Perpall Speaking Competition

The Perpall awards are $1000 first prize; $600, second; and $400, third. The competition is a three-round event. The best SURF Seminar Day presenters, as evaluated by the session chair and a judge (faculty, senior graduate student, or postdoctoral scholar) from the discipline, advance to a semifinal round held in November. Six to eight finalists advance to a final round held in January. The Perpall competition is open to Caltech students only.

Past Winners

2006 Po-Ling Loh, Alexander Huth, Evan Gawlik, Arturo Pizano (tie) First Prize, Second Prize, Third Prize (tie) 2005 Po-Ling Loh, Paul Nagami, Elah Bozorg-Grayeli/Hatem Helal (tie) First Prize, Second Prize, Third Prize (tie) 2004 Daniel Koslover, Priya Kollipara, Haomiao Huang First Prize, Second Prize, Third Prize 2003 Joseph Gonzalez, Salomon Trujillo, Miling Yan First Prize, Second Prize, Third Prize 2002 Kristin Shantz, Rachel Thessin, Hermes Huang First Prize, Second Prize, Third Prize 2001 Craig Countryman, Vincent Auyeung, and Elaine Ou First Prize, Second Prize, Third Prize

2000 Kathryn Todd, Loren Hoffman, Benson Muite/Robb Rutledge (tie) First Prize, Second Prize, Third Prize (tie) 1999 Peter Freese, Kathryn Todd, Katherine Noyes/Eric Tuttle (tie) First Prize, Second Prize, Third Prize (tie) 1998 Ming Chen, David Tytell, Kartik Srinivasan First Prize, Second Prize, Third Prize 1997 David Tytell, Kartik Srinivasan, Keri Ryan First Prize, Second Prize, Third Prize 1996 Sebastian Maurer, Steven Bennett, Fay Fei Peng First Prize, Second Prize, Third Prize 1995 Jeremy Darling, Samson Timoner, Jane Brock First Prize, Second Prize, Third Prize 1994 Lin Jia, Roshan Kumar, Anandi Raman First Prize, Second Prize, Third Prize