The American Association of Physics Teachers has conferred several honors in recognition of recipients' work in introducing physics concepts to students and the public. The awards were distributed in January during a joint meeting in Seattle of AAPT and the American Astronomical Society.
Carl E. Wieman took home the Oersted Award, AAPT's most prestigious honor, “for notable contributions to the teaching of physics.” Wieman is director of the Carl Wieman Science Education Initiative at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver, where he is also a professor in the physics and astronomy department.
AAPT has bestowed its Melba Newell Phillips Award “for creative leadership, dedicated service, and exceptional contributions to the teaching of physics” on Clifford E. Swartz. He is a professor emeritus and an adjunct professor of physics at Stony Brook University.
Alexei V. Filippenko received the Richtmyer Memorial Lecture Award “for stimulating interest [in] and knowledge of...
