Recent Awards to Physics Majors
2025 US Army DEVCOM STAR Challenge : 1st place, Citadel team of physics majors
2025 Top Undergraduate Student of Swain Family School of Science and Mathematics – Sarah Fink (Physics major and Chemistry major)
2024 US Army DEVCOM STAR Challenge – threat detection theme: 1st place, Citadel team of physics majors and computer science majors
2024 Top Undergraduate Student of Swain Family School of Science and Mathematics – Vincent Massaro (Physics major)
At the 2022 college-wide Student Excellence Day (research posters): Alexander Stensland, Sigma Xi award, Evan Fish, 3rd Place overall award
- At the 2022, 94th Annual Meeting of the South Carolina Academy of Sciences, Undergraduate Platform Award Winners:
- Joshua Jones, THE BEHAVIOR AT POLYMER SHELL CASINGS COMPARED TO BRASS CASINGS WHEN EXPOSED TO HEAT, 2nd place in Oral Session 4: Physics and Astronomy
- Alexander Stensland, CHARACTERIZING 3D ELECTROCHROMIC LBL SELF-ASSEMBLED POLYMER FILMS, 2nd place in Oral Session 5: Chemistry
- Luke Eafano, LAYER BY LAYER DIPPING TO COUNTERACT WING ICING ON PLANES, 1st place in Oral Session 6: Engineering and CS I
2021 Top Undergraduate Student of Swain Family School of Science and Mathematics: Matthew Dittrich (Physics major)
Recent Awards to Physics Faculty and Staff Members
2025 Citadel Academy of Science and Mathematics Early Career Faculty Award- Dr. Kaelyn Leake
2024 Citadel Academy of Science and Mathematics Staff Award- Dr. John Bradham
2024 Citadel Academy of Science and Mathematics Non-Tenure Faculty Award- Mr. Rene Hurka
2022 C.A. Medbery Award for Dedication to Teaching – Dr. Kaelyn Leake
2021 Excellence in Research Award- Dr. Scott Yost