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 […]

Sustainability Student Association officers elected

Officers for the new Sustainability Student Association were elected this week. The new officers are Ben LeMay, president; Sydney Stracke, vice-president; Alex McIntyre, treasurer; and Liz Overbo, secretary. The SSA focuses on academic aspects of the sustainability program. Just like the Green Dragons, membership is open to all students. The next meeting of the SSA will be in two weeks.

Molecular machines: a problem at the intersection of the sciences

MSUM Physics/Astronomy Seminar Series Presents: “Molecular machines: a problem at the intersection of the sciences” By: Ananda Shastri, Department of Physics and Astronomy- MSUM Friday, Jan. 31 3 p.m. 325 Hagen Hall The ability to build and control machines at the nanoscale—the distance scale of atoms and molecules–would dramatically change science, technology, and how we live.