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Michigan Space Grant Consortium Supports Hope Physics Project

Congratulations to Physics major, Jesse Ickes!  He’s been awarded a Michigan Space Grant Consortium research fellowship to work with Professor Peter Gonthier on “Compton scattering cross sections in strong magnetic fields”! Jesse Ickes of Grandville, who will work on “Compton scattering cross sections in strong magnetic fields – See more at: http://www.hope.edu/2014/02/20/michigan-space-grant-consortium-supports-several-hope-projects#sthash.X2AoBI7H.dpuf Jesse Ickes of …

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Congratulations to Matt Goupell

Hope Alumnus, Dr. Matt Goupell has received  R. Bruce Lindsay Award from the Acoustical Society of America in recognition of his outstanding work in applied acoustics.  Matt’s research team in the Department of Hearing and Speech Sciences at the University of Maryland focuses on hearing, in particular how spoken sounds are heard and processed. Congratulations …

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Thanks for 35 years of service and friendship, Kevin Gardner!

After 35 years as the Physics Laboratory Director, Kevin Gardner will retire in December 2013.  Kevin started as the laboratory director at Hope before all of the current faculty were here and when VanderWerf Hall was a separate building.  Now the building is a part of the “VanderPlex” and he was providing support not only …

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Society of Physics Students attends Neil deGrasse Tyson lecture

Eight Hope students and two faculty members traveled to Grand Valley State University on November 13 to attend a public lecture given by famous astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson. The talk, “Science as a Way of Knowing,” was delivered to a sold-out crowd at the GVSU field house. Tyson is well-known for his previous work hosting …

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First regional conference for a Freshmen Physicists

Freshmen Zach Diener and Ben Peecher presented their research findings at the West Michigan Regional Undergraduate Science Research Conference at Van Andel Institute.  Read more about the conference… Zach and Ben were joined at the conference by Margaret Dickinson and Tyler VanDyck.