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 […]

Local scientist to deliver polymer seminar Friday

Effect of polymer structure on properties and their applications Friday, March 28 | 2 p.m. | SL 102 Featuring: Neena Ravindran, Ph.D., Principal R&D Scientist, Tecton Products, Fargo, N.D. This talk will focus on structure-property relationships in coating systems based on unsaturated polyester chemistry and their effect on end-use properties. Examples of applications will include laser ablatable coatings, coatings for […]

Student accepts summer research position at the University of Wyoming’s Department of Astronomy

Laura Herzog, a sophomore Physics and Mathematics double major, was offered and has accepted a position as a summer researcher at the University of Wyoming’s Department of Astronomy. She will be involved in a research project involving the use of the University’s 2.3 meter and 0.6 meter telescopes in imaging and analysis of the environment around other galaxies. www.uwyo.edu/physics/reu-info