MSUM Physics & Astronomy Seminar Series: Modeling Electrostatic Double-Layer Capacitors

Friday, Feb. 1 | 3-3:50 p.m. | Hagen Hall 325 Modeling Electrostatic Double-Layer CapacitorsPresented by: Sylvio May From the Department of Physics at North Dakota State University This talk is about fancy capacitors that are formed by inserting a charged electrode into an electrolyte. The resulting electric double layer has a capacitance that reflects both chemical and physical properties of the […]

Society of Physics Students members attend, present at conference

MSUM’s Society of Physics Students members Melissa Foley, Jane Glanzer and Isobel Snellenberger attended and presented at the APS Conference for Undergraduate Women in Physics at Northwestern University January 18-20. There, they learned about challenges of being a woman in physics and presented their research done at MSUM. Melissa, Jane and Isobel hope to use tools learned at this conference […]

MSUM Physics & Astronomy Seminar Series

Friday, Jan. 25 | 3-3:50 p.m. | Hagen Hall 325 A Physicist’s Journey to a Career in Software EngineeringPresented by Wyatt DavisDISTek Integration Inc. Ninety five percent of U.S. physics Bachelor’s recipients and 90% of physics Master’s recipients who enter the private sector do not have physicist/astronomer in their job title. Most physics degree recipients, like myself, enter into engineering, […]