Learn about the IUSB Physics 50/200 Celebration IUSB physics students have presented at the National Conference on Undergraduate Research (NCUR) on at least three occasions. Here’s a photo of Jerry Hinnefeld, Nana Boateng, and Savan Kharel at NCUR 2008 at Salisbury University in Maryland… …and here are IUSB student presenters at the famous Moosewood restaurant… Read more »
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IUSB Physics in the 1970’s
Learn about the IUSB Physics 50/200 Celebration This photo is from the 1978-79 IUSB Bulletin. I think we might still have that equipment somewhere… Anybody recognize this guy? If you have photos from your time at IUSB, we’d be happy to share them here! Send them to jhinnefe@iusb.edu or iusbphys@iusb.edu or lknefely@iusb.edu.
IUSB to Host Public Viewing of Mercury Transit: Monday, November 11, 2019
Day-Of-Update: Unfortunately, as we hit 7:30 a.m., it’s looking like the forecasts have been spot-on, and snow is flying with, essentially, 100% cloud cover. Accordingly, we won’t be setting up for constant viewing. However, we’ll be watching out our office windows, and if there’s a break in the clouds, we’ll do our best to take… Read more »
Public Lecture About Dating Ethiopian Hominid Fossils (Mon., 10/28)
The IU South Bend Departments of Biological Sciences and Physics & Astronomy will host a public presentation by Prof. Beverly Saylor of Case Western Reserve, the lead author of a recent study about early hominid fossils that has been featured in National Geographic among other popular media outlets. The talk will be open to the public and all… Read more »
IUSB well represented at nuclear physics meeting
The IUSB contingent at the Fall Meeting of the Division of Nuclear Physics of the American Physical Society, in Washington, DC, included three alumni and three current students, as well as Prof. Jerry Hinnefeld. Pictured, l to r, are Scott Marley, Shelly Lesher, Stephanie Tallman, Angel Garcia-Simental, Jerry Hinnefeld, Gustavo Duran, and Luis Morales. Stephanie,… Read more »
Kayleigh Cassella (’11) Back for Dept. Seminar
Alum Kayleigh Cassella (Physics B.S., 2011) visited the department today and gave presentation entitled Towards a Quantum Degenerate Gas of Titanium. After leaving IUSB, she went to UC Berkeley on an NSF Graduate Research Fellowship, and she has continued her research there subsequent to completing her Ph.D. It was great to have her back on campus!… Read more »
New Projectile Launchers for Intro Labs
We’ve gotten a lot of use out of our CENCO projector launchers, but they’ve become hard to maintain well enough for consistent results. Starting with Summer 2019 we’ll introduce new launchers from PASCO. Hopefully these will provide a usable lifetime similar to those they’re replacing (as with the Keithly multimeters, the CENCO’s were at least… Read more »
Commencement 2019
Congratulations to Levi Klopfenstein and Gustavo (Gus) Duran who participated in IUSB’s 2019 commencement last night, Tuesday, May 7th!
2019 ΣΠΣ Inductees
The Dept. of Physics & Astronomy had our annual end-of-year celebration on Saturday, May 4th (May the 4th Be with You!) and, as has become our custom, we officially inducted new members into our chapter of Sigma Pi Sigma, an American honor society in physics. This year’s awardees were our 65th and 66th since starting… Read more »
Gerkin Scholarships Awarded to Four Physics Majors
In addition to the CTS Scholarships in Physics that were awarded at the CLAS Honors Night, it was announced that four physics majors have won 2019 – 2020 Gerkin Scholarships. Notably, any students within the Physical Sciences, Mathematics, Computer Science, or Informatics who have completed at least 48 hours and have a GPA of at… Read more »