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Dr. Daniel Caton, professor in the Department of Physics and Astronomy at Appalachian State University

Dr. Daniel Caton discusses the Brown Mountain Lights on the Atlas Obscura Podcast
May 31, 2024

Amidst the majestic peaks of Brown Mountain in North Carolina lies a phenomenon that defies explanation. Join Dan Caton, an astronomer and astrophysic...

Cade Tischer, a junior applied physics major from Cary, is the recipient of a 2024-25 North Carolina Space Grant. Photo submitted

Physics major Cade Tischer awarded NC Space Grant to study aerosols
May 14, 2024

BOONE, N.C. — Cade Tischer, a junior applied physics major from Cary, is the recipient of a 2024-25 North Carolina Space Grant. The funding will sup...

Joshua McNeill

Joshua McNeill receives Kennedy Space Center internship
Mar 26, 2024

Joshua McNeill, an MS Engineering Physics student from Boone, will be travelling to NASA's Kennedy Space Center for a summer internship. When asked wh...

Robert Frady

Robert Frady returns to Kennedy Space Center
Mar 25, 2024

Robert Frady, an MS Engineering Physics student from Leicester, NC, will be heading back to NASA's Kennedy Space Center as an intern for the 2nd summe...

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...