Undergraduate Award Winners Recognized at 2026 Spring Picnic
Undergraduate Physics and Engineering Physics majors who received academic merit scholarships were recognized on Tuesday April 28 at the annual Department of Physics Spring Picnic.
The students were recognized on Tuesday by Dr. Annika Peter, Vice-Chair for Undergraduate Studies, for their strong academic performances. In addition to the recognition, students were awarded with a scholarship provided by the Alva W. Smith Memorial Fund, the Alpheus W. and Adah B. Smith Fund, the Jack C. and Charlotte D. Smith Fund, and the Angela Marie and Mary Francis Valentino Physics Academic Achievement Scholarship Fund.
Below are the students who received recognition and a scholarship for their academic performance in our department. Additional photos from the picnic can be found on our Flickr page. Congratulations to all award winners!
Freshmen
Oliver Alban
Ian Blakley
Evelyn Chang
Colin Corr
Madelyn DeRose
Luke Huggins
Eli Lesman
Emily Li
Joshua Mc Intosh
Nolan Middleton
Hanna Mosier
Wesley Newman
Isabelle Tardivon
Anna Verhoff
Kenny Wong
Xiaocheng Zhu
Sophomores
Connor Hackle
Yile Huang
Chuangyi Li
Julie Scherzer
Yiming Shen
Cole Steele
Allison Trusko
Jiayi Xu
Wesley Younger
Aoran Zhang
Juniors
Cal Bostleman
Adelaide Erhart
Michael Hill
Aaron Meade
James O'Neill
Aatmaj Rajesh
Alex Russo
Shravan Sripadhanallur Natarajan
Ziheng Yan
Anthony Yuhos
Seniors
Nicholas Bagby
Reva Baste-Bania
Lily Bertemes
Mihai Crisan
Neil Ghugare
Dimitri King
Jeremy Lange
Jorie McDermott
Gavin Ray
Adam Sabet
Mingyi Xu
Alexa Yockey