J. Bruce Brackenridge Prize
Awarded to an outstanding junior physics major with a strong academic record and great promise for continued work on physics.
- 2022: Miles Cochran-Branson
- 2021: Gabrielle Claus
- 2020: Adrian Birge
- 2019: Willa Dworschack
- 2018: Lucas Myers
- 2017: Aedan Gardill
- 2016: Christopher Kiehl
- 2015: Rachel Lindley
- 2014: Ashley Coenen
- 2013: Michael Van De Graaff
- 2012: Karl Mayer
- 2011: Zhe Zhang
- 2009: Robert Neiderriter
- 2008: Mackenzie Van Camp
- 2007: Russell Geisthardt
- 2006: Bao Ha
- 2005: Rupesh Silwal
- 2004: Lauren Kost
- 2003: Matthew Dietrich
- 2002: Suzanne Witt
- 2001: Quinn Marksteiner
- 2000: Angela Kopp & Cindy Regal
- 1999: Paul Kondratko
- 1998: Eric Moore
- 1997: David Dostal
- 1996: Todd Thompson
- 1995: David Robertson
LU Physics Service Award
This award honors a senior physics major whose extracurricular efforts have enhanced the environment and community within the Department.
- 2022: Ethan Perlow
- 2021: Maya Puri
- 2020: Innes Maxwell
- 2019: Emma Fletcher & Sabrina Loehrke
- 2018: Amelia Simms-Mangian & Aedan Gardill
- 2017: Cody Poole
- 2016: Owen Cook
- 2015: Erika Roedl
- 2014: Michael Wennerstrom
- 2013: Aaron Wright
- 2012: Melissa Klocke
- 2011: Bradley Bodee
LU S.I.N. (Sir Isaac Newton) Award
This award goes to the most innovative problem solver in Computational Mechanics during the past year.
- 2022: Keegan Mencke
- 2021: Miles Cochran-Branson
- 2020: Chris Aceto
- 2019: Adrian Birge
- 2018: Stephen Deeter
- 2017: Lucas Myers
- 2016: Anh Hoang Trong Nam
- 2015: Cody Poole & Clayton Ristow
- 2014: John Hosmer-Quint
- 2013: Jack Dempsey
- 2012: Cooper Sinai-Yunker & Michael Van De Graaff
- 2011: Alex Patterson