Have a great summer!

This is our final Physics Department newsletter before the summer break. For our students, work hard on your exams and final projects and come see your fellow students present their projects and research on Friday. For our faculty and staff, thank you for all of your hard work this semester.

Chris Moore

Chair, Physics Department

Student Presentations and Pizza

May 12th, 12-1:30 PM, DSC 110

Come see physics majors present their senior projects through short 10-minute talks. You'll learn what other students have been working on and prepare for your own future capstone experience. We'll also have pizza!

Be a Learning Assistant

Undergraduate Learning Assistant Fellows help students in our physics labs think like physicists and work with professors to make labs better. Apply today for a $1,000 fellowship for fall.

Physics Major Publishes

Are trains causing issues with LIGO gravitational wave detectors? Senior physics major Jaidyn Spoon just published a paper on arXiv about this question. The work was completed as part of her Research Experience for Undergraduates at LSU last summer.

Isaacson Professor

Physics professor Dr. Wai-Ning Mei was appointed to an Isaacson Professorship by Senior Vice Chancellor Phil He. The Isaacson Professorship is awarded on the basis of outstanding performance in research/creative activity. Congratulations Dr. Mei!

Congratulations Graduates!

The following physics majors are scheduled to graduate in May:

• Ethan Stark
• Ricardo Encarnacion
• Keegan Duhon
• Alexander McFayden
• Dylan Wilson
• Kristen Rodenhausen

Have an event that you would like to share with the rest of the physics program? An announcement or student spotlight? Let us know.

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