NMU physics major, Cassy Hastings, traveled to Paris, France last summer to study optics and research at The Institut d’Optique Graduate School. This REU program is a collaboration between the University of Michigan and several Paris universities.  A senior in physics, Hastings will be attending medical school in the fall.

In a recent video interview, Cassy discusses the many opportunities she has discovered within the major of Physics. See her video

Erik Wisuri Named Top Grad

Erik Wisuri was named the 2014 Outstanding Graduate in Physics.  Wisuri (pictured left) completed an REU at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center's Wallops Flight Facility this past year.  He will be honored at the University's annual Honors Reception in April. 

Dr. Russell Researches Lorentz Symmetry Violation

While on sabbatical this year, Dr. Neil Russell is researching Lorentz symmetry violation at the Indiana University Center for Spacetime Symmetries. His most recent project, still underway, involves the application of ideas from Finsler geometry to Lorentz violation. He presented recent work on Finsler geometry and its relationship to Lorentz violation at the Seventh International Meeting on Lorentzian Geometry held at the University of Sao Paulo in Brazil in August 2013. He plans to continue working in these and related areas during his sabbatical year.

Butler Completes Summer REU

Physics major, Elizabeth Butler,  worked on the EBEX experiment for the University of Minnesota, TC, creating software to analysis time data. EBEX is a polarimeter designed to look at the cosmic microwave background radiation in hopes of finding traces of gravitional waves in the modes of polarization. Learn more