The Vanderbilt Prize for
Undergraduate Research in
Physics and Astronomy
2006

Description

The Department of Physics and Astronomy of Vanderbilt Unviersity invites all undergraduate students who are doing original research in Physics or Astronomy to apply for the Vanderbilt Prize for Undergraduate Research in Physics and Astronomy. The prize competition is open to students at all U.S. institutions.

Award

The award will be announced at a ceremony to be held at Vanderbilt Unviersity in Spring, 2006. The first prize winner will receive $1,000. All finalists will receive $500.

The following must be received by April 15, 2006:

• A summary of the resarch project (no more than 1500 words).
• Two letters of recommendation from faculty members or research advisors.
• An official copy of the student's transcript.
• The student's contact information for Spring 2006.

All application materias should be sent to Professor Vicki Greene at the address indicated below.

For more information, contact Prof. Victoria Greene at senta.v.greene@vanderbilt.edu

Vanderbilt Prize for Undergraduate Resarch
Department of Physics and Astronomy
VU Station B 351807
Vanderbilt University
Nashville, TN 37235-1807

Sponsored by The Department of Physics & Astronomy at Vanderbilt University

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2005 VU Prize Winners

• Michael Fogel (Univ. of California, Berkeley): APEX-SZ Observation Simulations (Winner)

• Alicia Aarnio (Smith College): The Stellar Moving Group Associated with HD 141569 (Finalist)

• David Lopez Mateos (MIT): CMS Heavy Ion Physics (Finalist)

• Adam Sheer (Univ. of Nebraska, Lincoln): Uncovering the Secrets of Radiation Induced Damage to DNA: Measurement and Calculations on Uracil (Finalist)