The LeRoy Apker Award (APS) is a prize that has been awarded annually by the American Physical Society since 1978, named after the experimental physicist LeRoy Apker. The recipients are chosen for "outstanding achievements in physics by undergraduate students" in order to "provide encouragement to young physicists who have demonstrated great potential for future scientific accomplishment." Generally, two prizes are awarded each year: one to a student Ph.D. granting institution and one to a student from a non-Ph.D. granting institution. The award consists of a $5,000 prize, allowance for traveling to the APS March Meeting to present the work, and a certificate.
Recipients
2010 Chia Wei Hsu, Christopher Chudzicki
2009 Bilin Zhuang, Kathryn Greenberg
2008 Byron C. Drury, Sujit S. Datta
2007 Bryce Gadway, Matthew Becker
2006 Huanqian Loh, Hugh Churchill, Stephanie Moyerman
2005 David W. Miller, Matthew Paoletti, Nathaniel Craig
2004 Jonathan Heckman, Nathan Oken Hodas
2003 Nathaniel Stern, Peter Onyisi
2002 Jason Alicea, S. Charles Doret
2001 Kathryn Todd, Robert Wagner
2000 Heather J. Lynch, Jacob Jonathan Krich, Steven J. Oliver
1999 Brian Gerke, Govind Krishnaswami
1998 Brian Richard D'Urso, Gwendolyn Rae Bell
1997 Anna Lopatnikova, Cameron Geddes
1996 Benjamin S. Williams, Christopher Schaffer
1995 Benjamin F. Williams, Frederick B. Mancoff
1994 Arthur Chu, Brandon C. Collings, Steven Gubser
1993 David I. Kaiser
1992 Christopher Barnes, Justin Mortara
1991 Dean Lee, Stephen Quake
1990 Charles J. Brabec
1989 Deborah L. Kuchnir, Steven H. Simon
1988 Leo R. Radzihovsky
1987 Gerard C.L. Wong, C. James Yeh
1986 Terrence L. Hwa
1985 Julia W.P. Hsu
1984 Tak Leuk Kwok
1983 Raymond E. Goldstein
1982 Subir Sachdev
1981 Mark B. Ritter
1980 Richard P. Binzel
1979 Louis A. Bloomfield
1978 David E. Heckerman
External links
LeRoy Apker Award, American Physical Society
