Society of Physics Students (Professor Greg Taft - Advisor)
- Visited UW-LaCrosse to hear Nobel Laureate Steven Chu speak about
laser assisted atom trapping.
- Participated in a balloon launch for Professor Dan Rislove's Near
Space Project.
- Sponsored two model rocket launches for grade-school age children
throughout central Wisconsin.
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Major Field Test in Physics - 2002
- Each spring, our senior physics majors are required to take the
Major Field Test administered by Educational Testing Service,
Princeton, NJ. This year, the five students who wrote the exam
collectively scored in the top 7% nationally.
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Academy of Letters and Science Awards
- Mark Reiser - graduating senior.
- Brian Yulga - continuing student.
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Student Research
- John Faludi, Wendy Schreier, and Jared Tritz co-authored the paper
"Ionic Conductivity in Copper Substituted Ag2CdI4"
with Professor Bob Beeken appearing in the journal Solid State Ionics.
- Josh Garbe, Paul Messman, Paul Omernik, Nick Petersen, Jason
Slattery, and Adam Voltz contributed poster or oral presentations to
the UWSP College of Letters and Science Undergraduate Research
Symposium.
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Kitt Peak National Observatory Project
- Professors Katie Jore, Randy Olson, Dan Rislove, and David Tamres
received University funds for clear-sky observation sessions near Tucson, Arizona.
- Mark Reiser became the first UWSP undergraduate to conduct
astronomical research at the Kitt Peak facility.
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Laser Physics
- Dr. Laszlo Nanai, Fulbright Scholar from the University of Szeged in
Hungary, joined the UWSP Physics Department during Fall Semester 2001 to
conduct collaborative research with Chancellor Tom George and Professors Greg Taft and
Kameshwar Razdan.
- A research group from UW-Madison arranged
for collaborative investigations with Professor Greg Taft using the
Femtosecond Laser Laboratory at UWSP.
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Condensed Matter Physics
- Both Professor Brad Hinaus (with collaborators at UW-Madison) and
Professor Mick Veum (with collaborators at the University of
Minnesota) published papers in the premier physics journal Physical Review Letters.
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Upcoming Professional Travel Plans
- Professor Mick Veum will spend the summer months engaged in research
with collaborators at the University of Minnesota.
- Paul
Messman has been accepted as a Research Experiences for Undergraduates
(REU) participant to work with Professor Veum in Minneapolis.
- Brian Yulga has been accepted into a similar REU Program at the University
of Nevada-Las Vegas.
- Jessica Gillis will spend a Semester Abroad in Australia during the
course of the next academic year.
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