SOCIETY OF PHYSICS STUDENTS 2022 Physics Congress Registration Live! Welcome to the 2021-2022 National Council! Apply for the SPS-AIP Emergency Assistance. Apply for the Food for Hungry Physics and Astronomy Students Program. Chapter Report Submissions Open! 2021 SPS NATIONAL COUNCIL CANDIDATES Jamie Woodworth. Ithaca College. Biography: Jamie is a rising senior at Ithaca College pursuing majors in Physics and Mathematics. They have served as the Associate Zone Counselor for Zone 2 of the 2020-21 SPS National Council and are eager to continue their role into the

2021-22 term.

FACES OF PHYSICS: CAMPUS EVENT TURNED VIRTUAL SPEAKER Marshall University’s SPS chapter had well-laid plans for their 2020 Future Faces of Physics Award. Rooms were reserved and details were coming together for a campus visit, colloquium talk, and public talk by Natalia Lewandowska, a pulsar researcher then ADDITIONAL OPPORTUNITIES The American Association of Physicists in Medicine (AAPM) Summer Undergraduate Fellowship Program is designed to provide opportunities for undergraduate university students to gain experience in medical physics by performing research in a medical physics laboratory or

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COMPASS CONFUSION: THE ANSWERS See the question hereYou can compare the earth's near-dipole field to a short magnet with its south magnetic "pole" directed toward the north geographic pole of the earth. The magnetic pole of a compass needle is defined to be the "north-seeking" end, i.e., the end that "seeks" (points generally toward) the north geographic pole.Small pocket compasses have a magnetic needle pointer balanced on HOW AIRPLANES FLY: LIFT AND CIRCULATION ELEGANT CONNECTIONS IN PHYSICS 1 Summer 2015 .. N How Airplanes Fly: Lift and Circulation by Dwight E. Neuenschwander Professor of Physics Southern Nazarene University

ZAKARY NOEL

I am currently a third-year physics major at Lamar University. I also hold an Associate of Science degree in physics from Lee college. I began making contributions to physics when I assisted my professor, Dr. Tom O’Kuma, in creating new lab materials using Vpython, a visual shell for the python programming language. I was granted the opportunity of sharing my experiences at the local joint

TERESA TURMANIAN

My name is Teresa and I am a rising senior physics major. I have had a lot of fun over the last three years doing cool experiments in lab and I just finished a project where I used magnetic resonance to measure the dielectric constant of water. I’ve also had a great time with my SPS chapter planning yearly physics demo shows that we call Physics Phun Night where we levitate

FEATURE MYSTERY BOX

The SPS Observer • Summer 2017 19 FIGURE 2: With each roll, participants use a marker to trace the marble’s path as it travels in and out of the box. FIGURE 1: The mystery object, (in this case a coffee mug, revealed in Figure 3), placed on a SOCIETY OF PHYSICS STUDENTS 2022 Physics Congress Registration Live! Welcome to the 2021-2022 National Council! Apply for the SPS-AIP Emergency Assistance. Apply for the Food for Hungry Physics and Astronomy Students Program. Chapter Report Submissions Open! 2021 SPS NATIONAL COUNCIL CANDIDATES Jamie Woodworth. Ithaca College. Biography: Jamie is a rising senior at Ithaca College pursuing majors in Physics and Mathematics. They have served as the Associate Zone Counselor for Zone 2 of the 2020-21 SPS National Council and are eager to continue their role into the

2021-22 term.

FACES OF PHYSICS: CAMPUS EVENT TURNED VIRTUAL SPEAKER Marshall University’s SPS chapter had well-laid plans for their 2020 Future Faces of Physics Award. Rooms were reserved and details were coming together for a campus visit, colloquium talk, and public talk by Natalia Lewandowska, a pulsar researcher then ADDITIONAL OPPORTUNITIES The American Association of Physicists in Medicine (AAPM) Summer Undergraduate Fellowship Program is designed to provide opportunities for undergraduate university students to gain experience in medical physics by performing research in a medical physics laboratory or

assisting with

WHY IS DIVERSITY IMPORTANT FOR SCIENCE? The importance of diversity for science. Engaging people from a variety of genders, ethnicities, sexual orientations, perspectives, backgrounds, areas of expertise, religions, cultures, and other variables to participate in science is important for addressing inequities and increasing the size of the scientifically trained

workforce.

