Undergraduate Award Winners
Below is the list of recent scholarship, fellowship, and award recipients from the OSU Undergraduate Physics and Engineering Physics major programs. Contact the Physics Undergraduate Studies Office with any questions you may have about anything on this page or about departmental scholarships available to physics and engineering physics majors.
Departmental Scholarship & Award Recipients
The Department of Physics Summer Research Scholarship provides funds to support undergraduate Physics and Engineering Physics majors pursuing research projects with OSU Physics faculty members. This scholarship is possible due to the generosity of Jack C. and Charlotte D. Smith, Alpheus W. and Adah B. Smith, Alva W. Smith, Edward R. Grilly, David C. DeMartini, Robert P. Caren and Family, Carl Nielsen, Captain Forrest R. Biard, and Harold McMaster.
2026
- Aaron Bernys, working with Dr. Kaeli Hughes
- Jaansi Chaurasia, working with Dr. Zoya Vallari
- Eling Cheng, working with Dr. Annika Peter
- Rocky Clites, working with Dr. Roland Kawakami
- Johnny Eschbach, working with Dr. Enam Chowdhury
- Gavin Finley, working with Dr. Nandini Trivedi
- Sabrina Fortunak, working with Dr. Annika Peter
- Ryan Gabel, working with Dr. Len Brillson
- Yile Huang, working with Dr. Alexandra Landsman
- Laurinda Lan, working with Dr. Klaus Honscheid
- Eli Lesman, working with Dr. Kevin Singh
- Ethan Lu, working with Dr. Ilya Gruzberg
- Astrid Nystrom, working with Dr. Jeanie Lau
- Aditya Patnaik, working with Dr. Alex von Hoegen
- Aatmaj Rajesh, working with Dr. Brian Skinner
- Maggie Ramsey, working with Dr. Mike Lisa
- Natasha Roth, working with Dr. Richard Hughes
- Pranav Sakthi, working with Dr. Witold Matysiak
- Julie Scherzer, working with Dr. Daniel Brandenburg
- Tom Snippert, working with Dr. John Beacom
- Ollie Snow, working with Dr. Chris Hirata
- Shravan Sripadhanallur Natarajan, working with Dr. Richard Furnstahl
- Roxanne Tang, working with Dr. Mike Chini
- Isabelle Tardivon, working with Dr. Brian Winer
- Alice Todd, working with Dr. Antonio Boveia
- Kenny Wong, working with Dr. Brian Skinner
- Chentai Wu, working with Dr. Jeanie Lau
- Chase Yang, working with Dr. Roland Kawakami
- Anthony Yuhos, working with Dr. Kaeli Hughes
- Tilen Zupan, working with Dr. Kaeli Hughes
2025
- Jacob Balek, working with Dr. Antonio Boveia
- Thanadis (Nill) Charoenrujijin, working with Dr. Annika Peter
- Kara Diludovico, working with Dr. Chris Hirata
- Sabrina Henige, working with Dr. Geraldine Cochran
- Michael Hill, working with Dr. Robert Baker
- Dimitri King, working with Dr. Kevin Singh
- Haotian Lou, working with Dr. Lou DiMauro
- Olivia Manger, working with Dr. Daniel Brandenberg
- Brickelle Rahmaan Bixler, working with Dr. Michael Poirier
- Aatmaj Rajesh, working with Dr. Jeanie Lau
- Ayden Rinaldi, working with Dr. Mike Chini
- John Scott, working with Dr. Mike Lisa
- Aditi Sinha, working with Dr. Roland Kawakami
- Zhan Yang, working with Dr. Sasha Landsman
2024
- Lily Bertemes, working with Dr. Ashley Cetnar
- Amarise Edgell, working with Dr. Daniel Brandenburg
- Heidi Gui, working with Dr. Kaeli Hughes
- Ryan Hembree, working with Dr. Ilya Gruzberg
- Bennett Hughes, working with Dr. Samir Mathur
- Katherine Indyk, working with Dr. Lou DiMauro
- Josh Lahr, working with Dr. Alexandra Landsman
- Wangjie Li, working with Dr. Amy Connolly
- Boyi (Lily) Li, working with Dr. Marc Bockrath
- Jorie McDermott, working with Dr. Christopher Hirata
- Emma Meyer, working with Dr. Alexandra Landsman
- Sophie Olsen, working with Dr. Klaus Honscheid
- Grant Palte, working with Dr. Jay Gupta
- Pallav Pant, working with Dr. Ilya Gruzberg
- Sebastian Rosario Hernandez, working with Dr. Douglass Schumacher
- Josie Rose, working with Dr. Michael Lisa
- John Scott, working with Dr. Michael Lisa
- Pushkar Shirahatt, working with Dr. Lou DiMauro
- Max Sullivan, working with Dr. Greg Lafyatis
- Alex Torres, working with Dr. Klaus Honscheid
- Jack Stethem, working with Dr. Richard Hughes
- Mingxuan Wu, working with Dr. Leonard Brillson
- Mingyi Xu, working with Dr. Fengyuan Yang
2023
- Nicholas Bagby, working with Dr. Ezekiel Johnston-Halperin
- Jacob Balek, working with Dr. Jeanie Lau
- Samuel Bellman, working with Dr. Paul Martini
- Samuel Farnsworth, working with Dr. Roland Kawakami
- Nick Flinner, working with Dr. John Beacom
- Neil Ghugare, working with Dr. Jeanie Lau
- Zavier Kamath, working with Dr. Annika Peter
- Salim Karimov, working with Dr. Nandini Trivedi
- Luke Knull, working with Dr. Nandini Trivedi
- Chenxibo Luo, working with Dr. Jeanie Lau
- Emily Macbeth, working with Dr. Chris Hirata
- Nisarg Patel, working with Dr. Chris Hill
- Josie Rose, working with Dr. Michael Lisa
- Pushkar Shirahatti, working with Dr. Lou DiMauro
