The American Institute of Physics (AIP) announced last week it has launched a scholarship program that will provide African American students with up to $10,000 annually per student to pursue bachelor’s degrees in physics or astronomy. Initially, the scholarship will be limited to currently enrolled physics majors at Historically Black Colleges and Universities or Predominantly Black Institutions, […]
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Congratulations to our Seniors!
This year we graduated 4 physics and astronomy students. We will miss them and we wish them well as they go out into the world. Here’s where they are going: Ball State University Colorado State University Mercer Space Camp […]
Valpo Students Win Presentation Awards
Physics students Brook Burbridge and Lauren Kadlec presented their research findings for the STAR and nEDM projects at the April APS meeting in New York. In recognition of their superb presentations, they both won top honors (top 4 out of 32 presentations). Congratulations to Brook and Lauren, and to their research mentors, Dr. Shirvel Stanislaus and […]
Colloquium: Summer 2022 Research Opportunities
Today we will hear presentations from the physics & astronomy faculty who anticipate having funding to support student positions for summer research in areas of Nuclear and Particle physics Astronomy Computational Condensed Matter More information, including updated presentations, the application form, and the deadline for applying, will be soon posted at the Summer Opportunities Link. […]
Colloquium (1/28/2022): Computational Astrophysics
On Friday, Jan. 28 we will welcome Prof. Paul C. Duffell from Purdue University to give a talk in the field combining astrophysics and fluid dynamics. Title: Moving Mesh Astrophysics Abstract: Novel methods in recent years have been developed for numerically solving the hydrodynamical equations relevant to all kinds of astrophysical flows. I will first […]
Alumna Awarded NASA Grant
Rachael (Jensema) Filwett, Valpo alumna, is a postdoctoral research scholar and adjunct professor in the Department of Physics and Astronomy. She has been awarded $149,939 from NASA’s Heliophysics Flight Opportunity Studies Program for the proposed LOBSTR (LabOratory for the Behavior of the SloT Region) mission. See the Press Release from Iowa […]
Colloquium (1/21/2022): Careers and Internships
On Friday, Jan. 21 we are pleased to have Prof. Luke Leisman back to share with us what he has learned in his current role as the Associate Director of the Internship Network in the Mathematical Sciences. Details are as follows (also included in the attached flyer): Title: What I’m learning from the Internship Network in the Mathematical […]
Senior Projects (12/3)
Colloquium this week gives our seniors a chance to tell us about their senior projects. We have two mid-project reports and one final report. “Determining the Ages of Star Clusters” by Lauren MarkerI am plotting isochrones over star cluster data to find the ‘best fit’. The isochrone that fits the best will tell me the log […]
Colloquium this Week (11/5)–From Game of Thrones to Frozen: What Hollywood Can Teach Us About the Importance of Science in Storytelling
This talk will be presented virtually. Please contact Andrew Richter for the Zoom link. Or come to watch with us in person at 3:00 PM in NSC 224 The finale of Game of Thrones was the most-watched single show in HBO’s history and Frozen II was the highest-grossing animated movie ever. Clearly these blockbusters, and others […]
Homecoming Speaker: Chris Pagan (’02)
Physics Degree: Oh The Places You’ll Go! Chris Pagan — University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center Abstract You are about to complete your degree in physics, now what? Apply forgraduate school, commission into the military, join the workforce? There arenumber of opportunities out there for individuals with a degree in physics. Withmy physics degree, I […]