Undergraduate Honors

Physics Undergraduate Honors and Awards

An upper-class physics major who has demonstrated superior academic ability may earn Honors in Physics in one of two ways.

Research Work

With departmental approval, the student enrolls in PHYS 498 - Physics Honors, for a full- or half-course load. The student then works closely with a faculty member on a research project agreed upon by the faculty member, for a total of at least four credit hours. The results of this project are presented in a senior thesis defended by the student at a departmental seminar. A successful defense demonstrating a superior research competence and mastery of the subject earns the recognition of distinguished independent work in physics. Further details are available from the department.

Coursework

The student successfully completes PHYS 424 Honors Quantum Mechanics and PHYS 425 Honors Electrodynamics, both with a grade of B or better.  In addition, the student successfully completes a capstone project.  The capstone project is prepared under a faculty member's supervision while registered for a four-credit independent study (PHYS 597).  Each course for this option is taken as 4 credits unless specified otherwise.  Further details are available from the department.

Undergraduate Physics Senior Honors Thesis:

  • Russell Berger
  • Travyse Edwards
  • Peter Malinverni
  • Max Meyers
  • Mo Li 
  • Jake Montgomery
  • Mubarrat Mursalin
  • Randy Owen
  • Melissa Popeil 
  • Liam Schmidt
  • Tiago Sereno
  • Peter Tomlinson 
  • Silas Wieland
  • Shehtab Zaman