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, […]
January 25-27 | 17 programs, 30 show times | Free to MSUM students
Sunday, Jan. 20 | 7:30 – 11:59 p.m. | MSUM Parking lots R6 & G1 (adjacent to 9th Ave S) This will be the last total lunar eclipse until 2022, so don’t miss it! We’ll have scopes set up to view the lunar eclipse. The eclipse will start at 8:30 and reach totality at about 11:30. It may be cold […]
Professor Juan Cabanela (Physics and Astronomy) was in Seattle from Jan. 6 through 9 presenting the work done by Physics majors Sam Holen and Andrew Louwagie Gordon in the summer of 2018. These MSUM students worked with Cabanela to develop interactive educational software for use in introductory astronomy classes. This was possible because of the Physics and Astronomy Department’s innovative […]
The Society of Physics Students (SPS) has been once again recognized for their quality and quantity of activities they do with the wider community. The National Council has awarded the Minnesota State University SPS Chapter a 2017-18 Distinguished Chapter. This is the sixth consecutive year that the MSUM SPS Chapter has been recognized with a Distinguished or Outstanding chapter award. […]