What were the categories for the 2019 PF Member Awards?

[Greg Bernhardt]

Happy New Year! It's been another incredible year spent on PF!

Congrats to all who were nominated as it's a true honor. It should be remembered each voting list could easily have been ten times as long. We have an amazing core of members here at PF. A member may have won more than one category, but can be awarded for just one. Two ties have been equally awarded.

Thanks all who participated in the voting and commentary!

Now for a special congratulations to the popular vote winners! Winners will receive a special badge which will last the year.

Hall of Legends Award
@jim hardy

The arildno Physics Award
@vanhees71

The Ray Vickson Homework Helper Award
@jbriggs444
@BvU

The selfAdjoint Mathematics Award
@Math_QED
@StoneTemplePython

The marcus Astro/Cosmo Award
@PAllen
@davenn

The jim hardy Engineering Award
@Baluncore

Other Science Award
@Ygggdrasil

Academic Guidance Award
@Vanadium 50

Newcomer Award
@etotheipi

Best Insight Award
The 7 Basic Rules of Quantum Mechanics
@A. Neumaier

Insight Writer Award
@PeterDonis

The Morbius Community Spirit Award
@phinds

Best Humor Award
@WWGD

https://www.physicsforums.com/forums/2019-pf-member-awards-last-day-to-vote.295/

 

[TeethWhitener]

Congrats to all the winners!

 

[davenn]

Well done and a happy New Year everyone

 

[mfb]

Congratulations to all the winners!

Two ties have been equally awarded.

Next year's Hall of Fame award will be even more competitive then.

 

[Wrichik Basu]

Heartiest congratulations to all the winners!

 

[pinball1970]

An impressive list of winners, congrats to all.

 

[Drakkith]

Congratulations everyone!

 

[Stavros Kiri]

Congratulations to all the winners!
Next year's Hall of Fame award will be even more competitive then.

No money award no competitive! ... Lol

 

[BvU]

Congratulations to all nominees and winners ! Honoured to be one of the ties !

 

[PeroK]

Happy New Year! It's been another incredible year spent on PF!

Congrats to all who were nominated as it's a true honor. It should be remembered each voting list could easily have been ten times as long. We have an amazing core of members here at PF. A member may have won more than one category, but can be awarded for just one. Two ties have been equally awarded.

Are these awards recorded anywhere? It would be nice to see a list of the winners for each award over the years in one place.

 

[Orodruin]

Thanks to everybody voting for me and congratulations to @vanhees71 after a close race!

It also warms my heart to see jim hardy posthumously taking his rightful permanent place in the hall of legends. I did not have much direct interactions with him as he mainly frequented the engineering forums, but even so it was impossible to miss his enormous passion and influence.

This year I can again credibly post this video

 

[Orodruin]

Are these awards recorded anywhere? It would be nice to see a list of the winners for each award over the years in one place.

https://www.physicsforums.com/help/medals/

 

[Orodruin]

Next year's Hall of Fame award will be even more competitive then.

I would make a prediction, but I have been wrong before ...

 

[DennisN]

Congratulations to all winners! And thanks for the nominations!
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[vanhees71]

Congratulations to all, and I'm honoured to be awarded too. Thanks!

 

[BvU]

Bah humbug

Congrats ! Well earned, mr Scrooge !

 

[anorlunda]

Congratulations all. Those awards are well deserved.

Thank goodness we will be able to remember Jim Hardy with an award named after him.

 

[Ssnow]

Congratulations!
Ssnow

 

[SammyS]

Are these awards recorded anywhere? It would be nice to see a list of the winners for each award over the years in one place.

Yes, that would be nice.
It is possible to find the old Award Ceremonies by digging around in the vault. Here's the URL for the 2016 awards.
https://www.physicsforums.com/threads/2016-pf-member-award-ceremony.898728/

 

[PeroK]

Yes, that would be nice.
It is possible to find the old Award Ceremonies by digging around in the vault. Here's the URL for the 2016 awards.
https://www.physicsforums.com/threads/2016-pf-member-award-ceremony.898728/

See post #12.

 

[Evo]

Congratulations to the top nominees (aka winners) and the other winners (other nominees). You know you are all winners. You won when you were nominated!

 

[Evo]

See post #12.

If you scroll down, you should see a list of at least some of the previous year's winners. But I do think a sticky would be nice.

 

[Orodruin]

You know you are all winners.

I am not! I am going to be grumpy all year!

 

[SammyS]

Congratulations to the top nominees (aka winners) and the other winners (other nominees).
You know you are all winners.

I am not! I am going to be grumpy all year!

Sounds like a grumpy winner to me.

 

[BvU]

I am not! I am going to be grumpy all year!

You've got five badges already -- if you really want even more, perhaps you could apply for mentorship ?

 

[Orodruin]

You've got five badges already -- if you really want even more, perhaps you could apply for mentorship ?

That is one less than yesterday.
Also, mentors don't get to show their HH, SA, and emiritus badges ...

 

[mfb]

You've got five badges already -- if you really want even more, perhaps you could apply for mentorship ?

Then you lose all apart from the insight author (and 20xx award if applicable).

@Orodruin: You'll have a good chance to get an award in 2020 again.

 

[Orodruin]

@Orodruin: You'll have a good chance to get an award in 2020, too.

Don’t know about that. That would imply making meaningful contributions ...

 

[QuantumQuest]

Congratulations to all the winners!
It was an honor for me to be nominated. My specific congratulations to @phinds for winning the category I was also nominated in.

 

[phinds]

Congratulations to all the winners!
It was an honor for me to be nominated. My specific congratulations to @phinds for winning the category I was also nominated in.

Thank you.

 

[PAllen]

I am so honored to win in a category named for Marcus. I won't say more about him, because nothing could do justice to his contributions. I recall that he and bcrowell (missing him as well) were the two who initially nominated me for science advisor, so a circle is closed with this humbling award.

 

[PeroK]

If you scroll down, you should see a list of at least some of the previous year's winners. But I do think a sticky would be nice.

See post #12. It's here already:

https://www.physicsforums.com/help/medals/

 

[Baluncore]

The jim hardy Engineering Award leaves me with mixed feelings, of survivor guilt, and the impostor syndrome.

 

[dlgoff]

The jim hardy Engineering Award leaves me with mixed feelings, of survivor guilt, and the impostor syndrome.

Jim would be honored in your winning of the Engineering Award. And if he were still with us, would have voted for you.

 

[neilparker62]

Congratulations to all the winners - it was an honour to have been a competitor in such illustrious company. I would have to admit that most of the articles in Insights Writers' category(ies) were beyond my ken!