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.

Physics and Astronomy Seminar Series

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 […]

‘Happy ending to beginning’ of $2.5B Mars rover mission

By: Ryan Johnson, INFORUM MOORHEAD – While it was built with valid scientific goals in mind, the premise of the six-wheeled, 2,000-pound Curiosity rover and the engineering feat that landed it on Mars early Monday could strike some as more science fiction than reality. “We have landed a nuclear-powered truck on another world,” said Juan Cabanela, astronomy professor at Minnesota […]

Steve Lindaas attends machines of the future workshop

Steve Lindaas, Physics and Astronomy, attended the Machines of the Future Workshop August 9-12. This workshop covered material developed by the Southwest Center for Microsystems Education at the University of New Mexico.  The workshop was held at the Center for Nanoscience Technology Training on the Fargo campus of the North Dakota College of Science. Participants worked in a cleanroom to […]