The Horizon Middle School robotics team, “Spudnik, the Next Generation,” placed first for their project presentation at the FIRST LEGO League robotics competition in Grand Forks on February 1. This year’s challenge was Nature’s Fury. The team presented about preventing, reducing and recovering from the damages caused by volcanoes. Team members are Paul Sternhagen, Kaeden Olthoff, Finn Harrison, Joe Eidsness, […]
Three professors from the Department of Physics and Astronomy presented at the Minnesota Chapter of the American Association of Physics Teachers held at Augsburg College in Minneapolis on April 26. John Buncher presented Why Elephants Really Are Big-Boned: Stress and Scaling in the IPLS Lab, Linda Winkler presented Rocket Science in Introductory Physics, and Ananda Shastri presented Matters of the […]
Please join the Physics and Astronomy Department in wishing Dave Weinrich well as he retires from 31 years at MSUM. A farewell open house will be held Friday, May 9 from 2-4 p.m. in the Langseth Hall Atrium.
Please join the Physics and Astronomy Department in wishing Dave Weinrich well as he retires from 31 years at MSUM. A farewell open house will be held Friday, May 9 from 2-4 p.m. in the Langseth Hall Atrium.
Name: Dennis Jacobs Profession: Professor of physics and astronomy No. of years at MSUM: 26 Q: What has been one of the best experiences working here? A: The first 23-24 years I taught in the Corrick Center. I think that was the best experience. It certainly helped a lot of students. The rest of it was just working with the […]