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The
Department of Physics and Astronomy offers three degree
programs:
- an AB with a major in Physics,
- a BS with a major in Physics
- a BS with a combined major in Physics and
Astronomy
It also offers
Physics courses for the BS in Education degree with
certification
in Physics.
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James Andrews, professor, Physics & Astronomy, co–authored a paper titled “Melt–Processed
All–Polymer Distributed Bragg Reflector Laser,” published in Optics
Express,
an optics research journal. The paper was also featured on the
Institute of Physics Web site, Optics.org. Andrews wrote the paper with
researchers from Case Western Reserve University’s Departments of
Physics and Macromolecular Science & Engineering.
Source: YSU
News Briefs Dec. 15, 2008
John Feldmeier, YSU assistant professor
of astronomy, is part of a team of astronomers that has discovered a
high–speed collision between two galaxies in the nearby Virgo cluster.
This picture of part of the Virgo cluster shows monumental tendrils of
ionized hydrogen gas 400,000 light years long connecting the elliptical
galaxy M86 (right) and the disturbed spiral galaxy NGC 4438 (left). The
image was taken with the wide–field Mosaic imager on the National
Science Foundation’s Mayall 4–meter telescope at Kitt Peak National
Observatory near Tuscon, Ariz. See News Brief below. Photo credit:
Tomer Tal and Jeffrey Kenney/Yale University and NOAO/AURA/NSF
Source:
YSU News Briefs Dec. 1, 2008
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 An asteroid has recently been named for YSU
alumnus Richard Pirko, the late show producer and technician of YSU’s Ward Beecher
Planetarium.
The asteroid is
in the main asteroid belt between the
orbits of Mars and Jupiter and was discovered at the Lowell Observatory
in Flagstaff, Ariz., in June 2000. Formerly known as Asteroid 2000
LS36, the International Astronomical Union has officially named it
Asteroid Pirko.
The naming was initiated by Rob Landis, a NASA employee and long-time
friend of Rick.
Pirko’s passion
for astronomy exposed hundreds of
thousands of people to the wonders of the universe, said Warren Young,
interim chair of the YSU Physics and Astronomy Department.
“This is a
fitting tribute to a very dedicated
educator,” Young said. “He was an amazing person with a unique
combination of talents. We feel his loss every day.”
Pirko worked at
the planetarium for over 30 years
writing, producing and presenting planetarium shows to public school
classes, college classes and the general public. He died of an apparent
heart attack on Oct. 15 at the University
Hospitals Geauga Medical Center in Chardon. He was 55.
From: YSU eUpdate
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