- Steven Speck, working with Dr. Brian Skinner
- Jack Stethem, working with Dr. Richard Hughes
- Jack Tillman, working with Dr. Amy Connolly
- Yuhan Wei, working with Dr. Amy Connolly
- Dylan Wells, working with Dr. Amy Connolly
2022
- Hirak Basu, working with Dr. Comert Kural
- Sam Bellman, working with Dr. Antonio Boveia
- Seth Cox, working with Dr. Nandini Trivedi
- Arijit Das, working with Dr. Chris Hirata
- Simon Filbert, working with Dr. Paul Martini
- Alex Giovannone, working with Dr. Rolando Valdes Aguilar
- Hazen Hildebolt, working with Dr. Ralf Bundschuh
- Salim Karimov, working with Dr. Nandini Trivedi
- Omar Kotrach, working with Dr. Antonio Boveia
2021
- Sanskruti Admane, working with Dr. Jay Gupta
- Albert Bao, working with Dr. Dongping Zhong
- Anthony Baraona, working with Dr. Timothy Scarborough
- Ryan Debolt, working with Dr. Amy Connolly
- Leo Deer, working with Dr. Amy Connolly
- Matthew Freudenrich, working with Dr. Jay Gupta
- Cullen Gantenberg, working with Dr. Nandini Trivedi
- Jacob Issokson, working with Dr. Ezekiel Johnston-Halperin
- Joshua Kingsbury, working with Dr. Mathur
- Benjamin Knight, working with Dr. Nandini Trivedi
- Zach Levy, working with Dr. Leonard Brillson
- Chase Lyon, working with Dr. Rolando Valdes Aguilar
- Idris Malik, working with Dr. Andrew Heckler
- Sean Myers, working with Dr. Ralf Bundschuh
- Sahar Nikkhah, working with Dr. Michael Lisa
- Mihai Petrescu, working with Dr. Timothy Scarborough
- Mackenzie Scott, working with Michael Lisa
- Matt Shmukler, working with Dr. Chris Hammel
- Boxi Song, working with Dr. Nandini Trivedi
- Tyler Thomas, working with Dr. Jay Gupta
- Xiang Zhang, working with Dr. Harris Kagan
2020
- Anthony Baraona, working with Dr. Roland Kawakami
- Noah Chongsiriwatana, working with Dr. Ralf Bundschuh
- Ian Dela Cruz, working with Dr. Andrew Heckler
- Eliot Ferstl, working with Dr. Amy Connolly
- Matthew Freudenrich, working with Dr. Jay Gupta
- Ari Josephson, working with Dr. Brian Skinner
- Liam Kerr, working with Dr. Lou DiMauro
- Elijah Kritzell, working with Dr. Rolando Valdes Aguilar
- Zach Levy, working with Dr. Len Brillson
- Allison Lucas, working with Dr. K.K. Gan
- Brendan McHugh, working with Dr. Chris Orban
- Peter Menart, working with Dr. Dan Gauthier
- Caitlin Patterson, working with Dr. Dan Gauthier
- Alex Patton, working with Dr. Amy Connolly
- Feng Qian, working with Dr. Dan Gauthier
- Sam Roberts, working with Dr. Antonio Boveia
- Cade Sbrocco, working with Dr. Amy Connolly
- Avidaan Srivastava, working with Dr. Ezekiel Johnston-Halperin
- Zach Weinland, working with Dr. Harris Kagan
- Tingwei Yuan, working with Dr. Jay Gupta
- Xiang Zhang, working with Dr. Harris Kagan
2019
- Danielle Bingman, working with Dr. Michael Poirier
- Chosong Chen, working with Dr. Harris Kagan
- Noah Donald, working with Dr. Nandini Trivedi
- Michael Ferrarelli, working with Dr. Nandini Trivedi
- Boyu Gao, working with Dr. Antonio Boveia
- Jiasheng He, working with Dr. Annika Peter
- Nathan Lachner, working with Dr. Jay Gupta
- Luca Lavezzo, working with Dr. Chris Hill
- Connor Luellen, working with Dr. Chris Hammel
- Brandon Manley, working with Dr. Chris Hill
- Joey Masters, working with Dr. Roland Kawakami
- Sahar Nikkah, working with Dr. Mike Lisa
- Emily Osborne, working with Dr. R. Sooryakumar
- Feng Qian, working with Dr. Dan Gauthier
- Cade Sbrocco, working with Dr. Amy Connolly
- Ryo Shinohara, working with Dr. K.K. Gan
- Noah Smith, working with Dr. R. Sooryakumar
- Niko Stamos, working with Dr. Lou DiMauro
- Jenna Thuma, working with Dr. Michael Poirier
- Clark Van Lieshout, working with Dr. Klaus Honscheid
- Connor Winter, working with Dr. Linn VanWoerkom
- Zhenyu Wu, working with Dr. Harris Kagan
- Christian Zupan, working with Dr. Zeke Johnston-Halperin
2018
- Roland Bennett, working with Dr. Roland Kawakami
- Parker Hunt, working with Dr. Andrew Heckler
- David Liu, working with Dr. Amy Connolly
- Derek Lust, working with Dr. KK Gan
- Omar Mansour, working with Dr. Nandini Trivedi
- Richard Mueller, working with Dr. Chris Hammel
- Victoria Niu, working with Dr. Amy Connolly
- Ian Osborne, working with Dr. Nandini Trivedi
- Emily Osborne, working with Dr. R. Sooryakumar
- Sunit Patil, working with Dr. Samir Mathur
- Daniel Pharis, working with Dr. Zeke Johnston-Halperin
- Wes Terrill, working with Dr. Michael Poirier
- Adu Vengal, working with Dr. Nandini Trivedi
- Mitchell Walker, working with Dr. Leonard Brillson
- Chase Wallace, working with Dr. Greg Lafyatis
- Xiyu Wang, working with Dr. Zeke Johnston-Halperin
- Gen Xu, working with Dr. R. Sooyakumar
2017
- Kyle DeBry, working with Dr. Greg Lafyatis
- Stephen Gant, working with Dr. Jay Gupta
- Suren Gourapura, working with Dr. Amy Connolly
- Alex Keast, working with Dr. Jay Gupta
