Departmental Accomplishments in Physics and Engineering at Bethel

May 2008

Overview

• Advanced Optics Lab, Pulsed Holography System, & Mach 3 Shock Tunnel
• 33 National Awards and Recognition for faculty and students in last 4 years
• > 50 Papers Presented/Published during the last 4 years (~20 student authors )
•   Bethel Physics Dept received the Heuer Award for Outstanding Achievement in Undergraduate Science Education from the Council of Independent Colleges
• Chosen by The National Task Force for Undergraduate Physics as 1 of the 21 “Thriving” Physics Departments in the U.S. (out of 780): "Why Many Undergraduate Physics Programs Are Good but Few are Great," Physics Today, Sept. 2003, pp. 38-43.

Dr. Beecken, 2008 American Society for Engineering Education Fellowship

Dr. Greenlee is Assoc Director of NASA’s Minnesota Space Grant Consortium

Dr. Hoyt is a second-year Professor in Physics at Bethel

• First observations of laser cooling of solids, $10k prize Optical Society of America
• National Research Council Post-doctoral Fellowship at NIST
• Published 5th  article in Physical Review Letters
  
• NSF: Reviews proposals for Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics

Dr. Peterson is a national leader in the physics community

• Past-President of American Assoc of Physics Teachers, Fellow of Am Physical Society
• 3 Invited Presentations in 07-08 (Latvia, China, New York, Ohio, Wyzata, etc.)
• NSF: Reviews proposals for Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics
• Selected first-ever Bethel University Professor

Dr. Stein is a widely recognized Aerospace Engineer

• Collaborates with U. of Minnesota on Parachute design for Mars Science Laboratory
• Published/presented  > 3 dozen papers in the last 4 yrs  (Japan, China, Europe, & U.S)
• 2006 winner of the Bethel University Excellence in Scholarship Award