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Fall 2005 Newsletter GUSTAVUS ADOLPHUS COLLEGE August 2005 PHYSICS DEPARTMENT On-Campus Edition Gustavus Physics Radiations from Olin Hall Inside this issue: This annual newsletter offers highlights of the 2004-2005 academic year and Introducing Jim Miller 2 summer, news from current students, SPS and Student Awards 3 recent graduates and faculty, and infor- mation about the physics program for Faculty Activities 4-7 the year ahead. An online version with Visiting Speakers Program 7 color photos will be available at http://physics.gustavus.edu early in the Graduating Class of 2005 8-9 fall semester. Student Summer Research 10 In May, we bid farewell to the fifteen well as at universities and national labo- physics majors from the Class of 2005. ratories across the country. There was a Society of Physics Students 11 Graduates from this and recent classes new face around the department this First Decade Award 12 continue to pursue a variety of graduate summer. We welcomed Jim Miller, lab and professional degree programs and coordinator and computer support per- Study Abroad Possibilities 12 careers. May was also a sad time for us son on August 1. In addition to re- A Study Abroad Story 13 for another reason, the sudden death of search this summer, faculty traveled Jennings Ellis, lab coordinator, on May and attended conferences around the Nobel Conference 14 31. Jennings will be missed around the world. Faculty continue to assume Olin Observatory 15 department. Gustavus physics students leadership roles on campus and nation- participated in funded research with ally. (See subsequent columns and J-term 2005 Courses 16 faculty in Olin Hall this summer, as photos for these and other stories.) Research or Internships? 16 Fall Semester 2005 A. Jennings Ellis Dates to Remember It is with deep sadness that we report · Sep. 7 Classes begin the untimely death of our friend and colleague Jennings Ellis on May 31 at · Sept. 27-28 Nobel Con- ference his home in Saint Peter. The faculty · Oct. 22-25 Reading Days of the physics department planned to take Jennings out to lunch on that day · Nov. 6-17 January Term to celebrate his retirement. When he and Spring Registration passed away. A memorial service didn’t meet the group in Olin, as ar- · Nov. 24-27 Thanksgiving was held on June 29 at the Episcopal ranged, and didn’t answer the door to Break Church of the Holy Communion in his house, a neighbor called the au- · Dec. 16-20 Final Exams Saint Peter. thorities, who found that Jennings had (continued on page 2) Gustavus Physics On-Campus Edition Page 2 Jennings Ellis and Jim Miller (Continued from page 1) Jennings was also active in the Episcopal Church of the Holy Communion. He served Jennings was born on August 25, 1944, in as junior warden, senior warden, region rep- Houston, Texas. He attended St. John’s resentative, and on the diocesan council. He School in Houston from kindergarten through was particularly proud of his role as director high school. He graduated with honors from of the church restoration following the 1998 St. John’s in 1962 and went on to college at tornado. Duke University. Following graduation from Duke, Jennings moved to Iowa to teach. He Jennings will be missed by his friends and completed the M.S.E. degree in physics and colleagues in the physics and chemistry de- science education at Drake University in Des partments. Moines in 1972. He owned a farm near Oska- loosa, Iowa, and had an uncle and cousins there. Introducing Jim Miller In 1970, Jennings returned to St. John’s School to teach physics and chemistry. We are excited to have Jennings went to Abu Dhabi, United Arab a new face around the Emirates, in 1976 as an industrial and physi- department. Jim Miller cal science instructor to help train employees joined us this summer of the Abu Dhabi National Oil Company for and will serve as lab co- the petrochemical industry. From 1981- ordinator for General 1983, he pursued graduate studies in engi- Physics and coordinate neering and public policy at Carnegie Mellon computer support for University. He returned to Texas to teach at the department. Jim re- St. Stephen’s school in Austin and later ceived his B.S. in phys- moved to Washington, D.C. to serve as chair- ics from the University man of the math and computer science de- of Minnesota and his partment at Islamic Saudi Academy. M.S. in physics and M.S. in mechanical en- gineering from the University of Michigan. Jennings joined the Gustavus faculty in 1992 He has worked as an engineer for Owens under the 3M and NSF funded visiting high Corning, Honeywell and TSI incorporated. school teacher program. He was an impor- Most recently, he was a research scientist at tant part of the success of that program in Pacific Northwest Laboratory in Richland continuing the education of physics and Washington, where he conducted energy re- chemistry teachers in the