National Awards and Recognitions

Selected as one of 21 “thriving” physics departments (of 780) by Nat’l Task Force on Undergrad Physics
• Heuer Award for Outstanding Achievement in Science Education, Council of Independent Colleges
• Chosen Fellow of the American Physical Society, Prof. Peterson
• Continuing Member of NASA’s Space Grant College Consortium - Prof. Greenlee, Assoc. Director

Since 2005

• Nationally elected to the Executive Board of Advanced Laboratories in Physics Assoc. - Prof. Peterson
• National Science Foundation 2008 Summer Internship, U of Colorado - David Carlson, ’09
• Mayo Clinic, Dept. of Physiology & Biomedical Engineering, Internship - Paul Weavers, ’09
• National Science Foundation 2008 Summer Internship, Montana State U - Andrew Rice, ’09
• Internship at NIST (National Institute of Standards & Technology) - Tommy Hofer, ’09
• Break Through Collaborative Teaching Internship - Andrew Dirks, ’08
• Fellowship from the American Society for Engineering Education for 2008 - Prof. Beecken
• 2007 Nobel Travel Award, Swedish Council of America - Matt Seaberg, ’07
• 2007 AFCEA General John Wickham Scholarship - Justin Knapp, ’09
• Society of Physics Students, 2007 Top National Leadership Award - Sarah Anderson, ’08
• National Science Foundation 2007 Summer Internship, MIT - Cory Lindh, ’08
• National Science Foundation 2007 Summer Internship, U of Colorado - Sarah Anderson, ’08
• National Science Foundation 2007 Summer Internship, Cornell U. - Nathan Friez, ’08
• National Science Foundation 2007 Summer Internship, U of Michagin - Randy Johnson, ’08
• National Science Foundation 2007 Summer Internship, Cornell U. - Tim Johnson, ’08
• National Science Foundation 2007 Summer Internship, Michigan State U - Michael Slotman, ’08
• National Science Foundation 2007 Summer Internship, Prudue U. - Laura Steen, ’08
• Fellowship from the American Society for Engineering Education for 2007 - Prof. Beecken
• Cover illustration, American Journal of Physics (world’s most widely distributed physics j.), Dec ’06
• President of the American Association of Physics Teachers, 05–06, Prof. Richard Peterson
• 2006–07 NASA Space Scholar Award - Laura Steen, ’08
• 2006 NASA Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship, Caltech - Matt Seaberg, ’07
• 2006 Internship at the University of Amsterdam - Carl Schreck, ’06
• 2006 Space Scholar, Air Force Research Lab, New Mexico - Jared Sturdy, ’06
• National Science Foundation 2006 Summer Internship, Texas A & M - Gus Olson, ’07
• U.S. Air Force Office of Scientific Research Faculty Fellowship for 2006 - Prof. Beecken
• 2005 Internship at CERN, Geneva, Switzerland - Jared Sturdy, ’06
• 2005 National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Fellowship - Nathan Lemke, ’06
• National Science Foundation 2005 Summer Internship, Texas A & M - Carl Schreck, ’06
• Co-author on a 2005 Patent Application by 3M - Aaron Montello, ’06
• Society of Physics Students, 2005 National Leadership Scholarship - Michelle Haglund, ’06

Last Updated: August 10, 2006