Author: Connie Koerber

Join the next physics seminar at 2 p.m. Wednesday, March 12 in 127 Jabara Hall. The seminar features Dr. Michael Wagman from Fermilab. The title of this talk will be “Why do Nuclei Stick together?”

Dr. Wagman is an expert in lattice QCD and effective field theory. His research aims to understand how the complex phenomena present in nuclei emerge from QCD and predict features of nuclear structure and interactions required to interpret experimental searches for new physics.

The seminar series brings several speakers to WSU each semester and is funded by the Eddy and April Lucas Fund, Wichita.

The next physics seminar will feature Bryan Ramson from Fermilab at 2 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 19 in 127 Jabara Hall. The title of this talk is “The New Era of Precision Neutrino Physics.” Also, join the physics department in 030 Jabara Hall for coffee, cookies and conversation at 1:30 p.m., prior to the seminar.

Bryan Ramson is a neutrino physicist working on the intensity frontier of high-energy particle physics. He is an associate scientist at Fermilab, where he uses his expertise in medium and high-energy nuclear physics to improve measurements of neutrino oscillations and refine our understanding of neutrino-nucleus interactions. He is a member of two large experimental collaborations: the Fermilab NuMI Off-axis νe Appearance (NOvA) Experiment and the upcoming Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment (DUNE), a future Fermilab experiment.

The Physics Seminar Series brings many speakers to campus each semester and is sponsored by the Eddy and April Lucas Fund, Wichita.

Join the Department of Physics for the first physics seminar of the spring 2025 semester. The talk will feature Lynn Buchele, University of Heidelberg, Germany, at 2 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 22 in 127 Jabara Hall.

The title of the talk will be “Testing our Understanding of Stellar Interiors with Asteroseismology.” And stop by for cookies and coffee in 030 Jabara Hall at 1:30 p.m., prior to the seminar. 

The next physics seminar at 2 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 4 in 226 Jabara Hall will feature Dr. John Brockman from the University of Missouri, Columbia.

Brockman is the director of the Missouri University Research Reactor overseeing the whole science program of physics, chemistry, biology and even archaeology.

He is also professor of chemistry, specifically doing radio-chemistry research with his reactor studies. He is the principle investigator of the planned upgrades for a new 20 MegaWatt reactor with construction starting in fall 2025.

The next physics seminar will be at 2 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 13 in 226 Jabara Hall. The speaker will be Dr. Andrew Furmanski, assistant professor at the University of Minnesota, who will present the talk, “Neutrino Interaction Measurements at the Short Baseline Neutrino Program.”

Dr. Furmanski studies neutrinos and was involved in installing and commissioning the neutrino detector. Since joining the University of Minnesota, Dr. Furmanski and his team have had large input on the experiment’s results.

And join the department for cookies and coffee at 1:30 p.m. in 030 Jabara Hall just prior to the seminar.

The physics seminar series brings several speakers to campus each semester and is sponsored by the Eddy and April Lucas Fund, Wichita.

The next physics seminar will be at 2 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 6 in 226 Jabara Hall. The talk will feature Dr. Ohana Benevides Rodrigues, senior research associate from the Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, and is titled “Short-Baseline Neutrino Oscillations with the PROSPECT-l Detector at HFIR.”

Dr. Benevides Rodrigues has been completing her Ph.D. degree Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago. She has worked extensively on low energy neutrino experiments, most notable the Oak Ridge National Lab Prospect experiment and is now preparing a new follow on measurement in an experiment called Prospect-II. Watch a pre-seminar interview with the speaker with Dr. Nick Solomey.

The physics seminar series brings several speakers to campus each semester and is sponsored by the Eddy and April Lucas Fund, Wichita.

Join the Society of Physics Students for the 2024 Pumpkin Drop from 5 to 7 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 31 at Lot 2E, near Cessna Stadium. Cookies and ciders sponsored by WHEAT and the Cohen Honors College.

The next physics seminar will be at 2 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 30 in 226 Jabara Hall. The talk will feature WSU’s very own, Dustin Burgardt, Hall-Schneider Summer Fellowship recipient.

The title of his talk is “Monitoring the Magnetic Properties in the TMS of DUNE.” Join the physics department for cookies and coffee at 1:30 p.m. in 030 Jabara Hall prior to the seminar.

The next physics seminar will be at 2 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 16 in 226 Jabara Hall. There will also be cookies and coffee at 1:30 p.m. in 030 Jabara Hall prior to the seminar. The talk features Dr. Jason Newby from Oakridge National Lab, physics division.

Dr. Newby is an accomplished physicist with a distinguished career at Oak Ridge National Lab, physics division, heading both the Neutrino Alley low energy neutrino program and the HFIR reactor anti-neutrino program experimental area.

The physics seminar series brings several speakers to campus each semester and is sponsored by the Eddy and April Lucas Fund, Wichita.

Join physics for the next Physics Seminar at 2 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 2 in 226 Jabara Hall featuring Dr. Dmytro Bozhko from the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs. There will be cookies and coffee at 1:30 p.m. in 030 Jabara Hall prior to the seminar.

The title of Bozhko’s talk will be “Nonlinear Effects in Magnetic Systems: From Nano to Macro Scales.” The National Science Foundation (CAREER, DMR-2338060) and the Department of Energy (FAIR, DE-SC0024400) fund his experimental studies in the areas of linear, nonlinear and quantum magnonics.

The Physics Seminar Series brings speakers to campus several times each semester and is funded by the Eddy and April Lucas Fund.