Dr. Schultz, Planetarium Director, publishes in Journal of Astronomy & Earth Sciences Education. The paper, Who Are The Planetarians? A Demographic Survey Of Planetarium – Based Astronomy Educators, can be found here.
Dr. Ananda Shastri (Physics & Astronomy) has been awarded the Tri College University Excellence in Innovation and Adaptive Education Award. Each of the five TCU partner campuses had one recipient of this award that honors a faculty member for: Excellence, innovation/creativity and the use of technology in producing high-quality education under the challenge of limited time allowed for transition to […]
The MSUM Society of Physics Students has earned the “Outstanding Chapter” designation from the national office. This is the highest level of distinction and is only given to the top SPS chapters. This marks over a decade of receiving national recognition every year for the activities the MSUM Society of Physics Students conducts. From the Halloween Open House to the Annual SPS Demo show and numerous […]
The MSUM Department of Physics and Astronomy will have three faculty members present at the Spring MN American Association of Physics Teachers spring meeting this Saturday. Ananda Shastri will present about successfully “Adapting the single-photon interference experiment to an online lab format.” Juan Cabanela’s presentation is on “How to use an iPad as a virtual blackboard.” Steve Lindaas will be […]
Damith Rozairo, a 2009 MSUM physics graduate, played an essential role in Appareo’s emergency ventilator project to provide critical resources during the Coronavirus pandemic. Once complete, they expect to deliver 2,000 ventilators to the state of North Dakota and 1,000 to South Dakota. “When this project started, everyone in the company who is involved offered to work late nights to […]