- Junchao Lin, working with Dr. ChunNing Lau
- Robert McKay, working with Dr. Nandini Trivedi
- Spoorthi Nagasamudram, working with Dr. Amy Connolly
- Zhixing Song, working with Dr. R. Sooryakumar
- Max Wisne, working with Dr. Fengyuan Yang
- Anthony Yao, working with Dr. Chris Hill
- Tianyu Yuan, working with Dr. R. Sooryakuma
2016
- Muhammad Akbar, working with Dr. Ulrich Heinz
- Jacob Bargemann, working with Dr. Richard Kass
- Zachary Cotman, working with Dr. Linn Van Woerkom
- Xiaowei Gong, working with Dr. Lou DiMauro
- Andrew George, working with Dr. Jay Gupta
- Nicole Guo, working with Dr. Chris Hammel
- Michael Kovacevich, working with Dr. James Beatty
- John Kuczek, working with Dr. Andrew Heckler
- Jonathan Lewis, working with Dr. Johnston-Halperin
- Alex Thieken, working with Dr. Roland Kawakami
- Logan Walker, working with Dr. Ralf Bundschuh
- Eric Yanchenko, working with Dr. Len Brillson
2015
- Nick Crescimanno, working with Dr. Roland Kawakami
- Nimit Desai, working with Dr. Jay Gupta
- Matthias Heinz, working with Dr. Richard Furnstahl
- Kaeli Hughes, working with Dr. Amy Connolly
- Alexander Jarjour, working with Dr. Leonard Brillson
- John Kuzcek, working with Dr. Richard Kass
- Hareesh Menon, working with Dr. Richard Hughes
- Taylor Schaffner, working with Dr. Harris Kagan
- Joseph Schulze, working with Dr. Chris Hammel
- Jonathan VanCourt, working with Dr. R. Sooryakumar
- Kevin Welsh, working with Dr. Ulrich Heinz
- Nicholas Young, working with Dr. Andrew Heckler
2014
- Alec Alvarez, working with K.K. Gan
- Brian Baker, working with Ulrich Heinz
- Randall Hanna, working with Douglass Schumacher
- Spencer Heidotting, working with Comert Kural
- Kaeli Hughes, working with Amy Connolly
- Ruofan Li, working with Ezekiel Johnston-Halperin
- Yuantian Liu, working with Amy Connolly
- Kara Mattioli, working with Jay Gupta
- Njoki Mwangi, working with Roland Kawakami
- Robert Patterson, working with Gregory Lafyatis
- Gaurav Shastri, working with Michael Poirier
- Angela Urdaneta, working with Ralf Bundschuh
- Amy Weisman, working with Ulrich Heinz
- Yuhang Yang, working with R. Sooryakumar
- Kevin Welsh, working with Ulrich Heinz
2013
- Lucas Beaufore, working with Dr. Klaus Honscheid
- Jon Cox, working with Dr. Len Brillson
- Andrew Goldschmidt, working with Dr. Ulrich Heinz
- Spencer Heidotting, working with Dr. Dongping Zhong
- Robert Ivancic, working with Dr. Nandini Trivedi
- Adam Kavka, working with Dr. Amy Connolly
- Thomas McJunkin, working with Dr. Tom Lemberger
- Garrett Merz, working with Dr. Richard Hughes
- Greg Payne, working with Dr. Chris Hammel
- Phil Rudin, working with Dr. Harris Kagan
- Tajana Schneiderman, working with Dr. Yang
- Nickolas Sedlock, working with Dr. Nandini Trivedi
- Nathan Turner, working with Dr. Nandini Trivedi
- Angela Urdaneta, working with Dr. Ralf Bundschuh
2012
- Ian Brandeberry, working with Dr. Chris Hammel
- Thomas McJunkin, working with Dr. Jim Beatty
- Jacob Oost, working with Dr. Jay Gupta
- Jon Ruben, working with Dr. Richard Freeman
- Jonathan Timcheck, working with Dr. Richard Hughes
- Christian Schnaible, working with Dr. Brian Winer
- Paul Schellin, working with Dr. Amy Connolly
- Nickolas Sedlock, working with Dr. Nandini Trivedi
- Robert Ivancic, working with Dr. Nandini Trivedi
2011
- Edward McCary, working with Dr. Van Woerkom
- Patrick Belancourt, working with Dr. Freeman
- Michael Bettencourt, working with Dr. Furnstahl
- Mark Guseman, working with Dr. Johnston-Halperin
- Kinshuk Mitra, working with Dr. Walker
- Paul Schellin, working with Dr. Connolly
- Aleksandr Shkayev, working with Dr. Hughes
- Christian Schnaible, working with Dr. Winer
The Physics Valentino Academic Achievement Scholarship provides a four year scholarship to incoming freshmen planning to major in Physics or Engineering Physics. This scholarship has been possible due to the generosity of Michael Valentino and Family. Recipients of this scholarship are:
- Madelyn Doyle [2026-present]
- Luke Huggins [2025-present]
- Benjamin Grimes [2024-present]
- Anthony Yuhos [2023-present]
- Alexander Torres [2022-2026]
- Josephine Rose [2021-2025]
- Nigel Krekeler [2020-2024]
- Evelyn Shank [2019-2023]
- Peter Menart [2018-2022]
- Nathan Lachner [2017-2021]
- Kyle DeBry [2016-2020]
- Stephen Gant [2015-2019]
- Jacob Bargemann [2014-2018]
- Kaeli Hughes [2013-2017]
- Garrett Merz [2012-2016]
- Jonathan Timcheck [2011-2015]
- Zachary Hartman [2010-2014]
- Andrew McCray [2009-2012]
- Jesse Parsons [2008-2012]
- Jake Connors [2007-2011]
- Amy Javorek [2006-2010]
The Tom and Bunny Clark Scholarship promotes and recognizes high standards and achievement among female undergraduate physics and engineering physics majors. Students are selected for this award by a committee of physics faculty and staff.