COMPASS CONFUSION: THE ANSWERS See the question hereYou can compare the earth's near-dipole field to a short magnet with its south magnetic "pole" directed toward the north geographic pole of the earth. The magnetic pole of a compass needle is defined to be the "north-seeking" end, i.e., the end that "seeks" (points generally toward) the north geographic pole.Small pocket compasses have a magnetic needle pointer balanced on HOW AIRPLANES FLY: LIFT AND CIRCULATION ELEGANT CONNECTIONS IN PHYSICS 1 Summer 2015 .. N How Airplanes Fly: Lift and Circulation by Dwight E. Neuenschwander Professor of Physics Southern Nazarene University

ZAKARY NOEL

I am currently a third-year physics major at Lamar University. I also hold an Associate of Science degree in physics from Lee college. I began making contributions to physics when I assisted my professor, Dr. Tom O’Kuma, in creating new lab materials using Vpython, a visual shell for the python programming language. I was granted the opportunity of sharing my experiences at the local joint

TERESA TURMANIAN

My name is Teresa and I am a rising senior physics major. I have had a lot of fun over the last three years doing cool experiments in lab and I just finished a project where I used magnetic resonance to measure the dielectric constant of water. I’ve also had a great time with my SPS chapter planning yearly physics demo shows that we call Physics Phun Night where we levitate

FEATURE MYSTERY BOX

The SPS Observer • Summer 2017 19 FIGURE 2: With each roll, participants use a marker to trace the marble’s path as it travels in and out of the box. FIGURE 1: The mystery object, (in this case a coffee mug, revealed in Figure 3), placed on a CHAPTERS | SOCIETY OF PHYSICS STUDENTS SPS has more than 843 chapters at colleges and universities across the United States. Each chapter is very individualized by the interests of its members, its physics & astronomy departments, the campus atmosphere, and the geographical setting. Resources for Chapters. Starting a New Chapter. Maintaining an Active Chapter. SPS Information

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SPS INTERNSHIPS

The SPS national office administers the program, hosts joint orientation and concluding sessions, and holds many group activities throughout the summer. For more information, see SPS Internship Program Details. The cohort of SPS summer interns share their varied experiences with each other, live in housing in the heart of

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JOURNAL OF UNDERGRADUATE REPORTS IN PHYSICS (JURP About JURP. This Journal is devoted to reports authored by undergraduates in physics, astronomy, and their related fields. It is a vehicle for the exchange of ideas and information by undergraduates and their advisors. A primary goal of the Journal is to educate and train students while also providing a means of public dissemination of

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CASEY ROEPKE (SHE/HER) Hello, everyone! My name is Casey Roepke (she/her), and I am a recent graduate of Mount Holyoke College, where I double majored in Physics and Politics with an interdisciplinary, pre-professional track in Journalism, Media, and Public Discourse. I’m a lifelong Californian, growing up in the San Francisco Bay Area. This summer, I am so excited to have the opportunity to FACES OF PHYSICS: CAMPUS EVENT TURNED VIRTUAL SPEAKER Marshall University’s SPS chapter had well-laid plans for their 2020 Future Faces of Physics Award. Rooms were reserved and details were coming together for a campus visit, colloquium talk, and public talk by Natalia Lewandowska, a pulsar researcher then

THE SPS OBSERVER

The SPS Observer is the quarterly magazine of SPS. Subscriptions to the print version are included with your annual SPS national membership dues. Please keep your address up-to-date to ensure delivery. SPS offers travel support for SPS chapters or individual students reporting on a national physics meeting for SPS, where they

are treated like

AIP CAREER PATHWAYS PROJECT The AIP Career Pathways Project (CPP) was designed to identify common features among physics departments with a strong record of preparing physics bachelor's for the science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) workforce and to disseminate that information to the physics community. By equipping physics departments and their students with tools for effective career SPS JOBS | FIND YOUR CAREER HERE Find bachelor jobs in physics, engineering and related physical sciences at SPS National Jobs. Search highly-specialized engineering employment openings in teaching, industry, and government labs, from Students, graduates and undergraduate-level positions to opportunities for experienced scientists, engineers and researchers. WEEK 1: THE IMPORTANCE OF CONNECTION In my short 4 days here with APS, I have already dared to develop a theme for my summer - connection. In this modern time of teleworking and my work with APS in social networking and collaborative social campaigns, that theme finds a natural home.

