American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) Fellow
Michael Shur 2005
Gwo-Ching Wang 2006
Toh-Ming Lu 2007
Shawn-Yu Lin 2012

American Physical Society (APS) Fellow
Toh-Ming Lu 1994
Mike Shur 1995
Gwo-Ching Wang 1996
Shawn-Yu Lin 2002
Heidi Jo Newberg 2013
Humberto Terrones 2016

American Vacuum Society (AVS) Fellow
Toh-Ming Lu 1995
Gwo-Ching Wang 1997

David M. Darrin Counseling Award
Peter Persans 2001

Toh-Ming Lu 2017

Department of Energy Outstanding Junior Investigator Award
Joel Giedt 2009

Electrochemical Society Fellow

Michael Shur 2004

Gruber Cosmology Prize
Heidi Newberg 2007

Humboldt Research Award for Senior U.S. Scientists
Michael Shur 2002

Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE) Fellow
Michael Shur 1989

Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) Leon K. Kirchmayer Graduate Teaching Award
Michael Shur 2006

Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) Nanotechnology Council Pioneer Award in Nanotechnology
Shawn-Yu Lin 2016

Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) Sensors Council Technical Achievement Award
Michael Shur 2008

Institution of Engineering and Technology Fellow
Michael Shur 2007

Institute of Physics Fellow (IOP)

Michael Shur 2021

James M. Tien '66 Early Career Award
Joel Giedt 2014

Jerome Fischbach Travel Grant
John Schroeder 2007

Lithuanian Academy of Sciences, Foreign Member
Michael Shur 2009

Materials Research Society Fellow

Toh-Ming Lu 2008

Michael Shur 2009

Gwo-Ching Wang 2016

Materials Research Society Medal Award

Toh-Ming Lu 2004

National Science Foundation CAREER Award
Esther A. Wertz 2020

Trevor David Rhone 2021

Nottingham Prize Winner, 38th Annual Conference on Physical Electronics
Gwo-Ching Wang 1978

Optical Society of America (OSA) Fellow

Shawn-Yu Lin 2002

Christian Wetzel 2020

Rensselaer Early Career Award
Toh-Ming Lu 1986
Gwo-Ching Wang 1988
Wayne Roberge 1991
Heidi Newberg 2003

Rensselaer Alumni Association Teaching Award

Moussa N'Gom, 2023

Wayne Roberge 2004

Royal Astronomical Society Fellow
Douglas Whittet

School of Science Award: Outstanding Research

Moussa N'Gom 2024

Trevor Rhone 2024

Ethan Brown 2019

School of Science Awards: Outstanding Service
Peter Persans 2007

School of Science Awards: Outstanding Teaching

Moussa N'Gom 2023

Peter Persans 2009

Charles Martin 2019

J. Darryl Michael 2020

Senior Member Optical Society of America (OSA)
Ingrid Wilke 2012

SRC (Semiconductor Research Corporation) Faculty Leadership Award
Toh-Ming Lu 2005

Thomson Reuters Highly Cited Researcher
Heidi Newberg 2014

Trustees' Outstanding Teacher Award
Peter Persans 2009

William H. Wiley Distinguished Faculty Award
Toh-Ming Lu 2002
Gwo-Ching Wang 2006
Shengbai Zhang 2016

World Innovation Foundation Fellow
Michael Shur 2004

Please see the Rensselaer Catalog (“Academic Information and Regulations”) for award descriptions.

Class of 1902 Research Prize

2024 Dylan Sheils
2023 Elijah Gruszecki
2019 Kyle Rego
2018 Ziyi Lin
2017 Alan N. Pearl
2016 Thomas Merkh
2014 Robert Spivey, III
2013 Charles Martin
2010 Chris Lehnen
2009 Matthew Harrigan
 

Coherent Award

2010 Jingle Liu, Karen Ho
2008 Xiaofei Lu, Gurpreet Kaur
2006 Tao Yuan, Nick Karpowicz
2005 Haibo Liu, Xu Xie
 

Edmond Brown Graduate Prize in Physics: Presented to an outstanding graduate student in Physics, Applied Physics and Astronomy for research in theoretical condensed matter physics.

2024 Kai Wagoner-Oshima
2023 Cheng Ma
2022 Mayada Fadel
2021 Michael Lamparski
2020 Natayla Sheremetyeva
2019 Anthony Yoshimura
2018 Han Wang
2017 Andrew Cupo
 

Founders Award of Excellence

2022 Tom Donlon, Lindsey Gilson, Jacob Harris, Amber Migliore, Shreyas Seethalla, Dylan Shiels
2019 JiaZhao Lin, William Marshall, Davis Olmsted, Jake T. Orr, Jarrett A. Rosenberg
2018 Drake A. Niedzielski, Kyle A. Rego
2017 Peter A. Craig, George V. Dowhan, Mallory E. Gaspard, Isabella G. Peck, Vera M. Titze
2016 Daniel Alexander, Hunter Belanger, James Flamino, Maxwell Jenquin, William Meese, Madison Wyatt
2014 Maia M. Marchetti, Thomas A. Merkh, Emily C. Wislowski 
2012 Ted Berger, Amy Lovell, Charles Martin, Robert Spivey, Christine Umbright 
2011 Thomas O’Connor
2009 Daniel Elton, Joseph Paki, Jingle Liu, Xiaofei Lu, Ya Ou
2008 Churamani Gaire, I-Chen Ho, Kai Liu, Qiming Lu

Fulbright U.S. Student Program Award
2017 Emily Kosmaczewski

G. Howard Carragan Award: This award is presented to a senior in Physics, Applied Physics and Astronomy for outstanding scholarship.

