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2012-2013 PGET Newsletter 2012-2013 A MESSAGE FROM THE CHAIR PHYSICS AND Typically an appointment as chair at NKU will last 4 or 8 years, and PRE-ENGINEERING as I write this I am two months away from completing my 4th year as GRADUATES .......................... 2 chair. Some months ago, I submitted a request to the Dean asking him to support my return to regular faculty status after the completion of my 2013 OUTSTANDING 4th year. My request was approved. I am looking forward to pursuing GEOLOGY SENIORS .............. 2 Dr. Filaseta my passion in life by devoting much more of my time to teaching and activities that more directly impact the quality of education at NKU and student success. GEOLOGY ALUMNI NEWS ....... 3 I appreciate the kind words the many have shared with me regarding my performance as chair, and their desire to see me remain as chair. I have come to realize and appreciate at GEOLOGY GRADUATES ............ 3 a much deeper level just how much the Dean’s office accomplishes each year as well as the many achievements of the faculty and staff in my department. I will not miss much about ENVIRONMENTAL GEOPHYSICS COURSE ......... 3 being chair, but I will miss the people who work with me on a daily basis. Some of the demands of my job as chair are well-known and visible to others, especially the challenge COLORADO FIELD COURSE ..... 4 of managing a sudden sharp rise in the number of international students majoring in engineering technology. However, what I see as some of my greatest accomplishments THOMAS BRACKMAN .............. 5 may not be so readily visible to others. These deal with the day-to-day concerns from students that send me emails or stop by my office. One staff advisor recently described me DR. JANET BERTOG .................. 5 as a “strong advocate for students”. It’s true that I spend a great deal of my time trying to resolve concerns from students to help them achieve their education goals, but I hope I did BLACK HOLE RESEARCH so without compromising on the integrity of our degree programs or the rigorous standards AT NKU .................................. 6 we demand of our students. Another accomplishment, also not readily visible, is support I BAJA 2013 ................................ 7 have given to faculty in achieving their professional growth. I recall one faculty who was so concerned about negative feedback from students in one of his courses that he never 2013 CELEBRATION POSTERS wanted to teach that course again. I encouraged him to teach it again with some changes, PRESENTATIONS ................... 8 confident he was very capable of teaching the course well while maintaining his high standards and obtaining positive feedback from students. He taught the course again and RETIREMENTS ......................... 10 was proud of how successfully it went the second time. Helping others to achieve excellence in their work or education is the best part of the job as chair. ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGY In the past year, there has been a renewed emphasis on student success at NKU, and GRADUATES ....................... 11 Dean provided additional funding in support of this effort. In this newsletter you will read PROMOTIONS ......................... 11 about some of the student successes in the past year. The Dean’s funding helped support a field trip for a geophysics class to conduct surveys in variety of geological conditions, PHYSICS ALUMNI NEWS ....... 11 materials for a Baja competition in engineering technology and student research in physics on black holes and carbon nanotubes. We are excited to offer such educational experiences SUPPORT OUR for our majors that go well beyond the typical classroom setting. PROGRAMS .........................12 As I leave this position as department chair, I am confident that quality of the education we give to our majors is high. Our courses for and manufacturing technology; 14 in electronics engineering majors place a strong emphasis on lab and field experiences. technology. It is important that as we grow, we resist the Co-op experiences and an original senior design projects are temptation to become like other big universities. We have rich completed by all engineering technology majors. Over 50% of educational experiences for our undergraduate students at a our majors in physics and geology participate in research work reasonable cost to them. I hope that will always be true. under faculty supervision. About a third of our graduates in Enjoy reading about the latest news from faculty, staff, physics and geology later achieve Masters’ degrees. Perhaps as students and alumni. Please feel free to contact us anytime to high as 20% of our graduates go on to achieve PhD’s. As the let us know what’s new in your life. My email and phone are quality of the education of our majors becomes better known given below, and I would love to hear from you. in the community, the number of our majors has grown at a rate much higher than