Spring 2014-15 Award Recipients

SPS internships are awarded on the basis of collegiate record, potential for future success, SPS participation, and relevant experience. Interns are placed in a variety of organizations and work on research, policy, or education projects. See the interns’ profiles and blogs at: www.spsnational.org/programs/internships .

Agnes Scott College
Project: History of Women and African Americans in the Physical Sciences
Host: American Institute of Physics

Sonoma State University
Project: Bringing Physics to the Public
Host: American Physical Society

Vassar College
Project: AIP Mather Policy Intern
Host: US House of Representatives Committee on Energy and Commerce

Union College
Project: SPS Science Outreach Catalyst Kit and NIST Institute for Middle School Science Teachers
Host: SPS and National Institute of Standards and Technology

Ball State University
Project: AAPT/PTRA Teacher Professional Development Intern
Host: American Association of Physics Teachers

Salisbury University
Project: Solid State Protein Sensor
Host: National Institute of Standards and Technology

Claremont Colleges Joint Science Department
Project: Following Eta Carinae Across Periastron
Host: NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center

Lebanon Valley College
Project: SPS Science Outreach Catalyst Kit and NIST Institute for Middle School Science Teachers
Host: SPS

Drexel University
Project: History of Women and African-Americans in the Physical Sciences
Host: American Institute of Physics

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Project: AIP Mather Policy Intern
Host: US House of Representatives Committee on Science, Space, and Technology

Sonoma State University
Project: Detecting Cosmic Microwave Background Polarimetry
Host: NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center

Juniata College
Project: Solid State Protein Sensor
Host: National Institute of Standards and Technology

Awards are made to individuals for outstanding research conducted as an undergraduate. Recipients represent the United States and SPS at the International Conference of Physics Students and receive $500 for themselves and $500 for their SPS chapters. Learn more at: www.spsnational.org/awards/outstanding-undergraduate-research .

Amanda Landcastle

The College at Brockport: SUNY
Point Contact Spectroscopy: An Undergraduate Investigation into Superconductivity and Quantum Criticality

Ariel Matalon

University of Chicago
Development of a Prototype for a Fluorescence Detector Array of Single-Pixel Telescopes

Several awards of up to $2,000 or more are made each year to individuals showing excellence in academics, SPS participation, and additional criteria. Learn more and see photos and bios of the recipients at: www.spsnational.org/awards/scholarships .

SPS Outstanding Leadership Scholarship

Bradley Dice
William Jewell College

SPS Leadership Scholarships

Brooke Adams
Florida Institute of Technology

Adam Anthony
Juniata College

Claire Baum
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Aditya Dhumuntarao
Arizona State University

Chloe Gooditis
Goucher College

P. Evan Linn
Grove City College

Angela Ludvigsen
University of Wisconsin-River Falls

Chris Marble
Tarleton State University

Ariel Matalon
University of Chicago

Gregory J. Ottino
University of New Mexico

Christopher Phenicie
University of Minnesota Twin Cities

Nathan Prins
Towson University

Stephanie Schneider
Susquehanna University

Hallie Stidham
High Point University

Phil Travis
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Herbert Levy Memorial Scholarship

Samantha Christine Cobb
William Jewell College

Future Teacher Scholarship

Kaydee Stratford
Utah State University

Peggy-Dixon Two-Year Scholarship

Cody Bibler
Chemeketa Community College

SPS/AAPT Mary Beth Monroe Memorial Scholarship

Jonathan Van Schenck
Seattle Pacific University

Science Systems and Applications, Inc. Academic Scholarship

Helen Meskhidze
Elon University

Science Systems and Applications, Inc. Underrepresented Student Scholarship

Kareem Wahid
University of Texas-Pan American

AWIS Kirsten R. Lorentzen Award

Claire M. Weaver
Hofstra University

Several awards of the three-volume set The Feynman Lectures on Physics are given each year to chapters or individuals that engage in physics outreach activities and share feedback from participants. Learn more at: www.spsnational.org/awards/blake-lilly .

Cleveland State University
Project Leader: Christian Gunder
Faculty Advisor: Kiril Streletzky

Purdue University
Project Leader: Patrick Kelley
Faculty Advisor: Rachel Lang

The George Washington University
Project Leader: Srividya Murthy
Faculty Advisor: Gary White

University of Denver
Project Leader: Sierra Ashley
Faculty Advisor: Mark Siemens

University of Richmond
Project Leader: Katharine Domitrovich
Faculty Advisor: Con Beausang

University of Tennessee, Knoxville
Project Leader: Louis Varriano
Faculty Advisor: Jon Levin

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Thank you to the members of the 2014–15 SPS awards committees for dedicating many thoughtful hours to the award selection process.

Dave Dunlap, University of New Mexico
Brooke Haag, American River College, CA
Diane Jacobs, Eastern Michigan University
Dwight (Ed) Neuenschwander, Southern Nazarene University, OK
Willie Rockward, Morehouse College, GA
DJ Wagner, Grove City College, PA