Physics student presents research at conferences; receives internship at IBM Research-Almaden

Iwnetim Abate, junior physics student, recently accepted an internship with IBM Reserach-Almaden located in Silicon Valley in San Jose, Calif. Abate will be working on increasing the energy densities of Li ion batteries for electric vehicles. Abate recently presented research at the American Physical Society’s March meeting, which was held in Denver from March 3-7. There were around 10,000 physicists […]

Student accepted into MIT summer program

Tadesse to present at Student Academic Conference By Danielle Rebel Greatness is often born from wild, far-fetched ideas. For Loza Tadesse, this was exactly the case. The international student from Ethiopia is studying physics and biology at MSUM. Earlier this year, she was hired in the biosciences department – not as a researcher, but to clean the fish tank. “That’s […]

Physics in Life topic of March 28 seminar

Friday, March 28 | 3-3:50 p.m. | 325 Hagen Hall MSUM Physics and Astronomy seminar series presents “Physics in Life, AFTER , A “lifetime” in Physics,” featuring Bruce Flaig (1972, Physics & Chemistry). Flaig writes about his presentation: Or, “How I’ve tried to use physics throughout a life that never quite went in the direction I planned.” I am currently […]

Roberts presented papers and participate in workshop

Bruce Roberts, Anthropology and Earth Science, presented a paper at the 74th Annual Society for Applied Anthropology Meeting in Albuquerque, New Mexico on March 22nd. His presentation, “Plastic Waste Management in Africa,”nwas part of a session on “International Perspectives on Business and Market Research.” Additionally, Dr. Roberts also participated in the half-day workshop “Orientation to Business Anthropology” as well as […]