2019-2020 SPS Outstanding Undergraduate Research Award Recipients

The Outstanding Undergraduate Research Award is provided to students based on exceptional research achievement in any physics-related field. Recipients show evidence of strong research skills, innovative and original thinking, and promise for future study. Awardees receive up to $1,800 to cover travel and registration costs to attend one AIP member society professional meeting of their choosing in the 12 months after receiving the award. Additionally, award recipients receive a $500 honorarium for themselves and a $500 honorarium for their SPS chapter.

The Runner-up receives a $250 honorarium for themselves and a $250 honorarium for their SPS chapter.

Award details...

Award Recipients

Kevin Fernando

University of Central Florida

Development of Nonlocal Green Kubo Formalism with Applications to Heat and Mass Transport

Parsa Zareiesfandabadi

North Carolina State University

Microtubule-based forces power the spindle collapse following laser ablation in S. pombe