The Physics and Astronomy Seminar Series presents: Projects and research in the MSUM Physics Department Have you ever wondered what physics and astronomy projects students and faculty here work on? Come to this seminar and find out! Friday, Sept. 7 3:00 -3:50 p.m. 325 Hagen Hall D. Jacobs: Designing, Constructing, and Testing an Electric Motor Powered Aircraft. The recreational aircraft […]
Linda Winkler, Physics and Astronomy, attended the “Machines of the Future” workshop the week of Aug. 13-16. This workshop, held at the NDSCS Center for Nanoscience Technology Training in Fargo, gave participants working knowledge of microelectronic machine fabrication techniques as well as pedagogical teaching modules.
Steve Lindaas, Physics and Astronomy, attended HI-TEC (High Impact Technology Exchange Conference) held in Denver July 23-26. He attended the pre-workshop “What’s in Your Genes?” on the nano-technology behind DNA microarrays and similar technology. He also presented a touch-screen pedagogical module he developed with Carrie Leopold, NDSCS, that is being adopted by the Southwest Center for Microsystems Education at the […]
Steve Lindaas, Physics and Astronomy, attended the summer AAPT (American Association of Physics Teachers) conference in Philadelphia from July 28 to August 1. He attended a workshop on “Using FPGAs in the Digital Lab” and gave an invited talk “Elementary Electronics: From Simple to Sophisticated Circuits” in the session on Labs at Many Levels. As vice-chair of the Committee on […]
Linda Winkler, Physics and Astronomy, attended the BYF (Beyond the First Year) Advanced Lab conference held in Philadelphia prior to the summer AAPT meeting. In addition to attending mini-workshops on various advanced labs she presented a poster on the advanced physics lab at MSUM titled “Developing Professionalism in a Sophomore-level Experimental Physics Class.”