This award category was discontinued in 2024.
- Erin Duell [2023]
- Maya Legersky [2023]
- Manali Nayak [2022]
- Rachel Slaybaugh [2021, 2022]
- Caitlin Patterson [2020]
- Liz Fuller [2019]
- Macy Huston [2018]
- Grace Calhoun [2017]
- Kaeli Hughes [2016]
- Tajana Schneiderman [2015]
- Casey Berger [2014]
- Amy Weisman [2014]
- Brittney Curtis [2013]
- Anastasia Lawson [2012]
- Marisa Mulac [2012]
- Jessica Roeder [2011]
- Ronni Nimps [2010]
- Laura Nelson [2009]
- Liana Bonanno [2008]
- Caitlin Malone [2008]
- Megan Comins [2007]
- Lindsey Perry [2007]
- Emily White [2006]
This award, established in 1988, recognizes the top graduating physics and engineering physics majors. Students are nominated by physics faculty and staff for this award.
This award category was discontinued in 2021.
- Kyle DeBry [2020]
- Michael Heinz [2020]
- Stephen Gant [2019]
- Shreyas Muralidharan [2019]
- Anne Carter [2018]
- Taylor Schaffner [2018]
- Jackson Killian [2017]
- Richard Heery [2016]
- Derrick James [2016]
- Jonathan Timcheck [2015]
- Adam Kavka [2014]
- Michael Newburger [2014]
- Johnny Greco [2013]
- Nickolas Kosar [2013]
- Edward McCary [2012]
- Elizabeth Otto [2012]
- Jake Connors [2011]
- Tyler Merz [2011]
- Thomas Henighan [2010]
- Douglas Schaefer [2009]
- Garrett Elliott [2008]
- Greg Kestin [2008]
- James Cryan [2007]
This award recognizes high achievement among senior level undergraduate physics and engineering physics majors. Students are nominated by members of the faculty for this award. This award is made possible through the generous donations of Dr. DeMartini, Mr. Robert B Smith, Alva and Clara Smith, and Jack C. and Charlotte Smith.
- Nicholas Bagby [2026]
- Reva Baste-Bania [2026]
- Lily Bertemes [2026]
- Mihai Crisan [2026]
- Neil Ghugare [2026]
- Dimitri King [2026]
- Jeremy Lange [2026]
- Jorie McDermott [2026]
- Gavin Ray [2026]
- Adam Sabet [2026]
- Mingyi Xu [2026]
- Alexa Yockey [2026]
- Dasha Crocker [2025]
- Connor Fricke [2025]
- Ben Hughes [2025]
- Zavier Kamath [2025]
- Emily Macbeth [2025]
- Sanskruti Admane [2024]
- Rakhi Bawa [2024]
- Sam Bellman [2024]
- Harrison Blake [2024]
- Ojas Deshpande [2024]
- Andrew Dorner [2024]
- Nigel Krekeler [2024]
- Michael Kuban [2024]
- Anya Phillips [2024]
- Mingxuan Wu [2024]
- Jonah Ammons [2023]
- Daniel Boyea [2023]
- Ethan Fahimi [2023]
- Alex Giovannone [2023]
- Ishan Gore [2023]
- Matt Lastovka [2023]
- Tony Lobdell [2023]
- Noah Malik [2023]
- Sean Myers [2023]
- Caitlin O'Brien [2023]
- Mackenzie Scott [2023]
- Noah Chongsiriwatana [2022]
- Carson Cooper [2022]
- Leo Deer [2022]
- Haley Kieffer [2022]
- Allison Lucas [2022]
- Peter Menart [2022]
- Alex Patton [2022]
- Mingqi Sun [2022]
- Danielle Bingman [2021]
- Joey Carlson [2021]
- Boyu Gao [2021]
- Jiasheng He [2021]
- Luca Lavezzo [2021]
- Connor Luellen [2021]
- Emily Osborne [2021]
- Ishan Patel [2021]
- Caitlin Patterson [2021]
- Daniel Pharis [2021]
- Cade Sbrocco [2021]
- Dhvanil Desai [2020]
- Jiasheng He [2020]
- Omar Mansour [2020]
- Lucas Nestor [2020]
- Victoria Niu [2020]
- Chase Wallace [2020]
- Quentin Anthony [2019]
- Suren Gourapura [2019]
- Zhiyuan Guo [2019]
- Sina Lewis [2019]
- Thomas Malkus [2019]
- Eric Yanchenko [2019]
- Edward Cichewicz [2018]
- Mahn Le [2018]
- Robert McKay [2018]
- Andrew Taylor [2018]
- Anthony Ciavarella [2017]
- Marina David [2017]
- Steven Dick [2017]
- Kaeli Hughes [2017]
- Nathan McKee [2017]
- Adam Wheeler [2017]
- Yukari Yamauchi [2017]
- Nicholas Young [2017]
- Brian Baker [2016]
- Lucas Beaufore [2016]
- Alexander Jarjour [2016]
- Kevin Welsh [2016]
- Jonathan VanCourt [2016]
- Ryan Van Soelen [2016]
- Casey Berger [2015]
- Brian Li [2015]
- Ruofan Li [2015]
- Kara Mattioli [2015]
- Thomas McJunkin [2015]
- Angela Urdaneta [2015]
- Daniel Canaday [2014]
- Robert Ivancic [2014]
- Jacob Jencson [2014]
- Erika Wagoner [2014]
- Mark Guseman [2013]
- Sean Rose [2013]
- Chris Schnaible [2013]
- Michael Eades [2012]
- Sean McGhee [2012]
- Jesse Parsons [2012]
- Daniel Wright [2012]
- Justin Eldridge [2011]
- Weishi Li [2011]
- Ronni Nimps [2011]
- Michael Roe [2010]
- Eric Suchyta [2010]
- Song Wang [2010]
- Liana Bonanno [2009]
- Geoffrey Martin [2009]
- Nathaniel Ross [2009]
- Raman Talwar [2009]
This award recognizes high achievement among junior level undergraduate physics and engineering physics majors. Students are nominated by members of the faculty for this award. This award is made possible through the generous donations of Dr. DeMartini, Mr. Robert B Smith, Alva and Clara Smith, and Jack C. and Charlotte Smith.
