Robert A. Millikan Award
Established 1962
The Robert A Millikan Medal recognizes those who have made outstanding scholarly contributions to physics education. The Millikan Medal recipient is asked to make a presentation at the Ceremonial Session of an AAPT Summer Meeting. A $7,500 monetary award, The Millikan Medal, an Award Certificate, and travel expenses to the meeting are presented to the recipient.
Award Winners
| 2007 | David Sokoloff, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR, "Building a New, More Exciting Mouse Trap is Not Enough" | | 2006 | Art Hobson, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR, "Thoughts on Physics Education for the 21st Century" | | 2005 | John S. Rigden, Washington University in St. Louis, MO
"The Mystique of Physics: Relumine the Enlightment" | | 2004 | Kenneth S. Krane, Oregon State University,
"The Challenges of Teaching Modern Physics" | | 2003 | Fred M. Goldberg, San Diego State University,
"Research and Development in Physics Education: Focusing on Students' Thinking" | | 2002 | Simon George, California State University,
"Global Study of the Role of the Laboratory in Physics Educations" | | 2001 | Sallie A. Watkins, University of Southern Colorado,
"Can "Descriptive" End with "A"?", Am. J. Phys. 70, (2002). | | 2000 | Thomas D. Rossing, Northern Illinois University,
"Beauty in Physics and the Arts", Am. J. Phys. 69, 248 (2001). | | 1999 | Alan Van Heuvelen, The Ohio State University,
"Research About Physics Learning, Linguistics, Our Minds, and the Workplace", Am. J. Phys. 69, 1138 (2001). | | 1998 | Edward F. Redish, University of Maryland,
"Building a Science of Teaching Physics: Learning What Works and Why", Phys. Teach. 37, 136 (1999). | | 1997 | David Griffiths, Reed College,
"Is there a Text in This Class?", Am.J. Phys. 65, 1141 (1997). | | 1996 | Priscilla W. Laws, Dickinson College,
Phys. Teach. 34, 470 (1996). | | 1995 | Dean Zollman, Kansas State University,
"Do They Just Sit There? Reflections on Helping Students Learn Physics", Phys. Teach. 33, 421 (1995). | | 1994 | Frederick Reif, Carnegie-Mellon University,
"Understanding and Teaching Important Scientific Thought Processes", Phys. Teach. 32, 454 (1994). | | 1993 | James A. Minstrell, Mercer Island High School,
"Creating an Environment for Reconstructing Understanding and Reasoning about the Physical World", Phys. Teach. 31, 332 (1993). | | 1992 | Robert G. Fuller, University of Nebraska at Lincoln,
"Hypermedia and the Knowing of Physics Standing Upon the Shoulders of Giants", Am. J. Phys. 61, 299 (1993). | | 1991 | Don Herbert, Mr. Wizard Studios,
"Behind the Scenes of Mr.Wizard", Phys. Teach. 29, 488 (1991). | | 1990 | Lillian C. McDermott, University of Washington,
"What We Teach and What Is Learned Closing the Gap", Am. J. Phys. 59, 301 (1991). | | 1989 | Peter Lindenfeld, Rutgers University,
"The Einsteinization of Physics", Am. J. Phys. 58, 300 (1990). | | 1988 | Robert G. Greenler, University of Wisconsin at Milwaukee,
"Beetles, Bubbles, and Butterflies Iridescence in Nature", Phys. Teach. 26, 331 (1988). | | 1987 | Donald Glenn Ivey, University of Toronto,
"Educational Television An Oxymoron?", Am. J. Phys. 55, 1068 (1987). | | 1986 | Mario Iona, University of Denver,
"Why Johnny Can't Learn Physics from Textbooks I have Known", Am. J. Phys. 55, 299 (1987). | | 1985 | James Gerhart, University of Washington,
"Handling Numbers", Am. J. Phys. 54, 492 (1986). | | 1984 | Earl F. Zwicker, Illinois Institute of Technology,
"Life, Learning, and the Phunomenological [sic] Approach" | | 1983 | Gerald F. Wheeler, Montana State University,
"The Emerging Telecommunications Network: New Conduit to Learners", Phys. Teach. 21, 452 (1983). | | 1982 | Paul G. Hewitt, City College of San Francisco,
"The Missing Essential A Conceptual Understanding of Physics", Am. J. Phys. 51, 305 (1983). | | 1981 | Albert A. Bartlett, University of Colorado at Boulder,
"Are We Overlooking Something?", Am. J. Phys. 49, 1104 (1981). | | 1980 | Thomas D. Miner, Garden City High School,(ret.)
"Prides and Prejudices of a Physics Teacher", Phys. Teach. 18, 411 (1980). | | 1979 | Alexander Calandra, Washington University,
"The Art of Teaching Physics", Phys. Teach. 17, 498 (1979). | | 1978 | Alfred Bork, University of California at Irvine,
"Interactive Learning", Am. J. Phys. 47, 5 (1979). | | 1977 | C. Luther Andrews, State University of New York at Albany,
"Microwave Optics", Phys. Teach. 15, 343 (1977). | | 1976 | Tung Hon Jeong, Lake Forest College,
"Holography", Am. J. Phys. 44, 1026 (1976). | | 1975 | Harold A. Daw, New Mexico State University,
"Physics Instructional Apparatus and Things" | | 1974 | Harald Jensen, Lake Forest College,
"A Retired Physics Teacher Reminisces", Am. J. Phys. 42, 1049 (1974). | | 1973 | Frank Oppenheimer, The Exploratorium,
"Teaching and Learning", Am. J. Phys. 41, 1309 (1973). | | 1972 | Arnold A. Strassenburg, State University of New York at Stony Brook, "The Evolution of Physics Teaching", Am. J. Phys. 40, 1729 (1972). | | 1971 | Harry F. Meiners, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute,
"Problems of Science Education in Underdeveloped Countries", Am. J. Phys. 39, 468 (1971). | | 1970 | Franklin Miller, Jr., Kenyon College,
"A Long Look at the Short Film", Am. J. Phys. 39, 3 (1971). | | 1969 | John M. Fowler, University of Maryland,
"Content and Process in Physics Teaching", Am. J. Phys. 37, 1194 (1969). | | 1968 | Alan Holden, Bell Telephone Laboratories,
"Artistic Invitations to the Study of Physics", Am. J. Phys. 36, 1081 (1968). | | 1967 | Gerald Holton, Harvard University,
"Oildrops and Subelectrons", Am. J. Phys. 35, 905 (1967). | | 1966 | Alan M. Portis, University of California, Berkeley
"Electrons, Photons, and Students", Am. J. Phys. 34, 1986 (1966). | | 1965 | John G. King, Massachusetts Institute of Technology,
"The Undergraduate Physics Laboratory and Reality", Am. J. Phys. 34, 1058 (1966). | | 1964 | H. Victor Neher, California Institute of Technology,
"Millikan: Teacher and Friend", Am. J. Phys. 32, 868 (1964). | | 1962 | Paul E. Klopsteg, Northwestern University,
"The Early Days of the American Association of Physics Teachers" |
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