“Physics in unexpected places: the soda straw clarinet”
MSUM Physics & Astronomy Seminar Series Presents: Physics in unexpected places: the soda straw clarinet By MSUM Professor, Dr. Ananda Shastri Friday, September 5 3:00pm Hagen 325
Physics and Astronomy faculty presented at American Association of Physics Teachers conference
John Buncher, Matt Craig, Steve Lindaas and Ananda Shastri, all of the Department of Physics and Astronomy, attended the American Association of Physics Teachers conference last week. Matt Craig presented a poster titled “Agile Development of a Python-based Image Analysis Tool” on his work developing a collaborative tool using iPython notebooks. Ananda Shastri presented his talk “Structured Progression in a […]
Horizon Middle School’s FIRST LEGO League Robotics Competition
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
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 […]
Dave Weinrich retirement party today from 2-4 p.m.
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.