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CAS Corps member Mason Fuller is a junior physics major from Colfax. Photo by Lauren Gibbs.

CAS Corps Feature: Mason Fuller
Mar 15, 2024

CAS Corps member Mason Fuller is a junior physics major from Colfax....

Keaveney Ocean Sciences

Keaveney attends Ocean Sciences meeting
Mar 14, 2024

Adian Keaveney from Durham, BS Applied Physics, BS Mathematics, and current MS Engineering Physics, presented his poster "Modeling the Effec...

Dr. Smith and students

Astronomy Days at the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences
Feb 28, 2024

Every year, the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences hosts Astronomy Days. Our own Dr. Rachel Smith is a museum astronomer, as well as one of our...

Dr. James Sherman

Sherman proposal funded by Harkrader Family Foundation
Feb 23, 2024

Dr. James Sherman proposal, “Development of an automated air stream dryer system for atmospheric aerosol and cloud research at Appalachian State’s...

Samuel Moore accepts position at Eli Lilly
Feb 22, 2024

Beginning Summer 2024, Sam will be working with the the controls team monitoring the automated processes of pharmaceutical manufacturing at Eli Lilly ...

Aidan Keaveney wins Presidential Merit Scholarship to The George Washington University Law School
Feb 21, 2024

Aidan is currently enrolled in our Masters of Engineering Science program. The Presidential Merit Scholarship to the George Washington University...

Dr. Kananovich Publication in Physical Review Research
Feb 20, 2024

Dr. Anton Kananovich recently published a paper with colleagues S. Jaiswal, Connor Belt, and E. M. AguirreStructural transformation of dusty plasma cr...

Dr. Dan Caton

Caton presents iPoster at the annual AAS meeting
Feb 7, 2024

Each year the American Astronomical Society brings together masterminds from various scientific fields of study that form the broad astronomical scien...

CUWiP 2024

Conference for Undergraduate Women in Physics
Feb 6, 2024

Bravo to the group of women who recently attended the Conference for Undergraduate Women in Physics (CUWiP). Dr. Roshani Silwal also attended the even...

Ethan Barber '22

SAFE Student Spotlight: Ethan Barber '22
Jan 23, 2024

Barber received a Spring 2023 Student and Faculty Excellence (SAFE) grant to support his travel to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration...