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The Henry Krakauer Award

Established in Memory of Emeritus Professor of Physics Henry Krakauer.

This award is offered annually in recognition of an outstanding dissertation by a graduate student in physics.

Nominations for this award should include the following

  • Letter from the advisor 
  • Student’s CV
  • Digital copy of the final dissertation
  • Digital copy of the defense presentation
  • Any useful additional supporting materials.  

Nominations should be considered during the dissertation defense committee and should be submitted to the Graduate Studies committee by August 1 at the end of each academic year.  Dissertations completed in the 12 months prior to the August 1 deadline will be considered for the award.