- Cal Bostleman [2026]
- Adelaide Erhart [2026]
- Michael Hill [2026]
- Aaron Meade [2026]
- James O'Neill [2026]
- Aatmaj Rajesh [2026]
- Alex Russo [2026]
- Shravan Sripadhanallur Natarajan [2026]
- Ziheng Yan [2026]
- Anthony Yuhos [2026]
- Nicholas Bagby [2025]
- Mihai Crisan [2025]
- Gretchen He [2025]
- Aatmaj Rajesh [2025]
- Mingyi XuDasha Crocker [2024]
- Ben Hughes [2024]
- Katherine Indyk [2024]
- Salim Karimov [2024]
- Luke Knull [2024]
- Hannah Lyons [2024]
- Emily Macbeth [2024]
- Ashley Tarrant [2024]
- Colin Voorhis [2024]
- Dylan Wells [2024]
- Rakhi Bawa [2023]
- Sam Bellman [2023]
- Harrison Blake [2023]
- Ojas Deshpande [2023]
- Andrew Dorner [2023]
- Kalpak Duddella [2023]
- Nigel Krekeler [2023]
- Ryan ODonnell [2023]
- Anya Phillips [2023]
- Tayt Armitage [2022]
- James Blackshire [2022]
- Cullen Gantenberg [2022]
- Candice Kang [2022]
- Tony Lobdell [2022]
- Noah Malik [2022]
- Sean Myers [2022]
- Mackenzie Scott [2022]
- Matt Shmukler [2022]
- Noah Chongsiriwatana [2021]
- Carson Cooper [2021]
- Leo Deer [2021]
- Peter Menart [2021]
- Alex Patton [2021]
- Mihai Petrescu [2021]
- Mingqi Sun [2021]
- Nathaniel Taylor [2021]
- Danielle Bingman [2020]
- Boyu Gao [2020]
- Luca Lavezzo [2020]
- Emily Osborne [2020]
- Cade Sbrocco [2020]
- Caitlin Patterson [2020]
- Kyle DeBry [2019]
- Dhvanil Desai [2019]
- Jiasheng He [2019]
- Michael Heinz [2019]
- Victoria Niu [2019]
- Chase Wallace [2019]
- Yifu Zhang [2019]
- Stephen Gant [2018]
- Suren Gourapura [2018]
- Shreyas Muralidharan [2018]
- Lucas Nestor [2018]
- Whitney Powers [2018]
- Eric Yanchenko [2018]
- Jack Bargemann [2017]
- Edward Cichewicz [2017]
- Macy Huston [2017]
- Manh Le [2017]
- Fangze Liu [2017]
- Robert McKay [2017]
- Taylor Schaffner [2017]
- Andrew Taylor [2017]
- Anthony Ciavarella [2016]
- Marina David [2016]
- Steven Dick [2016]
- Kaeli Hughes [2016]
- Jackson Killian [2016]
- Michael Martin [2016]
- Nathan McKee [2016]
- Adam Wheeler [2016]
- Nicholas Young [2016]
- Brian Baker [2015]
- Lucas Beaufore [2015]
- Richard Heery [2015]
- Derrick James [2015]
- Alexander Jarjour [2015]
- Boming Jia [2015]
- Alexander Potts [2015]
- Jonthan VanCourt [2015]
- Kevin Welsh [2015]
- Casey Berger [2014]
- Brian Li [2014]
- Kara Mattioli [2014]
- Thomas McJunkin [2014]
- William Ruchotzke [2014]
- John Smith [2014]
- Jonathan Timcheck [2014]
- Angela Urdaneta [2014]
- Daniel Canaday [2013]
- Robert Ivancic [2013]
- Jacob Jencson [2013]
- Adam Kavka [2013]
- Erika Wagoner [2013]
- Johnny Greco [2012]
- Mark Guseman [2012]
- Nicholas Kosar [2012]
- Andrew McCray [2012]
- Michael Newburger [2012]
- Sean Rose [2012]
- Thomas Byvank [2011]
- Edward McCary [2011]
- Elizabeth Otto [2011]
- Jake Connors [2010]
- Shirley Li [2010]
- Tyler Merz [2010]
- Thomas Henighan [2009]
- Michael Roe [2009]
- Song Wang [2009]
This award recognizes high achievement among sophomore level undergraduate physics and engineering physics majors. Students are nominated by members of the faculty for this award. This award is made possible through the generous donations of Dr. DeMartini, Mr. Robert B Smith, Alva and Clara Smith, and Jack C. and Charlotte Smith.
