The Physics Department has identified Nicole Luna as a student who shows exceptional promise as a future research physicist and/or physics teacher. The Out-Laws of Physics and the entire Cal Poly Pomona Physics Department congratulate Luna on the receipt of this Out-Laws of Physics Scholarship and extend their best wishes to her for a productive and satisfying career and future life. Nicole Luna is a graduating senior with a double major in Physics and Mechanical Engineering at Cal Poly Pomona. She will become a graduate student in Physics working toward a PhD at the University of Colorado, Boulder in Fall 2022. She plans to research materials that improve the efficiency of solar energy. She aspires to become either a professor or a researcher at a national lab. This scholarship will help her relocate to Colorado and settle in for her first year as a grad student. The Out-Laws of Physics award was presented at the Cal Poly Physics Department Awards Luncheon, April 26, 2022. |
     
![]() 2022 Out-Laws of Physics Scholarship winner Nicole Luna with Professor Alex Small and Out-Laws of Physics band members Jolene Houser and John Jewett. |