Author: Doug Harper

SPS Meeting Minutes for 9/4/12

SESAPS is Nov. 14-17, Abstracts due Sept. 19th and travel grant due the following week. Make sure Dr. Kintzel or Jason Leszczewicz know that you are planning to go. Oak Ridge National Laboratory Tour...

Big Ten+ Grad School Expo

For those interested in finding out more about graduate school applications, funding opportunities, and related information in science, technology, engineering, or mathematics at a large number of American universities, Purdue University is hosting its...

Southeastern Section of the American Physical Society

This Fall 2012, we are anticipating bringing a group of students to the 79th Annual Meeting of the Southeastern Section of the American Physical Society (SESAPS  http://sesaps12.fsu.edu/SESAPS12/Welcome.html) which will be held this year November...

Waves and Packets Student Worker Needed

Charles McGruder works with the lead editor of Waves and Packets, a highly-regarded e-newsletter that aggregates physics and astronomy news from around the world.  It  is a joint publication of the African Astronomical Society...

Minutes 4/30/12

The rocket team will meet 3 times over the summer.  They will also meet this Thursday a 8 pm in the SPS room.  There will also be a small rocket launch this Sunday.  They...

2012 Quadrennial Physics Congress

As announced in the SPS meeting yesterday, every 4 years Sigma Pi Sigma, the physics honor society, hosts a Quadrennial Physics Congress.  The next one is November 10-12, 2012 in Orlando, Florida, and includes...

Honors Thesis Defense

Suzanna Sadler will present her Undergraduate Honors Thesis entitled “The Ages and Metallicities of Type Ia Supernova Host Galaxies From The Nearby Galaxies Supernova Search Program” on Thursday May 3 at 2:15 pm in...

SIGNUP for 2012 Sigma Pi Sigma Banquet

On Friday, May 4, 2012 at 6:00 PM, the WKU Chapter of the Society of Physics Students will host its 52nd annual Sigma Pi Sigma Banquet and Induction Ceremony.  This year’s banquet will be...

2012 Departmental Award Winners

Each year the WKU Department of Physics and Astronomy recognizes three students who have excelled in areas of scholarship, research, and service.  The recipients of these awards for the 2011-2012 academic year are Suzanna...