Prizes and Awards Prizes and Awards Prizes and awards are listed only for those students receiving degrees in 1998, and include prizes and awards received by them in previous years. Each year Caltech awards these prizes for academic excellence to undergraduates. Preference is given to students in the Division of Engineering and Applied Science and to those in Chemical Engineering. Two awards, selected by the Deans, the Director of Residence Life, and the Master of Student Houses, presented to undergraduates whose concern for their fellow students has been demonstrated by persistent efforts to improve the quality of undergraduate life and by effective communication with members of the faculty and administration.
Preference is given to students working in structural mechanics.
The recipients are selected on the basis of their capacity to take advantage of and to profit from these activities rather than on the basis of their scholastic standing.