GPA 3.50-3.99

  • Aldrich, Casey C.
  • Avery, David M.
  • Barr, Daniel J.
  • Dickert, Riley J.
  • Gordon, David J.
  • Grate, Zeke S.
  • Jahncke, Josiah T.
  • Konopka, Emily M.
  • Lambert, Grant M.
  • Martin, Michael R.
  • Megdanoff, Lauren E.
  • Momirovska, Tea
  • Nevilles, Kalista S.
  • Paavo, Emma
  • Patz, Breanna M.
  • Piskie, William M.
  • Schlaff, Grant T.
  • Stonelake, Julia K.
  • Watson, Daniel J.
  • Willis, Jonathan T.
  • Wilson, Rita M.
  • Yu, Cong

Spring 2022

GPA 4.00

  • LaMotte, Estyn M.
  • Palmer, Anthony D.
  • Reller, Wyatt J.
  • Standen, Robert L.
  • Watson, Dan J.

GPA 3.50-3.99

  • Aldrich, Casey C.
  • Barr, Daniel J.
  • Flittie, Jason W.
  • Fritts, Marc C.
  • Hellman, Bethany C.
  • Jensen, Oliver W.
  • Knight, Dalton, C.
  • Koshar, Daniel R.
  • Megdanoff, Lauren E.
  • Ogilvie, Sidney A.
  • Rolfe, Josh D.
  • Sloma, Benj J.
  • Stern, Lauren F.
  • Stonelake, Julia K.
  • West, Miles R.
  • Wilson, Rita M.
  • Yu, Cong
  • Zeiter, Kaz A.

Fall 2021

GPA 4.00

  • Kalajdziovski, David
  • Kieft, Trevor A.
  • Knight, Dalton C.
  • Palmer, Anthony D.
  • Reller, Wyatt J.
  • Standen, Robert L.
  • Stonelake, Julia K.
  • West, Austin R. 

GPA 3.50-3.99

  • Aldrich, Casey C.
  • Barr, Daniel J.
  • Fritts, Marc C.
  • Gonzalez, Alex A.
  • Hellman, Bethany C.
  • Koshar, Daniel R.
  • Lambert, Grant M.
  • LaMotte, Estyn M.
  • Megdanoff, Lauren E.
  • Norland, John Paul F.
  • Ogilvie, Sidney A.
  • Pozza, Marco J.
  • Rolfe, Josh D.
  • Rushing, William M.
  • Sloma, Benj J.
  • Stern, Lauren F.
  • West, Miles R.
  • Willis, Jonathan T.
  • Yu, Cong

NSF CAREER Awards

Issei Nakamura
CAREER: Coarse-grained Theory and Simulation of Ion-containing Liquids: Study of Ion Solvation by Polymers and Ionic Liquids and between Nanoparticles
Start Date: August 1, 2020, Condensed Matter & Mat Theory

Ranjit Pati
CAREER: Theory and Modeling of a Mono-molecular Field Effect Organic Transistor (MOLFET)
Start Date: February 15, 2007, Power, Controls & Adaptive Net

Yoke Khin Yap
CAREER: Synthesis, Characterization and Discovery of Frontier Carbon Materials
Start Date: April 1, 2005, Solid-State Chemistry

Raymond Shaw
CAREER: Laboratory Studies of Small-Scale Processes in Clouds
Start Date: January 1, 2000, Physical Meteorology

Robert Nemiroff
CAREER: Towards Understanding the Temporal Universe
Start Date: September 1, 1997, Special Programs in Astronomy

About NSF CAREER Awards