Physics and Astronomy

The Elon University junior is featured in the fall edition of The Magazine of Elon.

Physics and computer science major, Rob Argue, recently won "Best Undergraduate Paper" at a sectional meeting of the American Association of Physics Teachers.

Team "Overdressed and Outclassed" won the 2011 Physics Bridge Challenge, an annual Popsicle stick bridge-building competition hosted by the physics department and the Society of Physics Students.

In McMichael Science Center on Oct. 26, it was good to be ‘Iron Giant.’ ‘Brave Sir Robin’ and ‘Jesse’? Not really.

Pranab Das, professor of physics, wrote an op-ed that appears in the Oct. 21 edition of in The Winston-Salem Journal. The essay critiques the use of corn in biofuels and suggests changes to public policy.

A manuscript authored by assistant professor of physics Ben Evans and Elon undergraduates Dan Glass, Willem Prins, and Dan Rapp will appear in an upcoming issue of the Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials.

Pranab Das, professor of Physics, was elected to the Board of Trustees and Executive Committee of the International Society for Science and Religion (ISSR) at its annual general meeting in London this Saturday.

A $1.2 million grant from the National Science Foundation will bolster the number of math and science teachers Elon University graduates in the years ahead through a partnership with the Alamance-Burlington School System.