Society of Physics Students (Professor Hai Nguyen - Advisor)
- Hosted two speakers: former UWSP Physics Professor Greg Taft and James Kakalios,
Professor of Physics at the University of Minnesota.
- Engaged the American Chemical Society students in a demonstration
competition that attracted hundreds of spectators from campus and the
community.
- Sponsored the traditional model rocket launches for grade-school age children
throughout central Wisconsin.
- Toured the Adler Planetarium, Fermilab, and the Shedd Aquarium over
an extended weekend.
- Heard Nobel laureate Eric Cornell at the University of Wisconsin-La
Crosse.
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Applied Physics Students Begin Internships
- Internships for the new emphases in applied physics have been
initiated. Central Wisconsin internship sites include Greenheck
Fan Corporation and Siemens Water Technologies, both in the Wausau area.
Internationally, London internships are being arranged for three UWSP
students beginning the summer term of 2008.
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Academy of Letters and Science Awards
- Logan Kimberly - graduating senior.
- Dean Pawlisch - continuing student.
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Student Research
- Karl Larsen and Justin Perket accompanied Professor Ken Menningen to
the Electrochemical Society meeting in Phoenix where they presented the
poster "Surface Modification of Galium Indium Phosphide for
Photoelectrochemical Water Splitting."
- Kyle Taylor accompanied Professors Hai Nguyen and Chris Verzani to
the Division of Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics meeting at
Pennsylvania State University to present the poster "Molecular Formation
and Alignment of Photo-Associated Cold Atoms Using Ultrafast Laser
Pulses." Michelle Stephens, Karen Chamberlin, and Steve Lynam are
co-authors of this poster.
- Chelsey Driessen and Dean Pawlisch co-authored the article
"Electrical Conductivity of Silver Phosphorus Selenide and Copper
Phosphorus Selenide" with Professors Bob Beeken and Brad Hinaus
published in the
journal Solid State Ionics.
- Larkin Duelge, Karl Larsen, and Justin Perket presented poster
reports of their undergraduate research with Professors Mick Veum and
Ken Menningen at the 2008 UWSP College of Letters and Science Symposium
this past spring.
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Physics Education
- David Tamres has been accepted to attend the Second Annual Meeks
Memorial Acoustics Workshop at Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology.
- Chris Verzani will attend the New Faculty Workshop at the American
Center for Physics in College Park, Maryland.
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Astronomy
- Liza Piltz accompanied Professor Katie Jore to the Arecibo Radio
Telescope during the January interim. The trip marks the
initiation of a long-term UWSP collaboration with Cornell University
allowing our faculty and students to use this world-class research
facility located in tropical Puerto Rico.
- Larkin Duelge accompanied Professor Randy Olson to Kitt Peak
National Observatory for research into stellar clusters.
- The planetarium program "Gods of the Solar System" is the first show
to be produced in totality at UWSP. Amy Wilder, under the
direction of Professor Randy Olson, wrote the script and programmed all
visuals. A cast of three UWSP theatre majors narrated the
presentation.
- Professor Elisha Polomski co-authored the articles "Neon Abundance
in the Ejecta of QU Vulpeculae from Late-Epoch Infrared Spectra" as well
as "Infrared and X-Ray Evidence for Circumstellar Grain Destruction by
the Blast Wave of Supernova 1987A," both appearing in The
Astrophysical Journal.
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Laser Physics
- Professor Hai Nguyen gave an invited talk on his atom trapping
research in Israel this past winter.
- Professor Chris Verzani co-authored the article "Laboratory
Measurements of 50-300 eV X-Rays from Collisions of Cometary Interest"
appearing in the journal Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research.
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Research Experiences for Undergraduates - A Banner Year!
- Karen Chamberlin has been accepted to the REU program at the
University of Notre Dame for the second consecutive year.
- Chelsey Driessen will spend the summer engaged in nuclear physics
research at Duke University.
- Karl Larsen is heading to Montana State University for a summer REU
program in engineering.
- Steve Lynam has also been accepted to the REU program in nuclear
physics at Duke University.
- Liza Piltz plans to work at the Southeastern Association for
Research in Astronomy site in Valdosta, Georgia.
- Michelle Stephens will also be involved with the summer REU program
at the University of Notre Dame.
- Kyle Taylor will be engaged in optics research at the University of
Rochester this summer.
- Luke Wilson plans to travel to the University of Nevada-Las Vegas to
join their REU program.
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