upper Midwest. He search and developed internet-based applica- found a permanent home teaching labs in the tions and other database tools. He has a physics and chemistry departments in 1994. number of publications in energy measure- Jennings quickly became a part of the Gusta- ment and fluid flow and is a member of the vus community, advising students interested American Society of Mechanical Engineers in science teaching careers, advising APO, and American Society of Heating, Refriger- and being Santa to everyone. His role of ating and Air-Conditioning Engineers. He Galileo will long be remembered by the will be teaching General Physics I and Clas- many astronomy and physics students. sical Physics I labs this fall. Jim comes to St. Peter with his wife Laurie and three boys, Joe, Carl, and David. Gustavus Physics On-Campus Edition Page 3 Student Awards and Sigma Pi Sigma Induction Student Achievement Awards Meghan Brummer (‘06) has received the Julian A. Crawford Memorial Prize in Phys- Each year the physics department recog- ics. The prize is named in memory of the nizes physics students for their achieve- former chair of the Gustavus physics depart- ment (1967-69). ments with a variety of awards, scholar- ships, and nominations. Andrew Cockerill (‘08) received the Harold Matthew Wiebold (’06) has received the Q. Fuller Memorial Award in Physics, which Milward T. Rodine Memorial Physics is given to the first-year student who has the Award for 2005. This cash prize is named highest overall record in Classical Physics I for the longtime Gustavus professor of and II. physics (who taught here from 1933-1969) Matthew Bergman (‘07) received the Posi- and is awarded annually to rising senior tive Derivative Award for a rising junior. physics majors on the basis of interests and This award is given to a student in recogni- scholarly achievements. tion of her or his improvement in physics, and promise of future achievements. The Joshua Jacobson (’06) was awarded the award consists of a check adequate to pay for Gerald and Julia Swanson Scholarship in a yearly student membership in AAPT, SPS, Physics. This scholarship was established IEEE, ASME, or a similar organization. to honor the work of the physics depart- ment faculty who provided graduate Gerald Swanson with a background that prepared Sigma Pi Sigma Inductees him for graduate study in physics and for a career with the Bendix Corporation. Sigma Pi Sigma, the na- tional physics honor soci- Dorea Ruggles (’06) was selected to re- ety, was founded in 1921 ceive the John Chindvall Scholarship in and is a member honor Physics. This endowed scholarship was es- society of the Associa- tablished in memory of 1970 Gustavus tion of College Honor graduate John Chindvall by his parents and Societies. The Gustavus friends. chapter of Sigma Pi Sigma is only a little over In consultation with the Physics Depart- a year old. Nomination ment, the Department of Mathematics/ and election are by the Computer Science has chosen Michael faculty, based on a combination of student Phillips (’06) as the winner of the 2005-06 achievement in course work research, and John Borneman Prize Par Excellence in participation in department and SPS activi- ties. The following members of the class of Mathematics. This award is named in 2005 were elected to lifetime membership in memory of John Borneman, a 1955 Gusta- Sigma Pi Sigma: Cory Christensen, Alan vus graduate, by his family. It is presented Evans, Carl Ferkinhoff, Jolene Johnson, annually to an outstanding student in the Brendan Johnston, Jared Lee, John Purd- fields of mathematics and physics. ham, and Kelly Younge. Gustavus Physics On-Campus Edition Page 4 Faculty Activities Although Dennis Henry spent most of the Union Depot. He has been invited to present summer in St. Peter, he and wife Mary did en- two lectures on this latter work in the Chicago joy a 12-day journey by rail, ship, and air to area in late October. He continued his work as and around British Columbia in mid-June. The a consultant for Teltech in the area of interfer- beginning of that month was dominated by re- ence of residual magnetic fields in structures sponding to the sudden death of Jennings Ellis, with CRT displays, and he engaged in various as well as compiling the record of the work of writing and reviewing projects for journals. the Instructional Infrastructure Advisory Com- July concluded with a Henry family reunion in mittee during Dennis’ past two years as chair. the ancestral home territory of Northfield. He represented that committee and the depart- ment chairs throughout the summer on the "DC" will be teaching Classical Physics III and search for a Director of Instructional and Me- two lab sections again this fall, following work dia Services, and assisted the admissions staff in August on updating the department’s lab during visits of prospective students.
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