SIMPLE MOTOR

The motor can continue to spin until the battery is dead! Figure 1 - Wrap the coil around a circular object like a marker. Figure 2 - Slide the wire off the pen to create a coil. Diameter is ~1 cm. Figure 3 - The fully assembled electric motor. Photos courtesy of Jacob Robertson and Zakary Noel, 2017 SPS SOCK interns. SOCIETY OF PHYSICS STUDENTS 2022 Physics Congress Registration Live! Welcome to the 2021-2022 National Council! Apply for the SPS-AIP Emergency Assistance. Apply for the Food for Hungry Physics and Astronomy Students Program. Chapter Report Submissions Open! 2021 SPS SUMMER INTERNSHIP POSITIONS LOVING YOUR MESSY, BEAUTIFUL, COMPLEX BRAIN We all need a little help sometimes, whether it comes from a friend lending a helping hand or from having someone to talk to when times are tough. Unfortunately, times always seem to be tough in today’s pandemic-ridden world, so it was important for the Society of Physics Students chapter at the University of Notre Dame to remind the student body to be kind to themselves. SOCIETY OF PHYSICS STUDENTS AND SIGMA PI SIGMA PHYSICS The Society of Physics Students. +1 301.209.3007. One Physics Ellipse. College Park, MD 20740. SPS is an organization of the American Institute of Physics. The American Institute of Physics is an organization of scientific societies in the physical sciences, representing scientists, engineers, and educators. SPS JOBS | FIND YOUR CAREER HERE Find bachelor jobs in physics, engineering and related physical sciences at SPS National Jobs. Search highly-specialized engineering employment openings in teaching, industry, and government labs, from Students, graduates and undergraduate-level positions to opportunities for experienced scientists, engineers and researchers. TUNING FORK WITH PENDULUM Tuning Fork with Pendulum Demonstration Watch the energy transfer from a tuning fork into a ping pong ball pendulum. Number of Participants: Unlimited Audience: Elementary (ages 5-10) and up Duration: 5 -10 mins Difficulty: Level 1 Materials Required: MENTAL HEALTH MATTERS–NORMALIZING THE CONVERSATION Feature-MHM-MNVoices-2-web.jpg Exhibit visitors try to hold a conversation as nearby speakers play distracting voices. Image courtesy of the Science Museum of Minnesota. At the Science Museum of Minnesota, you can run a virtual race against a T. rex, create a tornado out of water mist, and visit a real Egyptian mummy. You can also shred your worries.The Worry Shredder sits at the center of a

ZAKARY NOEL

I am currently a third-year physics major at Lamar University. I also hold an Associate of Science degree in physics from Lee college. I began making contributions to physics when I assisted my professor, Dr. Tom O’Kuma, in creating new lab materials using Vpython, a visual shell for the python programming language. I was granted the opportunity of sharing my experiences at the local joint HOW TO BUILD A MUON DETECTOR A muon (µ) is an unstable subatomic particle with a mean half-life of approximately 2.2 µs. What is really cool about muons is that they are one of only a few secondary particles from cosmic rays that actually reach sea level. If you were to hold out your hand, one muon

TERESA TURMANIAN

My name is Teresa and I am a rising senior physics major. I have had a lot of fun over the last three years doing cool experiments in lab and I just finished a project where I used magnetic resonance to measure the dielectric constant of water. I’ve also had a great time with my SPS chapter planning yearly physics demo shows that we call Physics Phun Night where we levitate SOCIETY OF PHYSICS STUDENTS 2022 Physics Congress Registration Live! Welcome to the 2021-2022 National Council! Apply for the SPS-AIP Emergency Assistance. Apply for the Food for Hungry Physics and Astronomy Students Program. Chapter Report Submissions Open! 2021 SPS SUMMER INTERNSHIP POSITIONS LOVING YOUR MESSY, BEAUTIFUL, COMPLEX BRAIN We all need a little help sometimes, whether it comes from a friend lending a helping hand or from having someone to talk to when times are tough. Unfortunately, times always seem to be tough in today’s pandemic-ridden world, so it was important for the Society of Physics Students chapter at the University of Notre Dame to remind the student body to be kind to themselves. SOCIETY OF PHYSICS STUDENTS AND SIGMA PI SIGMA PHYSICS The Society of Physics Students. +1 301.209.3007. One Physics Ellipse. College Park, MD 20740. SPS is an organization of the American Institute of Physics. The American Institute of Physics is an organization of scientific societies in the physical sciences, representing scientists, engineers, and educators. SPS JOBS | FIND YOUR CAREER HERE Find bachelor jobs in physics, engineering and related physical sciences at SPS National Jobs. Search highly-specialized engineering employment openings in teaching, industry, and government labs, from Students, graduates and undergraduate-level positions to opportunities for experienced scientists, engineers and researchers. TUNING FORK WITH PENDULUM Tuning Fork with Pendulum Demonstration Watch the energy transfer from a tuning fork into a ping pong ball pendulum. Number of Participants: Unlimited Audience: Elementary (ages 5-10) and up Duration: 5 -10 mins Difficulty: Level 1 Materials Required: MENTAL HEALTH MATTERS–NORMALIZING THE CONVERSATION Feature-MHM-MNVoices-2-web.jpg Exhibit visitors try to hold a conversation as nearby speakers play distracting voices. Image courtesy of the Science Museum of Minnesota. At the Science Museum of Minnesota, you can run a virtual race against a T. rex, create a tornado out of water mist, and visit a real Egyptian mummy. You can also shred your worries.The Worry Shredder sits at the center of a

