Physics Club Activities

Student Physics Society - Seven Roles
 Chapter Advisor:  Dr. Cecilia Vogel
Background image - M78 and Reflecting Dust Clouds in Orion
Upcoming Events and Ongoing Projects

Augie physics blog 

Augustana Physics Outreach Program

SPS National
► The next regular meeting will be this Fall, probably on Thurs., Sep. 4.  Have a good summer !
  2007-2008 Officers
Club Photo taken September 13, 2007
    ▲  President: Jake Wietting
    ▲  V. President: Rose Davidson and Jess Belle
    ▲  Secretary: Kristen Krakovec
    ▲  Treasurer: Jess Belle
    ▲  Outreach: Alaina Orwitz
    ▲  Publicity:  Kyle Weigand
  Highlights from 2007-2008
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●		 Presentation by Gabe Caceres on his research at Fermilab, "Cryogenic Dark Matter Search", Oct. 11
Watched a video, the MythBusters program about baseball myths, Sep. 27 and Oct. 25
Homecoming Cardboard Boat Regatta, Oct. 27
Fall Open House at the observatory, Nov. 3
Christmas party, Dec. 20
Physics MythBusters Open House, Jan. 20
"The Science of Sword Making", Dr. Robert Frank, Feb. 7
Watch the NOVA video: "Secrets of the Samurai Sword", Feb. 7
Bowling, Feb. 10, 2:00 pm, Town & Country Lanes, Rock Island
QC Elite Robotics Test and Media Days, Feb. 16-17, Southpark Mall
Lunar Eclipse Open House, Feb. 20
Research talks.  Derek Strom ('02) described particle physics experiments at Fermilab.  Karen Andeen ('03) talked about IceCube - a neutrino experiment located at the South Pole.  Tim Tharp's topic was the Madison Symmetric Torus.  Apr. 17.  Derek is a grad student at Northwestern University.  Karen and Tim are grad students at the U. of Wisconsin in Madison.
Science Day Open House, Apr. 27
Pyrotechnics Training and Fireworks Show, May 4, near Maysville, Iowa
 Physics Open House, May 10
 Astronomy Day Open House at the observatory, May 10
 "Fifty Years of Space Research at the University of Iowa", Dr. Donald Gurnett, May 12, Sigma Pi Sigma - new members

"Sword Making"   Feb. 7
Metal hardening...
Derek, Karen & Tim - Apr. 17
Fireworks show - May 4

Physics MythBusters Open House, Jan. 20.

Jake showing images
"Bending" light
Alaina illustrating dispersion
Diffraction

Christmas party - Dec. 20

Lee making the ice cream
Adding the liquid nitrogen
mmm...good
Joe, Cecilia, Dean and Lee

Homecoming Cardboard Boat Regatta - Oct. 27

Gabe, Jim and Alaina
Finishing touches...
Check out the wake
Finals
  Highlights from 2006-2007
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●		 Attended "Superman Returns" at the IMAX in Davenport on Sep. 24, 2006.
Open House - "Franklin is Electric" - 1:00 to 4:00 pm, Sunday, Oct. 1, First floor, Science building.
ISAAPT meeting at Rock Island High School, Oct. 13-14.  Presentations by Carkner, Sieglaff, Vogel and McAdam.
Lecture, "Dark Matter and Dark Energy: from the Universe to the Laboratory", Dr. Sean Carroll, Caltech, Oct. 13.
Homecoming Cardboard Boat Regatta, Oct. 14.
Outreach program - Horace Mann School, Moline, Oct. 19.   Jenna and Rose
Lecture at WIU - "The Story of Stopped Light", Dr. Ronald L. Walsworth, Harvard University, Mon., Oct. 23, 2006.
Halloween Open House at the observatory, Saturday, Oct. 28.
Field trip to Fermilab, Sunday, Dec. 3.  Talk by Joseph Lykken, "I've Got the World on a String".  Tour of the lab.
Outreach program - Rivermont Collegiate School in Bettendorf, Friday, Jan. 19, 2007.
Physics Open House, Sunday, Apr. 15, 1-4 pm, Science Bldg., 1st floor
Panel Discussion - "Nuclear Energy", Dr. Roger Blomquist, Argonne National Labs, Dan Moore, Quad Cities
        Generating Station, and David Osterberg, University of Iowa, Monday, Apr. 16, 5:00 pm, College Center Loft
Science Open House, Sunday, Apr. 22, 1-4 pm
Physics Fund Raiser - baked goods and buttons, Apr. 24, 25 and 26.
Astronomy Open House, Saturday, Apr. 28, 8:30-10 pm

Open House - "Physics Myth Busters" - April 15 and 22, 2007 - more photos

Halloween Photos

Jenna showing
the pumpkin she carved
containing dry ice.		 Short pumpkin video
(QuickTime)


Jenna and Laura at the
new Dobsonian telescope


Halloween open house
Lee Carkner   28-Oct-06


Lee introducing a
planetarium program


Alaina setting up the
14" telescope in the dome

"Franklin is Electric" - open house celebrating the 300th birthday of Benjamin Franklin, Sunday, Oct. 1, 2006


Generating electricity


Van de Graaff demo


Resonating wine glasses


Catching the flying ring

Some Physics Links
    National Supercomputing Centers
   Argonne National Laboratory
   Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory

Physics Outreach Programs at Other Schools
   Physics Van - University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana

SPS Chapters, Zones and Programs
   National SPS
   SPS zone 9 - Augustana belongs to this zone

 Augustana SPS Archive
    Some history of our chapter - starting in 1996
   Sep. 17, 2001
   May 12, 2002
   Mar. 17, 2003
   Sep. 9, 2003 - club photo for 2002-2003
   Sep. 13, 2004 - club photo for 2003-2004
   Sep. 7, 2005 - club photo for 2004-2005
   Sep. 27, 2006 - club photo for 2005-2006
   Sep. 6, 2007 - club photo for 2006-2007

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David R. Renneke - davidrenneke@augustana.edu
Last modified: May 13, 2008