Physics and Astronomy

The national mathematics honor society Pi Mu Epsilon hosted faculty from Winthrop University (SC) and Central Washington University (WA) for engaging colloquia on topics at the intersection of mathematics, biology, history, and physics.

Tony Crider, associate professor of physics, delivered the opening plenary at a regional meeting of the American Association of Physics Teachers in St. Leo, Florida, Oct. 14-15.

Please join physics professors for a Q&A about the programs. Monday Sept. 5, 3:30 p.m., McMichael 203

Please join engineering professors who will be answering questions about the program and the profession on Thursday, Sept. 1, at 4 p.m. in McMichael 115.

Pranab Das, professor of physics, was invited to present his work and collaborate with a small number of leading researchers in an initiative to identify areas worthy of major funding.

The day-long professional development workshop for area teachers was supported by a grant from the Arthur Vining Davis Foundations. 

The sophomore physics major gave a podium presentation at the University of Maryland, College Park on Irreversible Electroporation (IRE), an emerging cancer therapy. 

Four faculty members and 19 retirees were honored May 11 for excellence and service to Elon.

For the third year, the North Carolina Section of the American Association of Physics Teachers met on campus April 15-16.

Karelle Siellez, of Georgia Tech and the LIGO collaboration, presented recent results on the detection (and the confirmation of existence) of gravitational waves from two colliding black holes, a billion light years away.