Peter Bendel awarded 2025 SPS Leadership Scholarship

About the Recipient

Zone and Chapter: University of Wisconsin-River Falls, Zone 9

I am a third year student at the University of Wisconsin-River Falls where I am a physics and mathematics double major. Outside of taking all the physics and math courses available to me, I have spent some time on research. At UW-River Falls, my research has been focused on fabricating metamaterials using electron beam lithography, but I have the opportunity to work on a new project at the physics REU program at Ohio State throughout the summer. I am also heavily involved with my SPS chapter and do my best to attend each weekly meeting and volunteer at all of our events. This past year, I had the opportunity of being chapter president, which came with a lot of extra responsibility, but was an amazing experience. After I graduate, I am planning on going to graduate school and continue studying physics.