Student and Alumni Awards
Undergraduate Student Awards
Applied Physics Faculty Award
Awarded to an outstanding graduating senior in the applied physics program.
2008 Yoni Ben Tov & Dennis Boyle
2007 Stephanie Stattel
2006 Arthur Lipstein
2005 Mark Kendall
2004 Benjamin Chu
2003 Charles Lanks
2002 Jonathan Hodgers
2001 Daniel Herrmann
2000 Troy Abe
1999 Peter Leong
1998 Kolo Wamba
1997 Anna Domnich
1996 Dmitry Krylov
1995 Michael Koltonyuk
1994 Imand Jureidini
1993 Russell Singer
1992 Chester Eng
1991 David Jablonski
1990 Chinh Doan
1989 Eric Won
1988 Andrew Bazarko
1987 Kevin McGrattan
1986 Jay Jubas
Applied Mathematics Faculty Award
Awarded to an outstanding graduating senior in the applied mathematics program.
2008 Tian Xie
2007 Sohrab Shahshahani
2006 Isaac Greenbaum
2005 Bogdan Caprita
2004 Joon Meng Tan
2003 Ranbir Chowdhary
2002 Shen Li
2001 Lovell David Shao
2000 James Murphy
1999 Paul Czkwianianc
1998 Alex Goldman
1997 Walyand Oong and Jesse Perla
1996 Feryal Ozel
1995 Marshall Kuo
1994 Andrew Mogilyansky
1993 John Kuo
1992 Kara Lisi
1991 Itai Zukerman
1990 Gregory Schreiber
1989 Shawn Kolitch and David Senouf
1988 Patrick Lin
1987 Yong Shin
1986 no award
1985 no award
1984 Stanley Alaman
1983 Terrence Boult
1982 Louis Minion
1981 Balan Nair
1980 James Synder
Materials Science and Engineering: Francis B. F. Rhodes Prize
Established by Eben Erskine Olcott of the Engineering Class of 1874, in
memory of his classmate, Francis Rhodes, School of Mines Class of 1874,
this prize is awarded from time to time to the member of the
graduating class in materials science and metallurgical engineering who
shows the greatest proficiency in his or her course of study.
2008 Stephen Choy
2006 Emily Hwang
2005 Johannes Tan
2004 Shannon Ferguson
2003 Wendy Wing Yan Yip
2002 Papot Jaroenapibal
George Vincent Wendell Memorial Medal
Established in 1924 by the friends in the alumni and faculty of the
late Professor George Vincent Wendell to honor and perpetuate his
memory; a certificate and medal awarded annually by choice of the class
and faculty to that member of the graduating class who best exemplifies
his ideals of character, scholarship, and service.
2006 Timothy Merlis
American Nuclear Society (ANS) Award
1987 Szelim Kong
1986 no award
1985 David Weber
1984 Raymond Powell
1983 no award
1982 Jeffrey Isaacson and Asjad Iqbal
1981 no award
1980 Nestor Teodor-Mazilu
1979 Elizabeth Selcow
1978 Thomas Morgan
1977 Robert Seth Goldberg
1976 Vincent Manno
1975 no award
1974 Craig Finnan
1973 John Valente
1972 no award
1971 Andrew Larson
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Graduate Student Awards
The Robert Simon Memorial Prize
for the Most Outstanding Doctoral Dissertation
The Robert Simon Memorial Prize is awarded annually by the Department of Applied Physics and Applied Mathematics to the graduate student who has completed the most outstanding dissertation. Should no graduate student’s dissertation qualify in any given year, the prize may be awarded to either the most outstanding student who has completed a master of science degree in the Department or to the most outstanding graduating senior in the Department. The Department chair in consultation with the Department faculty selects the awardee.
Robert Simon (December 25, 1919–February 11, 2001) received a B.A. degree cum laude in classics from the City College of New York in 1941, where he was elected to Phi Beta Kappa, and an M.A. in mathematics from Columbia University in 1949. Between 1941 and 1944, Mr. Simon was a lieutenant in the United States Armed Forces serving in England, France, and Italy. He participated in the D-Day operation as a navigator for a plane that dropped paratroopers in the vicinity of Omaha Beach. General Dwight Eisenhower personally shook his hand and wished him well the night before the D-Day assault.
Mr. Simon, who was born and lived in New York City, spent a lifetime making valuable contributions to the field of computer science. Starting in 1953, he worked for 15 years at Sperry's Univac Division in various capacities including marketing, planning, systems engineering, systems programming, and information services. He also spent a year working at the Fairchild Engine Division as director of the Engineering Computer Group. He personally directed the establishment of several company computer centers at sites throughout the United States. Between 1969 and 1973, he was a partner with American Science Associates, a venture capital firm. Mr. Simon was a founder and vice president of Intech Capital Corporation and served on its board from 1972 to 1981 and a founder and member of the board of Leasing Technologies International, Inc. from 1983 until his retirement in 1995.
The prize was established in 2001 by Dr. Jane Faggen with additional support from friends and relatives of Mr. Simon.
2008 Yongfeng Guan
2007 Remi Lefrancois
2006 Kui Ren
2005 Irene Dujovne
2004 Xuan Gao
2003 Charles Kerbage
2002 Mark Crowder
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Alumni Awards
American Physical Society (APS) Dawson Award
1996 Fred Levinton (Applied Physics Ph.D. 1983)
2007 Andrea Garofalo (Applied Physics Ph.D. 1997)
Department of Energy E.O. Lawrence Award
1998 Dan Cacuci (Applied Physics Ph.D. 1978)
Optical Society of America: R.W. Wood Prize
2007 Bahram Jalali (Applied Physics Ph.D. 1989) back to top