the average degree program at NKU. In Dr. John Filaseta the past year, the degrees conferred in our disciplines reached [email protected] record numbers: 9 in physics, 19 in geology, 32 in mechanical (859) 572-5309 2013 PHYSICS AND PRE-ENGINEERING OUTSTANDING GRADUATES GEOLOGY FOR MORE SPRING 2012 INFORMATION CONTACT SENIORS Cory Fine, BS SARAH JOHNSON, editor Louis Wolf, BA Northern Kentucky University Department of Physics and Geology FALL 2012 Dorothy Westerman Herrmann Natural Science Center Daniel Ohlhaut, BA Nunn Drive Highland Heights, KY 41099 SPRING 2013 Juan Correa, BS Elizabeth Hall, BA OR VISIT THE DEPARTMENT WEBSITE AT: Steven Rickels, BS pget.nku.edu Robert Spillman, BA Ryan Toebbe, BA From left: Elizabeth May Kirk Wallace, BS (outstanding senior in geology), Evan Clark (outstanding service in geology), and Dr. John Rockaway 2 | Physics, Geology and Engineering Technology GEOLOGY ALUMNI NEWS GEOLOGY GRADUATES JESSE AMUNDSEN - I have been working on a variety of projects for my employer, CostQuest Associates. The most public facing is the Connect America Fund Phase II SPRING 2012 Cost Model. I have also started working on a web mapping and analysis platform which will form the basis of a new suite of data products that we will begin to offer Crystal Courtney, BA economic analysts and investors. I continue to climb and travel as often as I can while Evan Draper, BS spending my free evenings working on small programming projects such as tinysite which aims to be an extremely lightweight but scalable website back end. FALL 2012 SAM BENNETT - I'm going on 4 years living in Las Marie Cooper, BS Vegas. I am currently a Sommelier at Wynn/Encore Hotel Spa and Casino in a restaurant called Botero. I Shanna Gilbert, BS am currently studying to sit the Advanced Sommelier Andrew Hoh, BS exam though The Court of Master Sommeliers. I need 2-3 years more study time before I sit as the exam Eric Taulbee, BS has a 16% pass rate historically. Drinking for a living doesn't suck! Hope all is well with you! SPRING 2013 MARIE COOPER - I am a field geophysicist using near Andrew Adkins, BS surface geophysics. I am currently working on an old WWII military base - Fort McClellan. I am using an Tristin Atwood, BA EM 61 collecting data so that the processors can map Whitney Butler, BS where possible UXOs are located. The backpack holds a battery which supplies energy to the coil - the part Evan Clark, BS that looks like a cart - and the allegro, the piece in Eric Goetz, BA my hand. The coil sends out electromagnetic currents which then produce eddy currents in metallic and Nathaniel Hall, BS nonmetallic materials. The allegro displays the readings in millivolts, and when the Evan Hart, BS coil goes over an object, the allegro displays a spike in the data in the shape of a parabola. Jason Haydu, BA Sarah Henson, BS JASON KING - I am still working at the same consulting firm (SAS Environmental) and Elizabeth May, BS living in Akron, OH. The only major change in my life is I found out last Friday that I passed the PG portion of the ASBOG exam, so I am now a licensed KY Professional Jessica Napier, BA Geologist. Hardest exam I've ever taken. Sean Reed, BS RYAN PINGUELY – He sends us pictures from time to Trevor Rowe, BA time – here he is somewhere in the Yukon. Kirk Weber, BS Frederick Wolnitzek, BS OVERVIEW OF ENVIRONMENTAL GEOPHYSICS COURSE In May of 2013 The Overview of Environmental Geophysics course was presented to the Kentucky section of the American Institute of Professional Geologist (AIPG). The Overview of Environmental Geophysics course was developed by the United States Environmental Protection Agency to inform environmental professionals about tools they can use to assist in remediation of impacted environmental sites. NKU became an external provider of the course in 2010. Through a National Science Foundation equipment grant equipment was purchased to allow participants the opportunity to use the equipment. Recently the national office of the AIPG has requested that Thomas Brackman M.S., P.G. produce a web based version of the course for distribution to the AIPG national audience. Physics, Geology and Engineering Technology | 3 2013 COLORADO FIELD COURSE The Great Unconformity Standing, from left: Samantha Caldwell, Eric Fischer, Brad Vogelpohl, Alan Vennemann, Stephanie Burke. Sitting, from left: Rachael Delaney, Scott Wilson, Bethany Hopper, Sarah Lott, Vernon Bellamy, Christina Rebholz, Ash Eyler Turkey Creek mapping Garden of the Gods Day trip to Rocky Mountain National Park. Top row, from left: Eric Fischer, Sarah Johnson, Bethany Hopper, Sarah Lott, Samantha Caldwell. Bottom row, from left: Dr. John Rockaway, Ash Eyler Mapping Golden, Colorado from South Table Mountain 4 | Physics, Geology and Engineering Technology THOmaS BRacKmaN I wanted to take a moment to say thank you for all the good Eight students presented four wishes we received after last year’s tornado devastated our posters at the celebration of area.
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