Mini-Grant Past Winners

Past Winners

2024

PERSONAL MINI-GRANT WINNERS

 

 

Awardee Name

Institution

Project Title

Vivek Kumar

Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Patna

 

Nitikesh Prakash

Indian Institute of Technology Madras

Designing and Modelling of Multi-stage roto-dyanmic RO system for Seawater Desalination

Howard Matis

Contemporary Physics Education Project

Contemporary Physics Education Project

Atharva Dange

University of Texas at Arlington

 

Hiba Assi

University of Detroit Mercy

 

 

 

 

PROJECT MINI-GRANT WINNERS

 

 

Awardee Name

Institution

Project Title

Adiba

Aligarh Muslim University

Physics Empowerment through the lens: A Creative Approach to Engagement and Awareness

Liam McDermott

University of Connecticut, Avery Point

Investigating Neurodivergent Undergraduate Physics Learning and Performance

David Stilwell

The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

NC QUEST (North Carolina QUantum Education for Science Teachers)

Xandria Quichocho

Texas State University

Characterizing identity-supportive structures for marginalized physics students

Elisha Haber

University of Rochester, Department of Physics & Astronomy

From the Abacus to AI: A Portable and Hands-on Museum of Computation

2023

Awardee Name Institution Project Title 
Jill Wenderott Drexel University Design of Low-Cost, Hands-on Physics Laboratory Kits for Secondary-Level Students in Eastern Africa
Patrick Banner University of Maryland, College Park Impostor Phenomenon and the Physics Graduate Student Experience
Kausik Das University of Maryland Eastern Shore Empowering Future Scientists: Physics Outreach for Minority High School and Undergraduate Students
Lynn Cominsky Sonoma State University Quantum Information Poster for CPEP
Patricia Soto Creighton University Grant to support in-person primarily/predominantly undergraduate institution (PUI) networking events at annual professional conferences

2021

Awardee Name Institution Project Title 
Philippe Binder University of Hawaii at Hilo Developing a physics lexicon in the Hawaiian language
Emily Grace Northwestern College *need to ask for title*
Jose Leobardo Banuelo Mount Aloysius College Enhancing Physics and Astronomy Laboratories
Bradley Moser Hamilton College Physics Alive - a podcast for science educators
Madelyn Leembruggen Harvard University A World of Women in STEM (WOW STEM)
Todd Ruskell Colorado School of Mines Open Source Online Physics Activities and Homework for WeBWorK
Phoebe Sharp George Washington University PERCoGS Early-Career Symposium Series
Tony Qian Princeton University Plasma Physics Trading Cards
Jose Leobardo Banuelos University of Texas at El Paso Big Ideas in Physics -- Undergraduate Research Fundamentals

Sarah Dowd

 United Nations International School ChatPhysics.org Resourcing Project
Kyle Wipfli Texas Tech University Exploration of Canonical Transformations in Graduate Level Physics

2020

Awardee Name Institution Project Title 
Douglas N. Arion Carthage College Video Astronomy for Education and Outreach
Colleen Countryman
 Ithaca College The Development of a Mobile Game to Aid Students’ Understanding of Electric Fields
Michael B. Bennett University of Colorado, Boulder A Multimodal, Partnership-Based Public Engagement Model for the COVID Era
Katemari Rosa Federal University of Bahia, Brazil Building "mini physics lab kits" with 3D printers for pre-service teachers
Mercy Arancon Ajo High School, AZ Providing internet access to underserved Latinx and Native American high school students
Celestina Pangan Humble High School, TX Improvement of the STEMcoding Project for online delivery and for ELL students
Aaron Titus North Carolina State Developing and Deploying New Open-Source Technology for Teaching Physics
Gina Quan San Jose State University Funding the Access Network Emergency Fund
Paul Bourgeois University of Massachusetts Translating online, paid services to open-source teaching resources in introductory physics

Geraldine Cochran

 Rutgers Supporting online course transition through participatory research with LAs
Todd Holden Queensborough Community College PhET-like simulation for teaching Bragg reflection and X-ray diffraction