2017 Michigan Tech Grad and former Physics Laboratory Specialist Benjamin Manning (pictured left) has been named Georgia Teaching Fellow by the Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship.
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Congratulations Ben!
Dozens of news outlets and science blogs have covered research by John Jaszczak (Physics) and his team that led to the discovery of the new mineral merelaniite.
Several of the outlets include United Press International, Australian Mining, Phys.org, the German blog Scinexx, several geology blogs like Geology In and Science Explorer. Local coverage in Tanzania has also been extensive including stories by the BBC and The Guardian in Swahili.
Heather Lewandowski has been inducted into the Presidential Council of Alumnae. She received a B.S. Physics degree from Michigan Tech in 1997 and is currently an associate professor at the University of Colorado Boulder.
Lewandowski’s lab, The Lewandowski Group, focuses on studying the collisions and reactions of simple cold molecules and ions.
Professor Yoke Khin Yap (Physics) held a workshop for ninth and tenth grade students from L’Anse High School on Monday. The theme of the workshop was “Introduction to Nanotechnology” and was part of the outreach and education activities in Yap’s research grant funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF).
This workshop was co-organized by Michigan Tech’s GEAR UP, a Pre-College Innovative Outreach Institute, with the assistance of Liz Fujita. The goal of the workshop was to help stimulate the interest of pre-college underrepresented groups (girls, students with disabilities, etc.). A total of 91 students and three teachers participated.
During the workshop, students were introduced to the concept of nanoscale and hands-on experience in making molecular structures. Following lunch, there was a discussion on the potential applications of nanoscale materials. “Since Michigan Tech is the only research-intensive university in the area, we regularly provide educational support to the local communities,” says Yap. This is one of the annual outreach events planned during the three-year NSF research project.
Students from Barkell Elementary School toured the Cloud Chamber on March 10, 2016, as part of the school’s Great Explorations program. The tour was hosted by Professor Will Cantrell and graduate student Sarita Karki.
Physics alumnus Michael Adler (’14) is a recipient of the 2015 National Defense Science and Engineering Graduate (NDSEG) Fellowship. The fellowship is sponsored and funded by the Department of Defense (DoD) in order to increase the number of U.S. citizens and nationals trained in science and engineering disciplines of military importance.
Now in the PhD program in aerospace engineering at the Ohio State University, Adler received the 2014 Ian W. Shepherd Award from the Department of Physics while at Michigan Tech.
Kevin Rocheleau (Physics and Electrical Engineering) and Cody Trevillian (Physics and Plant Sciences) are among the performers for this weekend’s musical event, Collecting Small Things by the Superior Wind Symphony. The event takes place Saturday, November 14, 2015, at the Rozsa Center. You can also LISTEN LIVE online.
National Geographic quoted Michigan Tech graduate student Teresa Wilson (Physics) in an article about a special kind of atmospheric mirage known as a Fata Morgana.
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They’re common in polar regions, says Teresa Wilson, a graduate student in physics at Michigan Technological University in Houghton, in an email. “But [they] can happen anywhere.” People have even seen fata morgana in the Strait of Messina between Italy and Sicily.
Physics Professor Bryan Suits is among the performers for this weekend’s event, the 4th Keweenaw String Festival or “Violapalooza.” The event takes place Saturday, October 10, 2015, at the Rozsa Center. You can also LISTEN LIVE online.
Moonbeam: Event draws crowd to Tech’s telescope
HOUGHTON – At Michigan Technological University, people lined up Sunday night to view an astronomical event that, for most of them, was occurring for the first time in their lives.
“A lot of people think that when the moon is eclipsed, it disappears during totality, but it doesn’t,” said Amanda Shaw, a masters student at Tech and teacher of Tech’s astronomy class, who organized the viewing.
“This is a rather unique event, but otherwise people don’t necessarily get a chance to see things like a full moon with any detail,” said Tech physics student Scott Rutterbush. “Instead, it gives them a little bit of perspective. It gives them a chance to say, ‘in order to see up close on the moon, we have to go this big.'”
Read more at the Mining Gazette, by Garrett Neese (subscription required).