ZAKARY NOEL

I am currently a third-year physics major at Lamar University. I also hold an Associate of Science degree in physics from Lee college. I began making contributions to physics when I assisted my professor, Dr. Tom O’Kuma, in creating new lab materials using Vpython, a visual shell for the python programming language. I was granted the opportunity of sharing my experiences at the local joint HOW TO BUILD A MUON DETECTOR A muon (µ) is an unstable subatomic particle with a mean half-life of approximately 2.2 µs. What is really cool about muons is that they are one of only a few secondary particles from cosmic rays that actually reach sea level. If you were to hold out your hand, one muon

TERESA TURMANIAN

My name is Teresa and I am a rising senior physics major. I have had a lot of fun over the last three years doing cool experiments in lab and I just finished a project where I used magnetic resonance to measure the dielectric constant of water. I’ve also had a great time with my SPS chapter planning yearly physics demo shows that we call Physics Phun Night where we levitate SOCIETY OF PHYSICS STUDENTS 2022 Physics Congress Registration Live! Welcome to the 2021-2022 National Council! Apply for the SPS-AIP Emergency Assistance. Apply for the Food for Hungry Physics and Astronomy Students Program. Chapter Report Submissions Open! LOVING YOUR MESSY, BEAUTIFUL, COMPLEX BRAIN We all need a little help sometimes, whether it comes from a friend lending a helping hand or from having someone to talk to when times are tough. Unfortunately, times always seem to be tough in today’s pandemic-ridden world, so it was important for the Society of Physics Students chapter at the University of Notre Dame to remind the student body to be kind to themselves.

RADIATIONS MAGAZINE

Spring 2021 . About the cover . Dorian C. Moore, president of Florida A&M University’s SPS chapter, was one of the students recognized in the 2020 Virtual Senior Recognition Ceremony hosted by the Society of

Physics Students.

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ELECTRIFYING YOUNG MINDS WITH OUTREACH The Radford University SPS chapter received an SPS Marsh White Award in support of “Electrifying Electronics,” an outreach event for guiding students through building an unpowered radio. Unfortunately, we had to postpone our plans when Radford University and Radford, Virginia, public schools went virtual due to COVID-19.When Radford University resumed in-person classes in fall 2020, we WEEK 1: THE IMPORTANCE OF CONNECTION In my short 4 days here with APS, I have already dared to develop a theme for my summer - connection. In this modern time of teleworking and my work with APS in social networking and collaborative social campaigns, that theme finds a natural home. SCIENCE OUTREACH CATALYST KITS (SOCKS) Science Outreach Catalyst Kits, or SOCKs, are free to SPS chapters (while supplies last) and contain an exploratory physics and science activity that is specifically designed for SPS chapters to use in outreach presentations to elementary, middle and high school students. Each SOCK comes with the essential materials to conduct a set of SOCIETY OF PHYSICS STUDENTS AND SIGMA PI SIGMA PHYSICS Welcome to the Society of Physics Students and Sigma Pi Sigma online community. Through this login you have access to your SPS Member Profile, any Groups you may belong to, and the SPS/Sigma Pi Sigma Awards Application system. Please use your email if THE MANY BENEFITS OF ENGAGING SPS CHAPTER ALUMNI Tradition. It can mean a lot of things to a lot of people. At its heart it’s a way of recognizing that we’re all part of a continuum, a flow of history and achievement, with science and culture advancing for the better. It also appeals to our inherent need as human beings to belong to a society. We are, after all, social creatures evolved to work best toward common goals with WEEK 1: GETTING STARTED This was the first week of the internship. It is unfortunately still virtual, but I will be enjoying my summer at Purdue University. Skip to main content

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