National Science Foundation Robert Noyce Grant awarded to six MSUM faculty members

A two-year $262,000 grant was recently awarded from the National Science Foundation’s Robert Noyce Teacher Scholarship Program to co-PIs Tim Harms (Mathematics) and Alison Wallace (Biosciences). Senior personnel include: Linda Houts-Smith (Languages and Cultures), Richard Lahti (Chemistry; Physics and Astronomy), Steve Lindaas (Physics and Astronomy), and Teresa Shume (School of Teaching and Learning).

Physics and Astronomy research presented at European Materials Research Society meeting

Work done in the Department of Physics and Astronomy was presented at the 2012 European Materials Research Society meeting in Strasbourg, France. Physics students Pragalv Karki, Ravindra Regmi, Tom Mooney, and Andrew Larson worked with Dr. Ananda Shastri to analyze proton motion in the sodium thio-hydroxogermanate proton conductors. Understanding these materials may lead to better fuel cell performance. The results […]

MSUM physics/astronomy seminar series

MSUM Physics/Astronomy Seminar Series Presents: Student Summer Internships Friday, Sept. 14 3:00-3:50 p.m. 325 Hagen Hall M. McLinn: Viewing Density Deviation in Hot Stars I detail the problem solving process I used to develop a series of scripts which converted a data table into a standard-format file, producing a file viewable with a program called VisIt.