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Physics Students Make Their Presence Known on the Football Field
As you may have heard or seen, the football team suffered a disappointing last-second loss Saturday to Augsburg. This despite some key contributions from some of our own Physics students. On the final play from scrimmage in the first half, Gustavus quarterback Muresuk Mena tossed a 3 yard TD pass to Mike Hintze (Physics ’15). […]
Mike Bland ’02 Receives First Decade Award
Mike Bland physics and geology class of 2002, was awarded one of two First Decade Awards by the Gustavus Alumni Association at the Alumni Banquet on Saturday, May 26. He was introduced by Chuck Niederriter with the citation below: It is my great pleasure tonight to introduce Dr. Michael Bland as a recipient of this […]
Fermilab Fun for Gustavus Physics Students
The weekend of April 20th was a special one for many Gustavus physics students as they ventured 440 miles to the Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, or simply Fermilab (most famously known for its Tevatron particle accelerator, once the highest energy particle accelerator in the world, which was shut down in September 2011). The entire trip […]
Dorea Ruggles (’06) Wins NIH Research Award
Dorea Ruggles (’06) has received a Ruth L. Kirchstein National Research Service Award from the National Institutes of Health (NIH). Dorea is currently in the Biomedical Engineering Ph.D. program at Boston University. She writes, “The research I submitted deals with normal hearing adults and auditory attention. Auditory attention is what people do when they hear […]
Brian Smith (’00) Wins First Decade Award
The Gustavus Alumni Association has named Dr. Brian Smith (’00) as the winner of its First Decade Award. The First Decade Award recognizes early professional achievement. Criteria appropriate to selection include the difficulty of accomplishment; quality, creativity, and distinctiveness of performance; recognition by professional peers; and lasting contribution to the world of ideas and affairs. […]
Three Physics Majors Inducted into Phi Beta Kappa
On Saturday, May 1, 2010, three Gustavus physics majors were inducted into the Eta of Minnesota Chapter of Phi Beta Kappa, the nation’s oldest academic honor society. Bradley Abell (’10), Christina Lewis (’10) and Daniel Mellema (’11) were among the 17 Gustavus juniors and 43 seniors to receive this honor. They are shown in the […]
Michelle Price (’08) Wins Multiple Awards
Michelle (“MJ”) Price (’08), who is a graduate student in the Applied Physics program at the University of Michigan, has hit the trifecta! She has simultaneously been offered fellowships through the National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship Program, the Department of Energy Science Graduate Fellowship Program and the Department of Defense National Defense Science and […]
Kelly Younge’s Article featured on NSF Website
Gustavus physics alumna Kelly Younge (’05), who is completing her Ph.D. in Applied Physics at the University of Michigan, has had her research featured on the NSF website. Taken from an article she has written for Physical Review, the full story explaining her work on “Trapping Giant Rydberg Atoms for Faster Quantum Computers” can be […]
Mike Bland Gives Annual Sigma Pi Sigma Lecture
On the evening of April 8, Gustavus physics alumnus Dr. Michael Bland (’02) delivered a lecture entitled “The Geophysical Evolution of Icy Satellites” to Gustavus physics students and faculty. Mike’s talk was the keynote address on an evening that celebrated the induction of seven Gustavus seniors into Sigma Pi Sigma, the national physics honor society. […]
Mark Nechanicky is Teacher of the Year
Gustavus physics alumnus Mark Nechanicky (’95) was named the 2010 Teacher of the Year in the Albert Lea, Minnesota, school system. After graduating from Gustavus, Mark earned a Master’s degree in Materials Science and Engineering from the University of Michigan and worked for five years doing electronics design in the auto industry. However, in 2004 […]