1. Announcing the 2004
Western Kentucky Physics Olympics
by Richard Gelderman
2. Greetings from the
Chair
An update on recent events from Acting Department Head
Dr. Richard Hackney
3. PELAN Purchased by UN
to Find "Silent Menace"
by Phillip Womble
4. Class of 2003
Graduates Receive Top Honors
by Doug Harper
5. Dr. Charles
McGruder Named McCormack Professor of Physics
Courtesy of Media Relations
6. Applied Physics Institute
Gets New Director
by Phillip Womble
7.
Thermoacoustics Comes to Western
Dr. Gordon Smith begins a research program in
thermoacoustics.
8. Where Does a WKU
Physics Degree Lead?
Results of a recent alumni survey