2024 Siddhi Patel
2023 Dylan I. Shiels
2022 Autumn Guffey
2021 James Drake 
2020 Sophia Hollick
2019 Kyle Rego
2018 Peter Craig
2017 Zachary J. Harris
2016 Andrew Horning
2015 Jacob Leedom, Ryan McAvoy

Hillard B. Huntington Award: Presented to an outstanding graduate student in Physics, Applied Physics, and Astronomy. 

2024 Tianhong Wang
2023 Aidan F. Simpson, Deric T. Jones
2022 Leaf Swordy
2021 Omar Malik
2020 Thomas Donlon
2019 Andrew Cupo
2017 Yu Xiang
2016 Panagiotis Karampourniotis
2015 Anqing Liu

J. Erik Jonsson Prize

2019 Kyle Rego
2015 Ryan McAvoy
2005 Joseph Yasi
2004 Samuel Eddinger
 

J. Lawrence and Gertrude Katz Award: This award is presented to the student selected as an outstanding senior receiving a Bachelor of Science in Physics.

2024 Julia Ryshkewitch
2023 Amber Migliore
2022 Addison Olmsted
2021 Matthew Pharr
2020 Robert Gryncewicz
2019 Drake Niedzielski
2017 Madison Wyatt
2016 Maia Marchetti
2015 Josue San Emeterio
Karen and Lester Gerhardt Prize

2011 Jingle Liu
2009 Nicholas Karpowicz
 

Nadia Trinkala Service Award: This award is presented to a student majoring in Physics or Applied Physics who has made significant contributions to the community and to the quality of life at Rensselaer and the City of Troy. 

2024 Katie Gray
2023 Grace E. Tytus
2022 Brandon Klein
2021 Nigel DaSilva
2020 Emily Crook, Sophia Cahillane
2019 Mallory Gaspard
2018 Jennifer Freedberg
2017 Rachel Maizel
2016 Victoria Butler
2015 Eric Deutsch
 

New York Society for Applied Spectroscopy (NYSAS)

2019 Philip Charles

NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Recipients:

2024:  Scott Schwartz, B.S. in Physics at RPI, 2023, attending graduate school at California Institute of Technology

Paul S. Ho ’65 Graduate Prize in Physics Presented to an outstanding graduate student enrolled in Physics, Applied Physics, and Astronomy 

2024 Leaf Swordy
2023 Thomas J. Donlon
2022 Cheng Ma
2021 Mayada Fadel
2020 Poomirat Nawarat
2019 Yu Xiang
2018 Aaron Littlejohn
2017 Jake A. Weiss
2016 Brian Frey
2015 Ryan Krafnick
 

Richard Madey '43 Prize: This award will be presented to the undergraduate physics major with the highest grade point average at the end of the junior year. 

2024 Julia Ryshkewitch
2023 Kyle A. Gable
2016 George V. Dowhan, Kyle A. Rego
2015 Andrew J. Horning
2014 Jacob Leedom, Ryan McAvoy 
2013 Christina Caragine
2011 Ryan Krafnick
2010 Joseph Paki
 

Robert Resnick Academic Prize: This award is presented to an undergraduate student majoring in Physics or Applied Physics for Academic Achievement.

2024 Kyle Gable
2023 Julia P. Ryshkewitch
2022 Walter Cook
2021 Jarrett Rosenberg
2020 Nicole Taylor
2019 JiaZhao Lin
2018 Vera Titze
2017 William "Joe" Meese
2016 Thomas Merkh
2015 Lydia Nevin 
 

Robert Resnick Physics Mentoring Award: The Fund shall be used by Rensselaer to financially support an award that celebrates outstanding mentoring by an undergraduate student in the Department of Physics, Applied Physics, and Astronomy.

2024 Shreyas Seethalla
2023 Sonya J. Woo, Grace E. Tytus
2022 Jack Lamb, Rom Simovitch
2021 Zuzanna Jedlinska
2020 Nicholas Pittman
2019 Isabelle Peck
2018 William Meese
 

Walter Eppenstein '52 Graduate Teaching Assistant Award: Presented to a graduate student for outstanding contributions to our teaching program in Physics, Applied Physics, and Astronomy. 

2024 Russell Berger, Weichang Lin
2023 Kirsten D. McMichael, Finn O. Buldt
2022 Alexander Kaiser, Neha Neha
2021Thomas Donlon, Joshua Quinton
2020 Zachary Ward
2019 Hunter Belanger
2018 Zachary Hallenbeck
2017 Colin Daniels
2016 Anthony Yoshimura
2015 Georges Jaar, Anthony Post
 

School of Science Awards: Outstanding Staff

Joan Perras 2007, 2023