Petscheck Award
Albert Petscheck joined New Mexico Tech in 1966, spent three years at Science, Systems
and Software in San Diego beginning in 1968, and then returned. A leading figure in
theoretical physics at Tech, he is remembered for his intellectual leadership, teaching,
and incisive seminar questions. Of his 69 publications, 39 were coauthored with Stirling
Colgate, who helped recruit him. His PhD students recall his patience, kindness, and
open-door mentorship.
This is an award given annually to a physics junior or senior who has exhibited outstanding
and sustained achievement in the field of physics, preferably theoretical physics.
| Year | Recipient(s) |
| 2026 | Jack Nation |
| 2025 | Tyrus Karmesin & Eliza Canales |
| 2024 | Forest Good & Tatiana Rodriguez |
| 2023 | Alisha Roberts |
| 2022 | Henry Prager |
| 2021 | John Pantuso |
| 2020 | Alex Attanasio |
| 2019 | Zach Lawrence & Emma Schmidt |
| 2018 | Ryder Fox |
| 2017 | N/A |
| 2016 | Stipo Sentic & Matthias Banet |