The School of Physics held its annual award night on Tuesday the 17th of April, to recognise the top performing students of 2017.  The ceremony is an opportunity to celebrate the academic achievements of the schools undergraduate students and congratulate them on their hardwork and success.

We’d like to congratulate the following these students who received the following awards.

The Australian Institute of Physics Prize: Adam Lackner
For the highest aggregate in PHYS3111 Quantum Mechanics, PHYS3112 Experimental and Computational Physics; PHYS3113 Thermal and Statistical Physics; and PHYS3114 Electrodynamics

The B L Turtle Memorial Astrophysics Prize: Dean McClure
For the best performance in PHYS3116 Astrophysics

The First Year Director's Prize: Jointly awarded to Jacob Saad & Jonathan Yates
For the best performance in PHYS1131 Higher Physics 1A and PHYS1231 Higher Physics 1B in the Engineering Program.

The Gordon and Mabel Godfrey Prize in Theoretical Physics 3: Liam Hayes
For the best overall performance in a selection of courses chosen from PHYS3111 Quantum Mechanics; PHYS3113 Thermal and Statistical Physics; and PHYS3114 Electrodynamics; and PHYS3115 Particle Physics and the Early Universe

The Gordon and Mabel Godfrey Award in Theoretical Physics 4: Jasraja Grewal
For the best performance in the Honours courses, Quantum Mechanics, Statistical Mechanics, Solid State Physics and Electromagnetism and the Standard Model, by a student in the Bachelor of Science program.

The Head of School's Prize in Physics: Mitchell Kiczynski
For the best Year 4 Honours thesis in Physics in the Bachelor of Science program.

The Physics Staff Prize in Experimental Physics: Stephen Roche
For the best performance in PHYS3112 Experimental and Computational Physics and PHYS3117 Physics Laboratory

The Physics Staff Prize for Honours: William Pappas
For the best performance in the Physics Honours Year in the Bachelor of Science program.

The Physics Staff Prize for Physics 1: Ian Thorvaldson
For the best performance in PHYS1141 Higher Physics 1A and PHYS1241 Higher Physics 1B (Special) in the Bachelor of Science program.

The Physics Staff Prize for Physics 2: Jointly awarded to Linda Wong & Samuel Thirurajah
For the highest aggregate in the courses PHYS2111 Quantum Physics, PHYS2113 Classical Mechanics and Special Relativity, and PHYS2114 Electromagnetism, in the Bachelor of Science program.

We also gratefully acknowledge the generous support of the Australian Institute of Physics who sponsor one of the prizes awarded to UNSW physics students.