Paul DeYoung Receives College’s Ruth and John Reed Faculty Achievement Award

Paul DeYoung with Provost Short-Thompson and the other award winners.

At the recent Faculty Recognition Luncheon, Dr. Paul DeYoung was the recipient of the Ruth and John Reed Faculty Achievement Award. The annual award is given to a faculty member “who is first a superior teacher and who also contributes significantly in some other area of professional life.”

His nomination letter read in part:

Paul has the willingness and expertise to teach nearly the entire physics curriculum from the algebra-based introductory course up through quantum mechanics. He is scheduled to teach the single course of the core physics offerings that he has not taught yet, Statistical Mechanics, next fall.

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Paul’s research program received its first funding in response to an RUI request to the NSF during his first semester at Hope College. Since that first award in 1986 the funding has been continuous.

Congratulations Paul!

Summer Research Program 2020

2019 Summer Research Students and Faculty

Apply online at https://sharp.hope.edu.

Choose from a range of externally funded research projects:

The dates for the 2020 Research Program are May 18 to July 24, unless otherwise indicated.

Students selected for the Summer Research Program will receive a stipend. Housing assistance is also provided if the student lives on campus.

Incoming Hope College students hired for the Bridge Research Program will be paid at a reduced rate for a duration to be arranged. Students interested in Bridge Research should contact the Department at hampton@hope.edu.

Applications will be reviewed starting February 12, 2020. We do not anticipate offering any positions to students from other institutions in 2020.

For more information contact us at physicsreu@hope.edu.

In recent years, funding for the Summer Research Program has been provided by:
National Science Foundation
Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Department of Energy
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Michigan Space Grant Consortium
Hope College Jacob E. Nyenhuis Faculty Development Fund
Hope College Dean for Natural and Applied Sciences
Hope College Bibart Research Fund
Hope College Department of Physics
Hope College Department of Physics Dr. Harry and Jeannette Frissel Research Fund
Hope College Department of Physics L.T. Guess Research Fund

Congratulations: 2019 Notable SPS Chapter – Hope Physics

Way to go Hope Physics students! You’ve been recognized by the National Society of Physics Students community for the activities you were engaged in during the 2018-2019 academic year!

We at the SPS National Office want to take this opportunity to commend and applaud you for your tireless efforts to enrich the SPS community. It is because of your dedication and commitment to the SPS mission and vision that we are able to foster such a strong SPS community.

We at the Hope Physics Department concur!

Summer Research Program 2019

2018 Summer Research Students and Faculty

Apply online at https://sharp.hope.edu.

Choose from a range of externally funded research projects:

The dates for the 2019 Research Program are May 20 to July 26, unless otherwise indicated.

Students selected for the Summer Research Program will receive a stipend. Housing assistance is also provided if the student lives on campus. The full details of the stipend and housing assistance amount are still being determined.

Incoming Hope College students hired for the Bridge Research Program will be paid at a reduced rate for a duration to be arranged. Students interested in Bridge Research should contact the Department at remillard@hope.edu.

Applications will be reviewed starting February 11, 2019. We do not anticipate offering any positions to students from other institutions in 2019.

For more information contact us at physicsreu@hope.edu.

In recent years, funding for the Summer Research Program has been provided by:

National Science Foundation
Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Department of Energy
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Michigan Space Grant Consortium
Hope College Jacob E. Nyenhuis Faculty Development Fund
Hope College Dean for Natural and Applied Sciences
Hope College Bibart Research Fund
Hope College Department of Physics
Hope College Department of Physics Dr. Harry and Jeannette Frissel Research Fund
Hope College Department of Physics L.T. Guess Research Fund

Students Meet Nobel Laureate at NASA

It’s not every day that you get to meet a Nobel Laureate. But three physics students working with Dr. Peter Gonthier this summer did just that!

Made Rabitoy, Noah Giddings, and Meredith Bomers with John Mather.

While working at NASA Goddard this summer at the start of the Department’s Summer Research Program, Astrophysics Group research students Madeleine Rabitoy, Noah Giddings, and Meredith Bomers had a chance to meet John Mather, senior astrophysicst at Goddard, and 2006 Physics Nobel Laureate.

Made is a sophomore, and Noah and Meredith are first year students this fall. All three were in their first summer working for Dr. Gonthier.