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