24 May 2011
Congratulations to Physics Majors Making Spring Dean's List:
Armando Garcia
Brandan Garcia
Punam Ghimire
Sebastian Gomez
Kevin Hatch
Kevin Honsaker
Youssef Khamsi
Isaac Lopez
Joshua Morris
Jessica Salazar
Jeremiah Steed
Emma Sundin
Eduardo Urias
Your outstanding academic efforts make us very proud!!
Congratulations to Dr. Cristian Botez for Receiving New NSF Grant!
Drs. Cristian Botez (PI) and Lourdes Echegoyen (Co-PI) will be directing a new project sponsored by the National Science Foundation through a recently awarded $199,482 grant. The project centers on high-level undergraduate research carried out by faculty mentor – student fellow teams throughout the College of Science, and seeks to integrate some of the research results within courses or laboratory sections. One key idea is to generate evidence that first-rate research is relevant to the basic course curriculum. The project is ultimately expected to enhance STEM undergraduate research and learning, as well as overall student success.
Congratulations to Physics Students and Faculty Honored at Pre-Commencement
The following awards were presented to our graduating students at the College of Science Pre-Commencement on Friday, May 4th:
Academic Excellence-Undergraduate Student: Jose "Tony" Rodriguez
Research Excellence-Undergraduate Student: Jason Keith
Academic Excellence – Graduate Student: Karla Carmona
Physics Department Honors Award Undergraduate Student: Enrique Ramirez
Outstanding Thesis for the College of Science: Churna Bahadur Bhandari
Dr. Eric Hagedorn received an award for "Excellence in Teaching" from the College of Science
Congratulations to all!
One HUGELY Successful Physics Outreach Event!
The
Physics Circus presented a special half-hour program to over 3800 elementary school children for Opportunity Days in the Memorial Gym. The 33 foot bowling ball pendulum, roaring PVC pipes, non-Newtonian fluid jumping, and bed of nails demonstrations were well received. Thanks to our students Richard Flores, Armando Garcia, Celia Garcia, Alex Price, Matt Quiroz, Enrique Ramirez, Jose "Tony" Rodriguez, and Jesus Valdez. Thanks also to Drs. Jessica Dunmore and Eric Hagedorn. Special thanks to Tai Subia from Geology!
Real Physics LIVE Engages 200 High School Students
Close to 200 students from Andress, Bowie, Delta Academy, Franklin, Irvin, Jefferson, Silva, and the Transmountain Early College High School visited the department. They enjoyed a presentation about physics from our Chairman, Dr. Incera, a mini-Physics Circus, and most importantly lab visits and interactions with our student poster presenters. Thanks to all who helped make this a roaring success!
USA Science & Engineering Festival Team Wows Washington!
The team of four students (Victoria Canseco, Karla Carmona, Punam Ghimire & Jessica Salazar) and faculty (Drs. Jessica Dunmore, Eric Hagedorn & Felicia Manciu) shared the "Physics of Jewelry" with hundreds of visitors to this great event in the Washington DC Convention Center.