- Connor Hackle [2026]
- Yile Huang [2026]
- Chuangyi Li [2026]
- Julie Scherzer [2026]
- Yiming Shen [2026]
- Cole Steele [2026]
- Allison Trusko [2026]
- Jiayi Xu [2026]
- Wesley Younger [2026]
- Aoran Zhang [2026]
- Adelaide Erhart [2025]
- Michael Hill [2025]
- James O'Neill [2025]
- Adam Sabet [2025]
- Shravan Sripadhanallur Natarajan [2025]
- Parker Willis [2025]
- Anthony Yuhos [2025]
- Yitian Zhang [2025]
- Nicholas Bagby [2024]
- Reva Baste-Bania [2024]
- Lily Bertemes [2024]
- Nill Charoenrujijin [2024]
- Jackson Cook [2024]
- Mihai Crisan [2024]
- Toma Davis [2024]
- Sam Farnsworth [2024]
- Gretchen He [2024]
- Leandra Hogrefe [2024]
- Tianhao Jin [2024]
- Dimitri King [2024]
- Jeremy Lange [2024]
- Phillip Lewicki [2024]
- Gavin Ray [2024]
- Parker Vaughan [2024]
- Zeyu Xiao [2024]
- Mingyi Xu [2024]
- Alexa Yockey [2024]
- Dasha Crocker [2023]
- Ian Harris [2023]
- Yating Huang [2023]
- Bennett Hughes [2023]
- Katherine Indyk [2023]
- Datong Jin [2023]
- Salim Karimov [2023]
- Luke Knull [2023]
- Omar Kotrach [2023]
- Pallav Pant [2023]
- Dustin Pigg [2023]
- Pushkar Shirahatti [2023]
- Jack Stethem [2023]
- Ashley Tarrant [2023]
- Colin Voorhis [2023]
- Dylan Wells [2023]
- Rakhi Bawa [2022]
- Sam Bellman [2022]
- Harrison Blake [2022]
- Daniel Boyea [2022]
- Michael Burnes [2022]
- Ojas Deshpande [2022]
- Andrew Dorner [2022]
- Kalpak Duddella [2022]
- Pranav Jois [2022]
- Nigel Krekeler [2022]
- Ryan ODonnell [2022]
- Anya Phillips [2022]
- Alyssa Whalen [2022]
- Huihao Zhang [2022]
- Tayt Armitage [2021]
- Ethan Fahimi [2021]
- Cullen Gantenberg [2021]
- Candice Kang [2021]
- Matthew Lastovka [2021]
- Tony Lobdell [2021]
- Noah Malik [2021]
- Sean Myers [2021]
- Matt Shmukler [2021]
- Rachel Slaybaugh [2021]
- Leonard Deer [2020]
- Matthew Freudenrich [2020]
- Peter Menart [2020]
- Nathaniel Taylor [2020]
- Alexander Patton [2020]
- Frederick Cooper [2020]
- Noah Chongsiriwatana [2020]
- Avidaan Srivastava [2020]
- Zachary Levy [2020]
- Yuanyuan Yang [2020]
- Joey Carlson [2019]
- Eric Fawcett [2019]
- Ari Josephson [2019]
- Nathan Lachner [2019]
- Luca Lavezzo [2019]
- Emily Osborne [2019]
- Ishan Patel [2019]
- Caitlin Patterson [2019]
- Daniel Pharis [2019]
- Cade Sbrocco [2019]
- Ian Cordeiro [2018]
- Kyle DeBry [2018]
- Dhvanil Desai [2018]
- Cole Harlow [2018]
- Jiasheng He [2018]
- Michael Heinz [2018]
- Caroline Jipa [2018]
- Omar Mansour [2018]
- Scott Monnin [2018]
- Wanting Niu [2018]
- Chase Wallace [2018]
- Zhenyu Wu [2018]
- Anne Carter [2017]
- Stephen Gant [2017]
- Zhiyuan Guo [2017]
- Shreyas Muralidharan [2017]
- Lucas Nestor [2017]
- William Powers [2017]
- Zhixin Song [2017]
- Eric Yanchenko [2017]
- Malinda Baer [2016]
- Jacob Bargemann [2016]
- Edward Cichewicz [2016]
- Macy Huston [2016]
- Laurence King [2016]
- Matthew Le [2016]
- Fangze Liu [2016]
- Weiying Qiu [2016]
- Taylor Schaffner [2016]
- Andrew Taylor [2016]
- Yukari Yamauchi [2016]
- Anthony Ciavarella [2015]
- Michael Edgecombe [2015]
- Tad Grubbs [2015]
- Kaeli Hughes [2015]
- Abhijit Kesbhat [2015]
- Jackson Killian [2015]
- Junchao Lin [2015]
- Nathan McKee [2015]
- Adam Wheeler [2015]
- Nicholas Young [2015]
- Lucas Beaufore [2014]
- Richard Heery [2014]
- Derrick James [2014]
- Alexander Jarjour [2014]
- Ruofan Li [2014]
- Garrett Merz [2014]
- Shane Thompson [2014]
- Kevin Welsh [2014]
- Casey Berger [2013]
- Brian Li [2013]
- Yang Li [2013]
- Thomas McJunkin [2013]
- John Smith [2013]
- Jonathan Timcheck [2013]
- Angela Urdaneta [2013]
- Bo Bao [2012]
- Daniel Canaday [2012]
- Chen Cheng [2012]
- Robert Ivancic [2012]
- Jacob Jencson [2012]
- Adam Kavka [2012]
- Benjamin O'Connor [2012]
- Kishan Patel [2012]
- Mario Carneiro [2011]
- Nicholas Kosar [2011]
- Johnny Greco [2011]
- Samuel Stuard [2011]
- Henry Tsang [2011]
- Thomas Byvank [2010]
- Edward McCary [2010]
- Elizabeth Otto [2010]
- Jesse Parsons [2010]
- Daniel Wright [2010]
This award recognizes high achievement among freshmen level undergraduate physics and engineering physics majors who have completed the introductory physics sequence. Students are nominated and chosen by faculty members for this award.
