2023 Educational Award - Finalists Announced!

2023 Finalists - Americas

• University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, United States, submitted by Peter Dragic

• University of Arizona, United States, submitted by Dilara Long

• Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas Espaciai, Brazil, submitted by Danilo Almeida Machado

• CREOL, College of Optics and Photonics, United States, submitted by Le Mei Wang

• Berea College, United States, submitted by Troy Messina

• University of Texas- Rio Grande Valley, United States, submitted by Satya Kachiraju

• Universite Laval, Canada, submitted by Mireille Quemener

• Universidade Federal do Ceará, Brazil, submitted by Filipe Feitosa

• Macalester College, United States, submitted by John Cannon

• Centro Universitario de los Lagos, Mexico, submitted by Samuel Mardoqueo Afanador Delgado

• Universidad de Guadalajara Mexico, submitted by Roger Chiu-Zarate

• Wayne State University, United States, submitted by Chenjun Shi

• Princeton University, United States, submitted by Yaakov Clenman

• Bar-Ilan University, Israel, submitted by Zeev Zalevsky

• Kent State University, United States, submitted by Marianne Prevot

2023 Finalists - Europe

• University of Twente, Netherlands, submitted by Jelle Schoppink

• Paul Scherrer Institute, Switzerland, submitted by Mohammad Sohaib

• Kings College London, United Kingdom, submitted by Shiyue Liu

• Aarhus University, Denmark, submitted by Dmitry Postnov

• New York University Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, submitted by Jeremy Teo

All Educational Award finalists are be eligible for the
Norman Edmund Inspiration Award – an additional $5,000 USD in product donations.

The Norman Edmund Inspiration Award is awarded to the program that best embodies the legacy of Edmund Optics' founder Norman Edmund.

The Norman Edmund Inspiration Award was determined at the sole discretion of the Edmund Optics Board of Directors Committee and awarded to the program that best embodies the legacy of Edmund Optics' founder Norman Edmund. Mr. Edmund has been the creator and entrepreneurial spirit behind Edmund Scientific, which later evolved into Edmund Optics. He is credited with inspiring many generations of young talent to become interested in science and engineering through his thought-provoking catalog of optics, science experiments, and learning tools. He is remembered by all for his generosity, curiosity, and love of science.