Join the next physics seminar at 2 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 23 in 128 Jabara Hall. The guest speaker will be Valeriy Tenishev from the Helio Physics and Planetary Science Branch at the NASA Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama. The talk will be on “Energetic Particle Dynamics in Geospace: From Geomagnetic Shielding to Storm-Time Particle Access.”

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

Join the Department of Physics seminar at 2 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 16 in 128 Jabara Hall featuring Dr. Adnan Mansour from the University of Maryland, who will present a talk on “Simulation & Characterization of Ion Acoustic Solutions for Debris Detection in Low-Earth Orbit”

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

Dr. Ziqi Sun, professor, and Dr. Buma Fridman, professor, of the Department of Mathematics, Statistics and Physics, are retiring from WSU. Join in celebrating their retirements at a reception from 2 to 5 p.m. Monday, May 11 in 233 Rhatigan Student Center, Santa Fe Trail Room.

Sun is retiring from WSU after 36 years of service and served as department chair for seven years. Fridman is retiring after 44 years of service to WSU, where he served as department chair for over 28 years.