Andrew Ratkiewicz, who graduated in 2006 with a B.S. in physics and a minor in math, was honored with the 2024 Alumni of the Year Award for the School of Natural Sciences at the 3rd annual Night of the Titans event on Tuesday, September 17th, 2024. Chancellor’s Professor Emeritus Jerry Hinnefeld was featured in a… Read more »
Alumni Updates
New Endowment: Dr. and Mrs. Thomas R. Connon Physics and Astronomy Department Fund
We are pleased to announce that a new endowment has been established to support the Department of Physics & Astronomy: Dr. and Mrs. Thomas R. Connon Physics and Astronomy Department Fund Dr. Thomas Connon, O.D., and his wife, Sue Ann Connon, were both students at IUSB in the 1970s. Dr. Connon worked closely with Professors… Read more »
Alumni & Friends “50/200” Reunion Wrap-Up
The Department of Physics & Astronomy hosted our Alumni & Friends “50/200” Reunion Event during the weekend of Friday, May 12th, to Sunday, May 14th, 2023. This was a tremendous success from our perspective, with alumni coming from as far as California and former faculty member Steve Shore Zooming in from Pisa, Italy. The weekend opened… Read more »
Commencement 2023
Three students received the B.S. in Physics this year: Jordan Edwards Michael Kopczynski Preston Porter Jordan and Preston were both present for our commencement on Tuesday, May 9th, and that provided us with the opportunity to get a photo with two consecutive Student Excellence Award in Physics winners, as Jordan received it in 2022, and… Read more »
Alum Update: Sabrina Whitaker (nee Huggins) ’07
Sabrina Whitaker, nee Huggins, graduated with a BS in physics in 2007 after working with Prof. Henry Scott to investigate the equation of state of Fe3P-schreibersite. Afterward, she earned an MS in Earth science from The Ohio State University in 2009 with a thesis related to rubidium and potassium in Earth’s core. After graduating from… Read more »
IUSB Physics Hosting Adams Students for Campus Visit
Prof. Lynker organized a visit by roughly 30 of Ms. Sarah Cukrowicz’s students from Adams High School on Thursday, November 10th. The students did physics-based activities with Profs. Scott and Hinnefeld, took a tour of the astronomical observatory, had a pizza lunch (provided by Ms. Cukrowicz!) and attended a special presentation in our Contemporary Physics… Read more »
2022 Alumni Talks in PHYS-S 106
As she did while leading our Contemporary Physics Seminar (PHYS-S 106) last year, Prof. Lynker has again organized a series of alumni presentations for the Fall 2022 semester. The talks will all be on Thursdays, in NS 0063, starting at 2:30 p.m. As is always the case for S106, all are welcome! 27-Oct Sarah Cukrowicz,… Read more »
IUSB Hosts Adams Astronomy Class for Special Observatory Event
Profs. Jerry Hinnefeld and Henry Scott, along with physics majors Emilee Edmonds and Preston Porter, hosted about 15 students from Mr. Matt McQueen’s Adams astronomy class at the IUSB astronomical observatory — Mr. McQueen happens to be IUSB alum. The visit included a presentation by Prof. Hinnfeld about recent observations and, of course, a trip… Read more »
I happened to notice this plaque…
…the other day as I was leaving Notre Dame’s Nuclear Science Lab. I was not aware that Luis Morales (IUSB Physics BS ’14) was a co-recipient of this award in 2020. The award is named for a grad school friend of mine, who returned to serve as the director of accelerator operations for the lab… Read more »
Alum Update: Gregory Warrell ’10
Dr. Gregory Warrell graduated from IUSB with a B.S. in Physics in 2010. Subsequently, he earned Ph.D. in Physics with a Concentration in Medical Physics from the University of Toledo, in 2016, along with a Residency in Medical Physics at Case Western Reserve University / University Hospitals Cleveland. Since 2016 he’s held the position of Therapeutic… Read more »