Tag: Physics

  • More on Amsterdam!

    As promised, I’m posting a bit more about my trip to Amsterdam and the Netherlands in general.  I was able to work a little sight-seeing in during the working part of my visit.  And, I was able to time my visit with my children’s spring break, so my family were able to come and join me…

  • Wooster Physics in Amsterdam, the Netherlands!

    As regular blog readers know, I am currently on a research leave for the year.  A good part of my leave has been spent in Wooster, but I believe it is important to spend a significant time outside of Wooster as well in order to get fresh ideas and perspectives to inform my research and…

  • March Meeting 2017 – Guest Blog by Michelle Bae ’19

    March Meeting 2017 — New Orleans! The hotel lobby. Quoting Jackie here, “Not a dump.” When we arrived at the hotel I had a mini scream-out-of-excitement inside. Yes, because it was fancy and was my first time seeing a bathtub since winter break, but mostly because there was a sign for the times for the APS…

  • Physics constructs novel wind-powered clock

    Physics Students Design and Construct a Novel Type of Wind-Powered Mechanical Clock WOOSTER, Ohio – Two Independent Study’s (I.S.), one National Science Foundation grant, and five years of intermittent research by College of Wooster students under the guidance of John Linder, chair of the department of physics, have resulted in the design and construction of…

  • March Meeting 2017 – Presenting at the Meeting – Guest blog by Zane

    Being an undergraduate presenter in a room full of research faculty Guest Blog by Zane Thornburg ’18For this year’s APS March Meeting, I decided that it would be a great idea to give an oral presentation on my summer REU research with Dr. Paul Bonvallet on Osorb from this past summer. I didn’t give any…