Millikan Medal
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The Millikan Medal is a prestigious award in physics education that honors individuals for exceptional contributions to the teaching and understanding of physics.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Millikan Medal canonical | 1 |
| Robert A. Millikan Medal | 1 |
Statements (34)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
physics education award
ⓘ
teaching award ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Millikan Medal
ⓘ
surface form:
Robert A. Millikan Medal
|
| awardFor |
exceptional contributions to the understanding of physics
ⓘ
outstanding contributions to the teaching of physics ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| discipline | physics ⓘ |
| field | physics education ⓘ |
| frequency | annual ⓘ |
| hasLanguage | English ⓘ |
| hasRecipientType |
physics educators
ⓘ
teachers of physics ⓘ |
| honors |
contributors to physics understanding
ⓘ
individuals ⓘ physics educators ⓘ |
| inception | 1962 ⓘ |
| isPartOf | AAPT awards program ⓘ |
| namedAfter |
Robert A. Millikan
ⓘ
surface form:
Robert Andrews Millikan
|
| namedForAchievement | oil-drop experiment ⓘ |
| namedForOccupation | experimental physicist ⓘ |
| notableRecipient |
Arnold B. Arons
ⓘ
Carl E. Wieman ⓘ
surface form:
Carl Wieman
David Hestenes ⓘ Edward F. Redish ⓘ Eric Mazur ⓘ Fred Reif ⓘ Lillian C. McDermott ⓘ Melba Newell Phillips ⓘ Richard Hake ⓘ |
| presentedBy |
AAPT
ⓘ
American Association of Physics Teachers ⓘ |
| selectionCriterion |
significant impact on physics education community
ⓘ
sustained excellence in physics teaching ⓘ |
| sponsor | American Association of Physics Teachers ⓘ |
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Robert A. Millikan Medal