Student engineering competition seeks applicants for third annual Cornell Cup USA, presented by Intel

ITHACA, N.Y. – Students around the country can now register to participate in Cornell Cup USA, presented by Intel, the popular college-level embedded design competition, which will be held for the third time in Lake Buena Vista, Fla. This year’s competition will be held May 2-3, 2014 at the Walt Disney World Resort. Teams interested in this year’s competition can […]

Steve Lindaas attended AAPT meeting

Steve Lindaas, Physics and Astronomy, attended the summer meeting of the American Association of Physics Teachers (AAPT) July 14–17. He organized and led the Physics and Society topical discussion session, presided over a session on Labs and Activities for Sustainability and a panel on Teaching Controversial Topics. As chair of the Committee on Science Education for the Public he is […]

John Buncher attended FPGA Exercises in the Advanced Lab

John Buncher, Physics and Astronomy, attended the “FPGA Exercises in the Advanced Lab” ALPhA immersion July 24-26 at the University of Minnesota. Field Programmable Gate Arrays are flexible microprocessor devices that are ubiquitous in industry. The Advanced Laboratory Physics Association is affiliated with the American Association of Physics Teachers (AAPT) and runs advanced laboratory sessions to help departments update their […]

Physics Majors in Graduate Programs

Four Physics majors are enrolled in graduate programs. They are: Class of 2013 Hollee Johnson-University of North Dakota Nicholas Weir- University of Massachusetts-Lowell Shouvik Bhattacharya– Creighton University, Physics Class of 2012 Murshid Saqlain- University of Colorado Colorado Springs, Applied Mathematics