Outstanding Researchers

Congratulations to this year’s recipients, who will represent the United States and SPS and present their research at the 2013 International Conference for Physics Students, August 15-21, 2013, in Edinburgh, Scotland. Expenses will be paid by SPS and its parent organization, the American Institute of Physics. In addition, this year’s two recipients each receive a $500 honorarium and $500 for their chapters and will be invited to present at an SPS Research Session during a scientific meeting in 2013-2014.

in Atlanta studies solar systems around nearby red dwarf stars. He will present results from 14 years of astrometric observations by the Research Consortium on Nearby Stars (RECONS, recons.org) from a mountaintop observatory in the Chilean Andes.

in Alabama works on a scheme for laser cooling applicable to an extremely dilute sample of magnetically trapped antihydrogen atoms (Hbar). Donnan finds that it should be possible to cool the Hbar’s to ~20 mK. //

More Information

To learn more about the Outstanding Student Awards for Undergraduate Research and the application process, visit: www.spsnational.org/programs/awards/student.htm

To learn more about the 2013 International Conference for Physics Students (anyone is welcome to attend), visit: http://icps2013.hw.ac.uk