Tag: Physics

  • March Meeting ’23 – Mahala’s Perspective

    March Meeting ’23 – Mahala’s Perspective

    I’d be hard pressed to pick a favorite moment during my trip to the APS March Meeting in Las Vegas. I was there to experience as many things as possible, morning to night. My motto became “I know I’m not going to sleep while traveling, so I’m embracing the adrenaline instead.” However, the most exciting…

  • March Meeting ’23 – Student Perspective

    March Meeting ’23 – Student Perspective

    My favorite part about the APS March Meeting was getting to talk to others during the poster sessions, since a lot of people had really interesting research topics. I also really liked the graduate school fair because it helped me learn about my options for grad school. Overall, the meeting was a great chance to…

  • March Meeting 2023 – Vegas!

    March Meeting 2023 – Vegas!

    I recently traveled with four of our REU 2022 alumnae to the American Physical Society Meeting in Las Vegas! I arrived a day later than planned and running low on sleep, so I was rather overwhelmed by the whole atmosphere at the Flamingo casino and hotel where we were staying. Even finding my way out…

  • Wooster Physics alums — Kent Displays Colloquium

    The Physics Department hosted three outstanding alumni for a colloquium on Thursday February 23. Asad Khan ’93, Clinton Braganza ’03, and Nithya Venkataraman ’04 are all from Kent Displays, Inc, makers of the Boogie Board and other flexible liquid crystal displays. They presented technical information about how these cholesteric liquid crystal displays work as well as…

  • Outstanding SPS Chapter

    2019-2020 Physics Club awarded Outstanding SPS Chapter – 4th year in a row!