2026
- 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
2025
- Ted Busch
- Kenneth Freeman
- Connor Hackle
- Natalia Hisle
- Yile Huang
- Chuangyi Li
- Frank Li
- Christian Moncrief
- Lap Nguyen
- Aditya Patnaik
- Noah Price
- Julie Scherzer
- Samantha Schotters
- Yiming Shen
- Cole Steele
- Avery Taylor
- Kate Wallace
- Maxen Woehrman
- Wesley Younger
- Steven Zhu
2024
- Cal Bostleman
- Zac Brutko
- Adelaide Erhart
- Gavin Finley
- Sabrina Fortunak
- Gabe Guido
- Sabrina Henige
- Avi Joshi
- Kieran Kelly
- Zijian Ma
- Sophie Olsen
- James O'Neill
- Aatmaj Rajesh
- Alex Russo
- Adam Sabet
- Pranav Sakthi
- Shravan Sripadhanallur Natarajan
- Anthony Yuhos
2023
- 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
2022
- Hirak Basu
- Henry Cregar
- Nicholas Flinner
- Thomas Giles
- Ian Haris
- Yating Huang
- Katherine Indyk
- Datong Jin
- Salim Karimov
- Luke Knull
- Hannah Lyons
- Pallav Pant
- Emilie Pierce
- Kyle Provonsil
- Ashley Tarrant
- Leo Wang
- Dylan Wells
- Mingxuan Wu
- Haiyang Zheng
2021
- Sanskruti Admane
- Rakhi Bawa
- Sam Bellman
- Daniel Boyea
- Michael Burnes
- Jowen Callahan
- Ojas Deshpande
- Trent DiCicco
- Andrew Dorner
- Kalpak Duddella
- Jack Felice
- Sal Giolando
- Nigel Krekeler
- Michael Kuban
- Graham Mackey
- Ryan ODonnell
- Patrick Osborn
- Anya Phillips
2020
- Tayt Armitage
- James Blackshire
- Hetanshu Choksi
- Ethan Fahimi
- Simon Filbert
- Aditi Fulsundar
- Cullen Gantenberg
- Alex Giovannone
- Matthew Lastovka
- Anthony Lobdell
- Mohammad Musa
- Sean Patrick Myers
- Santhusht Prasad
- Ethan Schieb
- Matvey Shmukler
- Thomas Zhang
- Zhengyuan Zhang
- Abel Aebker
- Cecilia Russell
- Lauren Robinson
- Jessy Wu
2019
- Noah Chongsiriwatana
- Carson Cooper
- Apurba De
- Leo Deer
- Jonathon Ferry
- Matthew Freudenrich
- David Godar
- Zane Goodin
- Jake Kennedy
- Adam Lechliter
- Zach Levy
- Rawson Luo
- Noah McKee
- Zane Mrakuzic
- Kyle Neumann
- Alex Patton
- Mihai Petrescu
- Kayvon Sherifi
- Boxi Song
- Nathaniel Taylor
- Cindy Xiang
- Yuanyuan Yang
- Yuhan Yang
- Tingwei Yuan
- Ziyu Zhang
2018
- Quentin Anthony
- Danielle Bingman
- Joseph Carlson
- Collin Christy
- Ian Dela Cruz
- Eric Fawcett
- Michael Ferrarelli
- Sean Geither
- Mitchell Heaton
- Elizabeth Huggins
- Ari Josephson
- Nathan Lachner
- Luca Lavezzo
- Han Lin
- Emily Osborne
- Caitlin Patterson
- Haojie Peng
- Daniel Pharis
- Cade Sbrocco
- Noah Smith
- Jack Tyszkiewicz
- Matthew Walker
- Xiyu Wang
2017
- Ian Cordeiro
- Kyle DeBry
- Noah Donald
- Kyle Duval
- Michael Heinz
- Allen Hunt
- Caroline Jipa
- Samuel Lerner
- Feifan Lin
- Omar Mansour
- Scott Monnin
- Chenhao Tang
- Rongxing Tang
- Mark Torch
- Chase Wallace
- Zhenyu Wu
- Yifu Zhang
2016
- John Evers
- Amanda Fitzpatrick
- Stephen Gant
- Andrew Geisel
- Suren Gourapura
- Zhiyuan Guo
- Sina Lewis
- Derek Lust
- Sunit Patil
- William Powers
- Zhenghuan Tang
- Jason Torok
- Kangyu Wang
- Eric Yanchenko
- Yuan You
- Wenbo Zhan
2015
- Muhammad Akbar
- Jacob Bargemann
- Connor Basinger
- Daniel Brogan
- Edward Cichewicz
- Nicholas Hemleben
- Macy Huston
- Laurence King
- Matthew Le
- Andrew Lindstrom
- Robert McKay
- Andrew Taylor
- Andrew Vetovitz
2014
- Sarah Bork
- Anthony Ciavarella
- Stu Edgecombe
- Denny Eng
- Anthony Gillespie
- Qiaochu Guo
- Matthias Heinz
- Kaeli Hughes
- Killian Jackson
- Abhijit Kesbhat
- Nathan McKee
- Hareesh Menon
- Daniel Murphy
- Kelly Semple
- Jonathan Yagisawa
- Nicholas Young
2013
- Lucas Beaufore
- Adam Blum
- Richard Heery
- Kathryn Jackson
- Derrick James
- Boming Jia
- Jordan Kotick
- Ryan Larger
- Garrett Merz
- Alexander Potts
- Tajana Schneiderman
- Shane Thompson
- Jonathan VanCourt
- Ryan Van Soelen
- Samuel Wamsley
- Lahiru Wimalasena
2012
- Michael Burnham
- John Kendall
- Neil Madsen
- Kara Mattioli
- Kelly McCary
- Thomas McJunkin
- Jonathan Ruben
- Jessica Salazar
- Archit Saraf
- Jonathan Timcheck
- Angela Urdaneta
- Michael Wransky
- Paul Zivic
2011
- Tyler Byrum
- Daniel Canaday
- Xiaokun Fang
- Patrick Houston
- Joseph Huber
- Robert Ivancic
- Adam Kavka
- Philip Kester
- Nathan Lieberum
- Austin Mackey
- Connor Pyles
- Jim Samilson
- Amy Weisman
2010
- Johnny Greco
- Nicholas Kosar
- Andrew McCray
- Ryan McPherson
- Garrett Neer
- Michael Newburger
- James Rowland
- Luke Sobota
- Samuel Stuard
External Scholarship and Fellowship Recipients
The Goldwater Scholarship was established by Barry Goldwater to help promote excellence in science, math, and engineering. This scholarship provides funds to juniors and sophomores who intend to pursue careers in the natural sciences, math, or engineering.
