National Awards and Recognitions 1996 to Present

* Selected as one of 21 'thriving' physics departments (of 780) by National Task Force on Undergraduate Physics

* President of the American Association of Physics Teachers - Prof. Richard Peterson

* Heuer Award for Outstanding Achievement in Science Education, Council of Independent Colleges

* 2005 Internship at CERN, Geneva, Switzerland - Jared Sturdy, '06

* 2005 National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Fellowship - Nathan Lemke, '06

* National Science Foundation 2004 Summer Internship, Texas A&M - Carl Schreck, '06

* Co-author on a 2005 Patent Application by 3M - Aaron Montello, '06

* U.S. Air Force Office of Scientific Research Faculty Fellowship for 2005 - Prof. Beecken

* Society of Physics Students, 2005 National Leadership Scholarship - Michelle Haglund, '06

* National Science Foundation 2004 Summer Internship, University of New Mexico - Jared Sturdy, '06

* National Science Foundation 2004 Summer Internship, Columbis University - Carl Schreck, '06

* Chosen to be a Fellow of the American Physical Society

* 2003 Lilly Foundation Undergraduate Conference Fellowship - Dawn Schafer, '03

* National Science Foundation 2003 Internship, Rensselaer Ploytechnic Institute - Andrew Vitek, '04

* National Science Foundation 2003 Summer Internship, Texas A &M University- Steve Gardeen, '03

* 2003 Internship at Argonne National Laboratory - Robert Putman, '04

* National Science Foundation 2003 Summer Internship, Auburn University- Dawn Schafer, '03

* 2003 Nobel Travel Award, Swedish Council of America - Luke Granlund, '03

* $18,000 NASA Research Grant, collaboration with Langley Research Center - Professor Brian Beecken

* 2002 National Fellowship, Princton Plasma Physics Lab - Steve Anderson '03 and Matt Borg '03

* International Society for Optical Engineering (SPIE) 2002 Scholarship - Randy Kleinman, '03

* National Science Foundation 2002 Summer Internship, University of Idaho - Luke Granlund, '03

* $75,000 Grant from Alden Trust for equipment supporting development of new Applied Physics Major

* 2001 Nobel Travel Award, Swedish Council of America - Kathryn Zurek, '01

* 2001 University of Michigan Internship at CERN, Geneva, Switzerland - Nathan Lindquist, '02

* National Science Foundation 2001 Summer Internship, Michigan State - Steve Anderson, '03

* 2001 NASA Summer Faculty Fellowship, Langley Lab � Professor Beecken

* National Science Foundation 2000 Summer Internship, Cornell University (Puerto Rico) - Sarah Boswell, '02

* National Science Foundation 2000 Summer Internship, University of Minnesota - Kathryn Zurek, '01

* Summer Internship at Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology, Terre Haute, IN - Tom McElmurry, '01

* 2000 NASA Summer Faculty Fellowship, Jet Propulsion Lab � Professor Beecken

* 1999 Nobel Travel Award, Swedish Council of America - Candice Bacon, '99

* 1999 NASA Summer Institute Internship, Goddard Space Flight Center - Sarah Boswell, '01

* National Science Foundation 1999 Summer Internship, Cornell University - Kathryn Zurek, '01

* National Science Foundation 1999 Summer Internship, University of Alaska - Jason Parks, '00

* Argonne National Laboratory, 1999 Summer Student Fellowship - Amy Herman '00

* National Science Foundation 1999 Summer Internship, University of North Dakota - Lance Lohstreter, '01

* National Science Foundation 1999 Summer Internship, Oregon State University- Tom McElmurry, '01

* 1999 NASA Summer Faculty Fellowship, Jet Propulsion Lab � Professor Beecken

* Research for Undergraduates 1999 Summer Fellowship, University of Washington - Aaron Rendahl, '00

* National Science Foundation 1999 Summer Fellowship, Arizona State - Matt Lang, '00

* European Patent - Professor Richard Peterson and Colleagues at Imation Corporation

* Director on the Governing Board of the American Institute of Physics - Professor Peterson

* American Physical Society Prize for Undergraduate Research in Physics - Professor Peterson

* 1998 Air Force Office of Scientific Research Grant- Professor Beecken

* Argonne National Laboratory, 1998 Summer Student Fellowship - Amy Herman '00

* National Science Foundation 1998 Summer Internship, Oregon State University- Jason Parks, '00

* Research for Undergraduates 1998 Summer Fellowship, University of Nebraska - Candice Bacon '99

* American Journal of Physics Award for 1 of 4 best papers in '96-'97 - Professor Peterson & students

* U.S. Air Force Office of Scientific Research Student Fellowship for 1997 - James Belich, '97

* National Science Foundation 1997 Summer Internship, Oregon State University - Chris Tebow, '98

* U.S. Air Force Office of Scientific Research Faculty Fellowship for 1997 - Professor Beecken

* National Apparatus Competition, 3rd Prize - Professor Richard Peterson and 3 students

* Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden, 1996 Summer Internships - Engblom '98 and Tebow '98

* U.S. Dept. of Energy 1996 SERS Award, Research at Los Alamos National Lab - Andrew Hjelle, '98

* U.S. Patent - Professor Peterson and Colleagues at Imation Corporation

* U.S. Air Force Office of Scientific Research Faculty Fellowship for 1996 - Professor Beecken

* Continuing Member of NASA's Space Grant College Consortium - Professor Greenlee, Assoc. Director

Last Updated: August 10, 2006