BIO
Professor Mick Veum earned his Ph.D. at the University of Minnesota and began his teaching career in Mississippi at Millsaps College. In 2000, Veum joined the UW-Stevens Point Department of Physics and Astronomy, serving as former department chair. Dr. Veum teaches courses in the Department of Mathematical Sciences. His research areas of interest include: surface tension, calorimetry, phase transitions, liquid crystals and optical reflectivity.
PUBLICATIONS
Veum, M., Duelge, L., Droske, J., Nguyen, H. T., Huang, C.C., & Mirantsev, L. V. (2009). “Comparison between experiment and theory in the temperature variation of film tension above the bulk isotropic transition in free-standing liquid-crystal films,” Physical Review E 80, 031707 https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevE.80.031707
Hinaus, B. and Veum, M. (2009). “Modeling the compact disc read system in lab,” The Physics Teacher 47, 446 https://doi.org/10.1119/1.3225507