- Aatmaj Rajesh [2026]
- Anya Phillips [2023]
- Mackenzie Scott [2022]
- Caroline Jipa [2019]
- Kyle DeBry [2018]
- Taylor Schaffner (honorable mention) [2017]
- Lucas Beaufore (honorable mention) [2015]
- Jonathan Timcheck [2013]
- Johnny Greco [2012]
- Jake Connors [2010]
- Tyler Merz [2010]
- Thomas Henighan (honorable mention) [2009]
- Douglas Schaefer [2008]
- Christine Zgrabik [2008]
- Greg Kestin [2007]
- Michael Chmutov [2006]
The NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program provides students with three years of funding for research-focused Ph.D. and Master's degrees in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics fields. Students graduating from physics or engineering physics programs apply for this fellowship to facilitate graduate school education.
- Alexander Torres [2026]
- Mitchell Button [2025]
- Dasha Crocker (honorable mention) [2025]
- Josie Rose (honorable mention) [2025]
- Mackenzie Scott [2023]
- Caitlin O'Brien (honorable mention) [2023]
- Kyle DeBry [2020]
- Marina David [2018]
- Kaeli Hughes [2018]
- Kara Mattioli [2018]
- Lucas Beaufore (honorable mention) [2017]
- Kaeli Hughes (honorable mention) [2017]
- Jonathan Timcheck [2015]
- Jacob Jencson [2014]
- Johnny Greco [2013]
- Edward McCary [2012]
- Mallory Molina [2012]
- John Moreland [2012]
- Elizabeth Otto (honorable mention) [2012]
- Jake Connors [2011]
- Lie-Wei Hung [2011]
- Tyler Merz [2011]
- Michael Roe [2011]
- Thomas Henighan (honorable mention) [2010]
- Michael Roe (honorable mention) [2010]
- Kevin Yugulus (honorable mention) [2010]
- Caitlin Malone [2009]
- Douglas Schaefer [2009]
- Christine Zgrabik [2009]
- Jessica Hanzlik [2008]
- Garrett Elliott (honorable mention) [2008]
- Greg Kestin (honorable mention [2008]
The Churchill Scholarship, awarded by the Winston Churchill Foundation, is awarded to high achieving students who wish to pursue an advanced degree in engineering, mathematics, or science. This scholarship provides funds to study and live at the University of Cambridge for one year.
- Jonathan Timcheck [2015]
- Tyler Merz [2011]
The Fulbright Scholarship Program is one of the most prestigious award programs worldwide, operating in over 155 countries. This scholarship provides funds for students to pursue graduate study, or advanced research, at an abroad university.
- Brian Li [2016]
- Samuel Stuard [2013]
- Thomas Henighan [2010]
The Rhodes Fellowship is a nationally competitive fellowship awarded to outstanding scholars from throughout the United States. The fellowship provides the opportunity for graduate study at Oxford University. This prestigious award is granted annually to only 32 scholars throughout the nation.
- Jessica Hanzlik [2008]
The Department of Energy Computational Science Graduate Fellowship (DOE CSGF) provides outstanding benefits and opportunities to students pursuing doctoral degrees in fields that use high-performance computing to solve complex science and engineering problems.
- Casey Berger [2015]
Astronaut Scholarships are nominated by universities and awarded to students in their junior and senior year of college studying science, technology, engineering, or mathematics with the intent to pursue research or advance their field upon completion of their final degree. Astronaut Scholars are among the best and brightest minds in STEM who show initiative, creativity, and excellence in their chosen field.
The Astronaut Scholarship Foundation was created in 1984 by: the six surviving Mercury 7 astronauts (Scott Carpenter, Gordon Cooper, John Glenn, Walter Schirra, Alan Shepard and Deke Slayton); Betty Grissom (widow of the seventh astronaut, Virgil “Gus” Grissom); William Douglas, M.D. (The Project Mercury flight surgeon); and Henri Landwirth (Orlando businessman and friend). Together they represented a wealth of collective influence which was particularly suited to encouraging university students pursuing scientific excellence. Their mission was to ensure the United States would be the global leader in technology for decades to come.
The prestigious Astronaut Scholarship is known nationwide for being among the largest merit-based monetary scholarships awarded to undergraduate STEM juniors and seniors. ASF has a life-long relationship with each Astronaut Scholar and provides them with mentors, professional and personal development and networking with astronauts, C-suite level executives, and industry leaders to help advance their careers.
- Ashley Tarrant [2024]
- Harrison Blake [2023]