Campus-wide Awards to Physics Undergraduates

Hilldale Undergraduate/Faculty Research Fellowships

Generous grants from the Hilldale Foundation and the Wisconsin State Legislature provide for awards of $3,000 each to undergraduate students and $500–$1,000 to their faculty/staff advisors to work in collaboration on research projects.

Student (Advisor) Project
Thomas Feigenson
(Jim Lawler) Improved Experimental Co I-II Values and Abundance Determinations From Spectroscopic Data
Noah Johnson
(Mark Ediger) Molecular Orientation in the Vapor-Deposited Glass of p-TTP
Colin Wahl
(Saverio Spagnolie) Microorganism Billiards
Bai Yang Wang
(Mark Eriksson) An Exploratory Study of Charge Noise and Mobility for Improved Performance in Semiconductor Quantum Devices
Yufan Xu
(Cary Forest) Hardening of Materials Using Plasma Immersion Ion Implantation (PIII)

Theodore Herfurth & Teddy Kubly Awards

A generous grant from the Herfurth and Kubly families provides for these longstanding awards which honor senior students exemplifying a composite of superior academic achievement, community service and leadership in extra and co-curricular activities, financial self-support, and both prepared and extemporaneous oral expression.

Nicholas Derr