On April 21, the Physics Undergraduate Studies Office, joined by Department Chair Michael Poirier, congratulated and recognized the 2023 undergraduate physics and engineering physics award recipients during an awards ceremony. Thank you to our scholarship donors who make these awards and recognitions possible.

Helen Cowan Freshmen Book Awards
The Helen Cowan Book Award was established to recognize physics and engineering physics majors who have achieved excellent grades in their first year physics course

Nicholas Bagby
Thanadis Charoenrujijin
Jackson Cook
Toma Davis
Amarise Edgell
Sam Farnsworth
Xinyue He
Nathaniel Hoelscher
Leandra Hogrefe
Tianhao Jin
Levi Keck
Dimitri King
Adam Krieps
Jeremy Lange
Phillip Lewicki
James Lyle
Yutao Ou
Nathaniel Plant
Sebastian Rosario Hernandez
Parker Vaughan
Mingyi Xu
Alexa Yockey
 

Physics Sophomore Awards
The Physics Sophomore Awards are funded by the Dr. David C. DeMartini Endowed Fund in Physics which was established on May 30, 2003 by Dr. DeMartini. This fund promotes and recognizes high standards in scholarship among undergraduate physics and engineering physics majors.

Dasha Crocker
Ian Harris
Yating Huang
Bennett Hughes
Katherine Indyk
Datong Jin
Salim Karimov
Luke Knull
Omar Kotrach
Pallav Pant
Dustin Pigg
Pushkar Shirahatti
Jack Stethem
Ashley Tarrant
Colin Voorhis
Dylan Wells
 

Physics Junior Awards
The Physics Junior Awards are funded by the Jack C. and Charlotte D. Smith Scholarship Fund, which was established on June 7, 1991 by Charlotte Smith in memory of Jack Smith. This fund promotes and recognizes high standards in scholarship among undergraduate physics and engineering physics majors.

Rakhi Bawa
Sam Bellman
Harrison Blake
Ojas Deshpande
Andrew Dorner
Kalpak Duddella
Nigel Krekeler
Ryan ODonnell
Anya Phillips
 

Physics Senior Awards
The Physics Senior Awards are funded by the Alpheus W. and Adah B. Smith Endowment Fund in Physics which was established on February 7, 1997, by the Board of Trustees in memory of the Smiths. This fund promotes and recognizes high standards in scholarship among undergraduate physics and engineering physics majors.

Jonah Ammons
Daniel Boyea
Ethan Fahimi
Alex Giovannone
Ishan Gore
Matt Lastovka
Anthony Lobdell
Noah Malik
Sean Myers
Caitlin O'Brien
Mackenzie Scott

Bunny and Thomas Clark Scholarship
The Bunny and Thomas Clark Scholarship Fund was established in 2006 by the OSU Board of Trustees with gifts from Bunny and Thomas Clark. This scholarship was created to award and recognize female students who show strong service to the Department of Physics.

Erin Duell
Maya Legersky

Other Scholarship Acknowledgements

In addition to scholarships designated to recognize and encourage high academic achievement, we are thankful to our donors who provide scholarships for students with financial need.

OSU Physics alumnus Dr. James Smith is one such donor who has provided over $230,000 in scholarship aid to 40 students since its inception in 2016. We are able to award an additional $64,000 for the next academic year.

Photos from the awards ceremony can be found on the OSU Physics Flickr page.