Physics Activities at Augustana College, Rock Island, Illinois

The next meeting of the Physics Club will be at 11:30 pm on Thursday, Sep. 16 in Science 120. Come for free pizza and to help make plans for the year. The annual club picture will be taken.
All seniors and their families were invited to a reception on Commencement Day, Sunday, May 23, 2004 from 1:00 to 2:00 pm in Science 120. Dessert was served and a group picture of the seniors was taken at 1:30 pm. Nobel Laureate, Dr. Dan Tsui, joined us for pictures and conversation.
Check out the Physics Club Web page created by Chris Johnson and now maintained by Dan Barrett.

2004-2005 Officers

President: Ammon Paquette
V. President: Marc Landeweer
Secretary: Dan Barrett
Treasurer: Mike Chastain
Pub. relations/Publicity: Tom Foss

Club Photo taken September 11, 2003

Highlights from 2003-2004

Physics Club field trip to the University of Wisconsin at Madison, Thursday, April 8, 2004
All physics majors were invited to Dr. McCart's retirement party on Saturday, April 17, 2004 in the Wilson Center. He was presented with his own "I heart McCart" shirt. His family and friends came to help him celebrate his 39 years of teaching physics at Augustana.
35th Anniversary Open House - Physics Club members helped with the telescopes at the observatory on Saturday, May 1, 2004.
We all learned about superstring theory from the expert - Dr. Brian Greene, "Breakthrough: Challenging What We Know" - public lecture on Monday, May 3, 2004 at 7:00 pm in the Olin Auditorium. Informal discussion with Dr. Greene occurred on Tuesday, May 4 at 10:30 am in Science 102. Dr. Greene is author of the book "The Elegant Universe" and narrated the corresponding program on PBS.

Sigma Pi Sigma Honor Banquet - May 4, 2004

First row: Thomas Foss and William Rock. Second row: Andrew Beane, Craig Steinhauser and James Eddy. The guest speaker was Lee Carkner, "CCD Observations of Asteroids".

Highlights from 2002-2003

Physlcs Club field trip to Argonne and Fermilab, Thursday, April 17, 2003
"Schrödinger's Cat", Mar. 17, 2003
"Determinism and Free Will: Does God Play DIce with the Universe?", Feb. 12, 2003
"Space Station 3D", IMAX in Davenport, Oct. 4, 2002

Sigma Pi Sigma Honor Banquet - April 16, 2003

First row: Ammon Paquette, Kristin Hanekamp, Randall Bill, Chris Johnson. Second row: Kevin Wierzbicki, Peter Schlichting, Mihailo Backovic, John Mischler, Kevin Murphy. The guest speaker was John Goree, "Making a Plasma Act Like a Crystal".

Panel discussion on "Determinism and Free Will", Feb. 12, 2003

Cecilia Vogel