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Katherine Crimmins, James Lee, Scott Scharfenberg and Huihuo Zheng, featured 2012 recipient of the Scott Anderson Award for Outstanding Teaching Assistants award
Katherine Crimmins, James Lee, Scott Scharfenberg and Huihuo Zheng, featured 2012 recipient of the Scott Anderson Award for Outstanding Teaching Assistants award

Scott Anderson Award

This award recognizes the year's outstanding Physics teaching or research assistants, and is named after alumnus Dr. Scott Anderson who founded Anderson Physics Laboratories in Urbana in 1944. It was through his initiative as president of our Physics Alumni Association and his generous philanthropy that the Anderson Award was endowed.   Historically this has been given to a TA for outstanding teaching but the award may also be used for an outstanding Research Assistant.



2012
Huihuo Zheng
James Lee
Katherine Crimmins
Ki Lie
Scott Scharfenberg
2011
Duncan Christie
Juan I. Jottar Awad
Philip Powell
Seyyedehrezvan Shahoei
Wade De Gottardi
William Evans
2010
Chris Bouchard
Zhongzhou Chen
2009
Natalie Strand
Robert Putman
2008
Glenn C. Foster (sp07)
Robert E. Putman (fa07)
2006
Adam D. Smith
Vadas Gintautas
2005
Nicholas Peters
Timothy Wotherspoon
2004
Peter Fleck
Tamara Gossman
2003
Adam Smith
Eugene Torigoe
2002
Benny Brown
Michael Scott
2001
Christopher Strelioff
Robert White
2000
Joseph Jun
Patrick Hentges
1999
Curtis Shoaf
Kevin Paul
1998
Christopher Bouchard
Eric Potter
1997
Lora Durak
Yung Tae Kim
1996
Michael Stuller
Terrence Chay

Graduate Awards

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  • Felix T. Adler Award
  • Giulio Ascoli Award
  • John Bardeen Award
  • Jordan S. Asketh Fellowship
  • L.S. Edelheit Family Biological Physics Fellowship
  • Maurice Goldhaber Research Scholar Award in Nuclear Physics
  • Renato Bobone Award
  • Scott Anderson Award
  • The Donald and Shirley Jones Fellowship
  • Vijay R. Pandharipande Prize in Nuclear Physics

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