Physics/Astronomy Series Friday
MUSM Physics/Astronomy Series Presents: Topics in Physics and Computer Networking Moneer Rifai Network Engineer, Network Center MSUM Alum, 2008
University Physics Competition was top performing team from the U.S.
MSUM’s University Physics Competition team earned MSUM a bronze medal, and was the top preforming team from the U.S. for the problem they selected, notably defeating NDSU, Georgia Institute of Technology, and the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Upperclassmen Meredith McLinn, Pragalav Karki and Shouvik Bhattacharya modeled the effect an Earth-like planet’s mass has on its volcanic activity. To learn […]
Physics major attended the 221st Meeting of American Astronomical Society
Physics major, Shouvik Bhattacharya attended the 221st Meeting of American Astronomical Society in Long Beach, Calif., Jan. 6-10. American Astronomical Society is the major organization for professional astronomers in North America. Although the meeting’s target audience are PhD’s, postdocs and scientists, a large number of undergraduates participated in this meeting. Bhattacharya attended a reception for undergraduates physics and astronomy majors […]
Students attended the 2012 Quadrennial Physics Congress
Physics majors Pragalv Karki and Andrew Larson attended the 2012 Quadrennial Physics Congress in Orlando, Fla. during the week of Nov. 8-10. The Physics Congress (PhysCon) was hosted by Sigma Pi Sigma, the Physics Honor Society. The meeting brought together nation’s 800 physics undergraduate students at the same place for the very first time, which made it the largest gathering […]
MSUM Physics/Astronomy Seminar
MSUM Physics/Astronomy Seminar Series Presents Creating a Helmholtz Coil and Quantifying the Magnetic Field Along the Central Axis Presented by: Pragalv Karki Minnesota State University Moorhead Friday, December 7, 2012