MSUM Physics and Astronomy Seminar Series

MSUM Physics and Astronomy Seminar Series Presents: Using Softchalk to Increase Immediacy by Embedding Pop-Ups in Student Handouts By: Richard Lahti, Ed.D. Chemistry & Biochemistry Physics & Astronomy Friday, Feb. 28 3-3:50 p.m. 325 Hagen Hall Softchalk is a program that allows faculty to create interactive lessons and upload them to a learning management system (such as D2L).

Annual SPS Physics Show

MSUM’s Society of Physics Students would like to invite you to the annual Physics Show on March 9, from 3:30 to 4:30 p.m. The show will be held in Langseth 105 and the show is for all ages with no entrance fees. The events will include but are not limited to, Liquid nitrogen Reuben’s tube Tesla coils Exploding balloons If […]

Making Strides

Physics student scores prestigious internship in fuel cell lab 2014 Student Academic Conference presenter Half a world away, a young Iwnetim (Tim) Abate dreamed of a world free from global warming. Years later, Abate is taking part in making his dream a reality. The junior physics major at MSUM is making strides in the field of physics and engineering. Abate, […]

MSUM Physics/Astronomy Seminar Series Friday

MSUM Physics/Astronomy Seminar Series Presents: Git Organized: Introduction to Version Control (part 1 of a two-part series) By Dr. Matt Craig Friday, Feb. 7 3 p.m. 325 Hagen Hall Abstract: git is a tool for keeping track of changes you make to files. Systems like this—called version control or source control systems—were originally developed to keep track of changes made […]

Faculty receive Galileo donation

Andrew Chen, Computer Science and Information, Linda Winkler and Steve Lindaas, Physics and Astronomy, along with Daniel Heckaman, Chief Information Officer, applied to the Intel Corporation Galileo program and were awarded 20 development kits. The Galileo kit is an Arduino compatible development board that will be used to explore new directions in CSIS and Physics courses. The Galileo boards will […]