A total of five students who participated in research at Hope College during the summer of 2012 had their work selected to present at the recent American Physical Society (APS) March Meeting. – See more…
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NSF Grant Supports Ongoing Student-Faculty Nuclear Research Program
A new three-year grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) is supporting a variety of on-going student-faculty research initiatives in nuclear chemistry and nuclear physics at Hope College. See more…
Transit of Venus
Dr. Mader and Dr. Peaslee hosted a gathering of Physics Research Students and friends to watch the Transit of Venus last night. Dr. Gonthier set up two telescopes, one for projection of the sun’s image, and the other with a solar filter for safe viewing. He also had a live feed to the telescope in …
SURF 2011
The 2011 SURF (Summer Undergraduate Research Function) dinner was held last night (July 7) in the Haworth Inn banquet room. Over 200 people attended, including the physics summer research students and faculty. Hope College has a strong tradition of organized collaborative student faculty research and this event marks one of our annual celebrations of that …
Surface Lab Renovations
This week, the Hampton Lab moved into their new space. The renovated space includes all new cabinetry, abundant work spaces, and a new fume hood. Kyla Koboski and Evan Nelsen work at the new peninsula. Jenny Hampton demonstrates the use of the new fume hood. Kyla analyzes previous data at one of the computer work …