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Awards and Prizes

James Antonaglia, 2012 recipient of the A.C. Anderson Undergraduate Research Scholar award
James Antonaglia, 2012 recipient of the A.C. Anderson Undergraduate Research Scholar award

A.C. Anderson Undergraduate Research Scholar

This fund supports undergraduate students majoring in physics, preferably in summer research activities, and was established in honor of A. C. Anderson on the occasion of his retirement in the fall of 1992.



2012
James Antonaglia
2011
Kiaran Dave
2009
Preeti Ovartchaiyapong
2008
Alex Gurga

Undergrad Awards

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