News & Events

The Chancellor Lends a Hand Making Liquid Nitrogen Ice Cream at the Community FEaST!
Nov 3, 2019

AppalFRESH, the Appalachian Food Research for Equity Sustainability and Health Collaborative, hosted the third annual Community FEaST (Food ...

2019–20 Fulbright awardee Dr. Richard Gray to ‘unite the sky’ through astronomical partnership with South Africa’s UFS
Nov 2, 2019

Check out this awesome article about Dr. Gray's new project: "Uniting the Sky: An Astronomical Partnership with the University of the Free State.”...

Student Spotlight: Tate Fleming
Oct 25, 2019

The department recently congratulated Dr. Amet and his fellow research students for their new publications. Tate Fleming, a student working in Dr. Ame...

Student Spotlight: Hengming Li
Oct 16, 2019

Hengming Li, a Master's student working with Dr. Amet, has had two recent publications on the study of electronic and thermal properties of mater...

Student Spotlight: Steven Poche
Oct 9, 2019

Steven Poche is an undergraduate student working with Dr. Amet who has just received an Undergraduate Research Assistantship (URA). When asked to elab...

Students from the Department Work for Start Up Company
Oct 2, 2019

Three of our students, Jeff Miller, Ross Robertson, and Greg Rapp, began working at a start up company named Pneuma Respiratory as engineering technic...

Student Spotlight: Sophia Woznichak
Sep 30, 2019

Sophia Woznichak is an undergraduate student in the Physics and Astronomy department. Over the summer, she had her first research experience...

Community FEaST Film to Play at Commffest 2019
Sep 25, 2019

Ms. Carla Ramsdell is the founder of AppalFRESH and helps coordinate Community FEaST every year. AppalFRESH is a collaborative group with members all ...

Introducing: Ms. Bridgette Triplett
Sep 18, 2019

Ms. Bridgette Triplett has taken a part time position in the main office of the Physics and Astronomy department. She was born and raised here in Boon...

Student Spotlight: Hengming Li
Sep 16, 2019

This summer, student Hengming Li has been working at NIST (National Institute of Standards and Technology) Boulder. He has spent his time conducting r...