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  • Research in Interdisciplinary STEM Education (RISE) Posted by: nicolacs / January 10, 2022 January 10, 2022 Research in Interdisciplinary STEM Education (RISE) is a 9-week residential summer research experience for undergraduate students in chemistry, education, life sciences, mathematics, or physics.  Participants will join interdisciplinary teams mentored by faculty to investigate STEM learning across formal and informal environments with a focus on understanding issues related to inclusivity

  • Bogomil Gerganov Associate Professor of Physics he/him/his Phone: 253-535-7774 Email: beg@plu.edu Office Location: Rieke Science Center - 252 Professional Additional Titles/Roles Engineering Dual-Degree Program Director Education Ph.D., Physics, Cornell University, 2000 M.S., Cornell University, 1997 B.S., Sofia University (Sofia, Bulgaria), 1993 Areas of Emphasis or Expertise Non-Linear Cardiac Dynamics Integrable Systems Quantum Field Theory Spin-spin Interactions of Magnetic Molecules

  • Sean O’Neill Assistant Professor of Physics he/him/his Phone: 253-535-7007 Email: oneillsm@plu.edu Office Location: Rieke Science Center - 253 Website: https://sites.google.com/a/plu.edu/oneillsm/ Curriculum Vitae: View my CV Professional Education Ph.D., Astrophysics, University of Minnesota, 2007 B.A., University of Chicago, 2000 Areas of Emphasis or Expertise High-energy Astrophysics Numerical Hydrodynamics Astrophysical Jets and Black Hole Physics Visualization of 3D Data

  • & Society) Human Geography4 or 5GENR 100TR4Gen Ed (Examining Self & Society) Languages & Cultures4 or 5LANG 100TR4Elective Macroeconomics4 or 5ECON 1024Gen Ed (Examining Self & Society) Microeconomics4 or 5ECON 1014Gen Ed (Examining Self & Society) Music Theory4 or 5MUSI 100TR4Gen Ed (Creative Expression) Physics 14PHYS 100TR4Gen Ed (Natural World) Physics 15PHYS 1254Gen Ed (Natural World) Physics 24PHYS 100TR4Gen Ed (Natural World) Physics 25PHYS 1264Gen Ed (Natural World) Physics C: Electricity

  • The Dream Program Posted by: nicolacs / September 24, 2021 September 24, 2021 THE DREAM PROGRAM is a 10-week summer program designed to increase the number of women and racially underrepresented groups in medical physics by offering research opportunities, outreach and strategic mentorship geared towards recruiting a more robust and diverse group of skilled undergraduate students in the field of medical physics. DREAM students will be placed into summer research and mentorship groups that are

  • interested in the learning and teaching of secondary mathematics. Participants explore the Hungarian pedagogy, in which a strong and explicit emphasis is placed on problem solving, mathematical creativity, and communication. Why Summer@BSME? Today’s teachers are expected to provide students with opportunities to struggle productively towards understanding, and the Hungarian pedagogy has the potential to play a critical role in this endeavor. At Summer@BSME, we are excited for our participants to develop

  • Causeway Postbaccalaureate Certificate Program Posted by: nicolacs / February 7, 2023 February 7, 2023 The Causeway Postbaccalaureate Program is a yearlong experience that seeks to increase the number of doctoral students in competitive programs in the mathematical sciences, from groups historically under-represented in these disciplines. Causeway provides foundational coursework, research advising, and career mentoring in the context of a strong and supportive community of participants

  • , Pacific Lutheran University seniors Hailey Olafson and James Van Alstine presented their mathematics research at the Joint Mathematics Meetings in San Antonio, Texas. JMM, put on by the Mathematical Association of America and the American Mathematical Society, is the largest mathematics meeting in the world. The research Olafson and Van Alstine presented, on changing the base of numbers, was conducted over the summer with PLU Assistant Professor of Mathematics Tom Edgar. Edgar says that numbers we

  • Solar Eclipse 2017 @ PLUOn August 21st, 2017 the Moon passed between the Earth and the Sun creating an amazing celestial display visible across the United States. Although our corner of Washington did not experience a total solar eclipse, it came close with about 94% of the Sun being blocked by the Moon. The PLU Physics Department invited the community to view the eclipse on campus. An estimated attendance of over 1,000 accepted the invitation to join in the fun!The morning began in the

  • Lute lands at Johns Hopkins University for NASA internship Posted by: Kari Plog / August 10, 2017 August 10, 2017 By Brooke Thames '18PLU Marketing & CommunicationsTACOMA, WASH. (Aug. 10, 2016)- When Justin DeMattos '19 enters his junior year at Pacific Lutheran University in a few weeks, he will be coming off an internship experience that's out of this world (quite literally).DeMattos, a physics major and computer science minor, traveled to Johns Hopkins University this summer to work at the