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Author Archives: Susan Lehman
March Meeting Update
I knew when I posted the Day 1 update from the March Meeting that it would be pretty hard to keep up daily updates, and I was right! The students arrived on Tuesday morning, and Drew did a great job … Continue reading →
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March Meeting 2016 – Day 1!
I’m at the March Meeting in Baltimore this week — Day 1 was today, which is so appropriate since it is both Einstein’s birthday and Pi Day! They were giving away pie at the APS booth in celebration. The March … Continue reading →
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Guest Blog – Nathan Johnson ’16
Over the past century or so humankind has achieved remarkable feats of science and engineering – at a cost. The impact that our innovations have on the environment has become exceedingly clear. As we progress toward better and faster ways … Continue reading →
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Guest Blog – Spencer Kirn ’16
This summer I have been working with Dr. Chris Crawford at the University of Kentucky. We have been trying to design a cosine theta coil, which is a magnetic coil that has a uniform magnetic field on the inside, but … Continue reading →
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Guest Post: Michael Wolff ’17
When I first came to Wooster, I had no clue what discipline I would explore, and didn’t even take my first physics class until the second semester of my freshman year; now, I’m coming up on the end of my … Continue reading →
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Guest Blog: Popi Palchoudhuri ’16
Where do I begin? Experimental physics research has definitely been one of the longest love affairs that I have had, and this is only the beginning. This summer, I was given the opportunity to be a research assistant at CERN, … Continue reading →
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Guest Blog: Justine Walker ’18
Summer Lovin’ – Falling in Love with Experimental Physics I remember the first hour of my research experience very clearly. I had always been horrible at keeping a good lab notebook and now I had been given an extremely fancy … Continue reading →
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Guest Blog: Avi Vajpeyi ’18
My first internship at Wooster has been a highly rewarding experience. Justine and I had the privilege to work with Dr. Lehman and Dr. Jacobs on a Wooster project that has been ongoing for over two decades – The Bead … Continue reading →
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12th Annual Pie Festival
We held the 12th annual picnic and pie festival at my house just over a week ago. (The tradition started the summer after my first year at the College, when one of the summer research students explained that, while she … Continue reading →
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BWISER and summer outreach
One of the Wooster summer traditions is the BWISER science camp for 7th and 8th grade girls. The physics department has been responsible for an evening of demos for the campers since before I came to the College in 2003, … Continue reading →
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