Professor Paul Dolan presented
"Active Learning in the General Education
Class: Inertia, Energy & States of Matter" at the Fall
Meeting of the Chicago Section of the American Association
of Physics Teachers (CSAAPT) on Saturday, November 8, 2003,
at IIT. New sections officers,
including NEIU Alumna Debby Lojkuzt as the new Section Treasurer.
Also participating in the meeting were Dr. Ilya Gulkarov,
part-time Instructor Mike Matkovich, and student John Ugolik.
The Spring Section Meeting is scheduled for Saturday,
March 13, 2004, at Oakton Community College.
Gloria Rivera named AMP scholar
Physics major Gloria Rivera has been named an AMP scholar.
She will be working on AC Conductivity in Metals
("Anomalous Skin Effect").
Dolan awarded COR grant
Professor Paul Dolan has received a COR grant to continue his research project on
Angle of Repose and Segregation in Mono- and Poly-Disperse Granular Materials,
as a Function of Shape.
Scanning Probe Microscopy
On Wednesday Evening, Sept. 24, 2003, a group of NEIU students and
faculty, as well as faculty from Wright College, gathered for the first
SPS 'Physics on Wednesday Evenings' talk of the year, "Scanning Probe
Microscopy: Look ma', I can 'see' Individual Atoms", given by Prof. Paul
Dolan and NEIU alumnus Devin Chatterji. Prof. Dolan discussed the basics
of Scanning Probe Microscopy, in its many forms, and Devin wowed the
audience with live images of graphite, showing the positions of individual
atoms, using NEIU's NanoSurf STM.
NEIU is hosting science fair central workshops Sept 20,27 & Oct. 11
New faculty member and Coordinator
Dr. Greg Anderson joined our physics faculty this fall as
an Associate Professor and Physics Coordinator. Dr. Anderson served on the faculty at
Northwestern for six years, and has held research appointments at Fermilab and MIT.
May 15, 2003.With sadness we note the passing of Dr. Bill Conway