SPS Sponsored research talks by three Hope students:

Friday, September 15 at 3:00pm “Depolarization and Scattering Signatures of Spherical Particles” by Yong Chul Yoon “Comparing Electrochemical Calculations and Particle Induced X-Ray Emission Measurements of Prussian Blue Analogue Deposits” by Scott Joffre “Automated Characterization of Fluxon Electrodynamics” by Alexander Medema

Stories of Hope: Hope Astrophysicists

Seeing Stars Time travel, long imagined by writers and dreamers, is not as far-fetched as you might believe. Sure, it seems fantastical and improbable — the imaginings of which are only meant for postulations and movies — but astrophysicists do it all the time. And so did Hope College freshman Jeff Engle in the summer of …

Seminar: Celebration of Undergraduate Research and Creative Performance

Hope’s Celebration of Undergraduate Research and Creative Performance is a culminating event for many students to showcase their work to students, faculty, family and community members. Friday, April 21, 2017 Richard & Helen DeVos Fieldhouse 2:30–5 p.m.

Seminar: Dr. Clement Burns

Probing High Temperature Superconductors with X-rays Friday, April 7 at 3 pm in VW 104 Clement Burns Ph.D., Western Michigan University Superconducting materials display a variety of unusual phenomenon, including the ability to carry electrical currents without resistance and the expulsion of magnetic fields from their volume.  Many of these systems are well understood, but …