The 2017 College of Engineering Recognition Banquet was held on November 17th. Several Department faculty, emeriti faculty, and staff attended. Two members of the physics community were honored that evening for contributions to the profession of engineering and to the teaching of engineering students. Dr. Duncan Moore (BA ’69) received the 2017 Edward T. Bryand […]
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Two physics majors have received undergraduate research awards for the 2017-2018 academic year. Samuel Borer was awarded a Maine Space Grant Consortium Undergraduate Fellowship Award for “Measuring the Cross Section of Charge Current Quasi-Elastic Neutral Hyperons in ArgoNeuT.” Sam is advised by Dr. Saima Farooq. Paul Caruso was awarded a College of Liberal Arts and […]
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Beginning in the Spring 2018 semester, several changes have been made to the suggested ordering of courses in the physics major. PHY 238 has moved from the spring of sophomore year to the fall of junior year. PHY 230 has moved from the spring of sophomore year to the spring of junior year. PHY 476 […]
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The 2017 Graduate Written Exam will be held on Saturday, September 9. Exam begins at 10:00 a.m. in Bennett Hall, Rm. 102 The use of calculators is allowed, though they will not be provided. The use of cell phones will not be permitted. Every student entering the program must take and pass the Graduate Written Examination. […]
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Dr. John R. Thompson, Professor of Physics has recently taken over as Chair of the Physics Department, his appointment starting on July 1st, 2017. He has been teaching Physics since 2000, starting at the University of Maine in 2002. We are looking forward to his future plans for the Physics Department!
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Congratulations to the Class of 2017 graduates!!! The Department graduated 3 doctoral candidates, two masters candidates, and 8 bachelor’s candidates this year. The list is below. Drs. Batuski, Bernhardt, Stetzer, Thompson, and Wittmann attended Commencement on behalf of the Department. PhDs Robert Fryer Synthesis, Structure, and Thermal Stability of Electrically Conductive Co-Evaporated Pt1-xSix Thin Films (Robert […]
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Samuel Borer, a physics and mathematics major at the University of Maine, has been selected to serve on the National Council of the Society of Physics Students. The Society of Physics Students (SPS) is an international professional association operating within the American Institute of Physics, an umbrella organization for ten other professional science societies. With […]
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Congratulations to physics student, Kevin Van De Bogart, who successfully defended his Ph.D. Thesis this morning. The department is very proud of you and of all your hard work! THESIS DEFENSE Department of Physics & Astronomy, University of Maine, Orono Kevin L. Van De Bogart Ph.D. Candidate will speak on “Investigating Student Learning of […]
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We are proud to announce that Graham Van Goffrier, one of our juniors, has been chosen as a recipient for the Goldwater Scholarship. The scholarship program was created to honor the memory of Senator Barry Goldwater and is given out to top performing sophomores and juniors in the United States. A total of 240 scholarships […]
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