The Physics Club staffed a table for the Fall 2023 Welcome Back Fair on Monday, August 21st21, with members and faculty taking turns to greet students and welcome new members to the club.
Departmental News
Dataloggers for the Classroom and Industry
Four physics majors are working with Dr. Davis and Dr. Levine on data logger projects. These are devices which control and read input from sensors and save them to an SD card for later use. Thus far, their designs utilize an Arduino microcontroller, custom circuit boards, and a simplified C-like open-source language. Versions have been… Read more »
Physics-Marine Biology Collaboration to Reduce Shark Bycatch
IUSB physics professors Ilan Levine and Brian Davis, in coordination with emeritus biology professor Peter Bushnell, have established a broad collaboration with three different teams of marine biologists in an effort to reduce shark bycatch – the inadvertent catching of sharks – in commercial fishing operations. Notably, sharks have an organ which detects electric fields,… Read more »
Prof. Davis Interviewed by ABC57 Regarding August Fireball Over Kentucky
Professor Davis was interviewed by ABC57’s Gordy Young about meteors and, more specifically, the fireball that was observed on August 2nd in Kentucky. Here’s a direct link to the clip: https://abc57.com/news
“New” Telescope Acquired by Department
The department received a generous donation of an 11″ Scmidt-Cassegrain Telescope (SCT), manufactured by Celestron, from a community member last week. It’s an older model, but it has a motorized drive, and the primary mirror is in excellent shape. This won’t replace the 16″ telescope in our rooftop observatory, but we’re excited about new possibilities… Read more »
Prof. Davis Interviewed by ABC57 Regarding Recent James Webb Telescope Findings
Prof. Brian Davis was interviewed on July 9th by Emmet Twomey for ABC57 regarding recent discoveries by the James Webb Telescope; here’s a direct link to the interview hosted by abc57.com.
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 »
Joy Thompson to Participate in IU-MSI STEM Initiative at IUB this Summer
Physics major Joy Thompson will participate in the 2023 IU-MSI STEM initiative at IUB this summer. Joy has become quite involved in the SPS, while also progressing into upper-level physics courses and looks forward to diving into research this summer. She will receive a CTS scholarship for the 2023 – 2024 academic year and is… 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 »
Honors Night 2023
We were pleased to formally announce scholarship and award winners at the May 5th, 2023, Honors Night for the College of Liberal Arts & Sciences. For the 2023 – 2024 academic year, we will award six CTS Scholarship in Physics: Kevin Augustine Akira Clark Cosmo Cripe Logan Hilbert Ryleigh Jebson Joy Thompson And, we will… Read more »