Giving Back
Friends and alumni play a vital role in our physics program and we are deeply grateful for your support. These contributions are essential to the development of our students and which we cannot support without your help. Please consider including the Department of Physics among your annual list of donations. Your tax-deductible donation will be acknowledged with letters from the University.
For further information, to establish a new fund or to create an endowment, please contact Michael M. Andrulis, Director of Development, or Michel Vallières, Chair of the Department of Physics. Contact information is listed at the bottom of the page.
To donate online, visit the Drexel online gifts page. In the "Special Instructions section", list your gift as "Physics Fund for Excellence, Drexel Physics Dept.", or, if you would like your contribution to be directed more specifically, list one of the Physics funds listed below.
Donate by mail: Donations should be sent to Michael M. Andrulis. Designate on the memo line of your check the Physics Fund of your choice.
Physics Fund for Excellence
This is a general, unrestricted fund administered by the Department Chair. The purpose of this fund is to aid the Department of Physics in its research, student travel to conferences, colloquium expenses, teaching initiatives, and outreach.
Henry C. Chen Memorial Award for Physics
Established in memory of Henry S.C. Chen who was a member of the Physics Faculty from 1949 to 1975.This award is given to undergraduate physics majors who demonstrated excellence in their studies.
Recipients:
- 2009 – Alyssa Wilson
- 2008 – Vede Ramdas
Walter R. Coley Award
This award recognizes outstanding freshman and senior physics majors who have achieved academic excellence.
Recipients:
- 2009 – Alyssa Wilson and Ryan Wasson
- 2008 - Ryan McKeown and Sajjan Mehta
Kaczmarczik Lecture Memorial Fund
Prof. Kaczmarczik will be remembered fondly and missed by the Drexel community. The Kaczmarczik Lecture Memorial Fund has been established in recognition of his contributions to the Department of Physics, the students that he taught, the College of Arts and Sciences and the University. The Kaczmarczik Lecture will carry forth Professor Kaczmarczik's legacy in the classroom by bringing to Drexel some of the greatest minds in Physics to inspire our Drexel students as well young scientists from middle and high schools throughout the Philadelphia region to carry on his passion for physics and the sciences for years to come.
Susan and Donald Larson Endowed Scholarship Award
This award is given to physics undergraduate students in recognition of achieved academic excellence.
Recipients:
- 2009 – Charles Marine
Lorenzo Narducci Memorial Fund
Professor Narducci's departure represented a great loss for all of us at Drexel University as well as the entire scientific community. He was a man of great enthusiasm, great integrity and harbored a tremendous zest for life. Professor Narducci was an internationally acclaimed scientist with the highest standards toward excellence. To honor his educational passion, and in order to provide an enduring tribute to him, we have established the Lorenzo M. Narducci Endowed Scholarship Fund. This scholarship recognizes undergraduate students who showed initiative and enthusiasm in the study of Physics, and demonstrated academic achievement in Physics research.
Recipients:
- 2009 – Andrew Eshelman
- 2008 – Alyssa Wilson
M. Russell Wehr Physics Award
This award is physics majors who show promise or potential for teaching or for advanced work in the history of science.
Recipients:
- 2009 – Carlos Bahamondes, Mary K Chessey, Pubudu Galwaduge, Mark Kondria, Rory McGurty, Jerome Mlack, Vede Ramdass, and Amanda White
- 2008 - Joseph Angelo, Andrew Eshelman, Daniel McGovern, Ana Petrone, Max Soloff, and Alyssa Wilson
Contact Information
Michael M. Andrulis |
Michel Vallières |