UW Oshkosh Physics and Astronomy

12/27/2023

This semester's PHYS 115Q1 (Space Exploration & Science) student rocket launches. There were some interesting results.

Student rocket launch for the PHYS 115Q1 (Space Exploration and Science) course at the University of Wisconsin Oshkosh.We had a very interesting year! The fi...

08/15/2023

Some simple ground testing to evaluate the charges needed to separate the rocket and allow for parachute deployment. Tests conducted by Peter Berry under the supervision of Prof. Barton Pritzl. The launch will hopefully take place this fall.

A ground test of the Wildman Rocketry Competitor 3.

07/24/2023

Congratulations to Tyler Roscoe who has been awarded a grant and a scholarship through the Wisconsin Space Grant Consortium funded by NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration! Tyler is a double major in physics and geology (UW Oshkosh Geology). He is carrying out a research project with Dr. Eric Hiatt titled Snowball Earth Sub-Ice Biochemical Sediments as Analogs for Europa and Enceladus.

05/31/2023

Congratulations to Emily O'Leary who was awarded a $2000 scholarship from the Wisconsin Space Grant Consortium. The scholarship supports students who are persuing astronomy or other space related fields of study. Emily is currently working with Prof. Barton Pritzl researching globular clusters belonging to a small galaxy.

05/30/2023

Congratulations to Luis Padilla (Chemistry major) who recently published an article with Prof. Nenad Stojilovic in the Journal of Physics and Chemistry of Solids titled, "Composite nanofibers electrospun from cerium, titanium, and zinc precursors". Luis recently graduated and will be attending graduate school at the University of Minnesota this fall.

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0022369723002007

03/13/2023

Prof. John Beaver will be giving a talk on experimental photography today, March 13th, from 12:40-1:40 pm via Zoom (link below).

John Beaver, Professor of Physics and Astronomy at UWO Fox Cities, and author of Photography: Physics and Art in Focus and other books, talks about the 4th-annual Experimental Photography Festival this July in Barcelona, Spain, where hundreds of artists from all over the world meet for five days to collaborate and learn from each other. For the second time in two years, Beaver is an invited artist at the Festival, and he will conduct workshops on some of his invented photographic processes and participate in discussions relating to the themes of his next book, Lo-Fi Photography: Art from Do-it-Yourself Chemistry and Physics.

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08/08/2022

Congratulations to Luis Padilla who presented his undergraduate research with Prof. Nenad Stojilovic (Physics) and Greg Potratz (Chemistry) at the WiSys SPARK Symposium. The title of the work is, "Effect of calcination temperature on the properties of nanofibers electrospun from Ce-Ti-Zn based solution".

07/25/2022

Prof. Barton Pritzl spoke about the first James Webb Space Telescope images with Krause & Co. on WHBY radio. The clip begins around the 23:00 minute mark.

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03/22/2022

Our Department recently hosted The Phox Valley Physics and Physical Science Share Group meeting. Physics high school teachers shared some physics demonstrations touching on topics such as forces, torques, and light.

10/13/2021

Congratulations to Matt Frisch (supervisor Prof. Nenad Stojilovic) and Em Garvey (supervisor Prof. Mark Lattery) on presenting their research at the McNair Scholars Showcase!

Matt Frisch and Em Garvey participate in the Fall 2021 McNair Scholars Showcase Congratulations to physics majors Matt Frisch and Em Garvey who recently presented research posters at the Fall 2021 McNair Scholars Showcase. Matt Frisch, an engineering and physics major from Rio, with Dr. Nenad Stojil...

10/06/2021

Some of our students learning about refraction of light in Dr. Lattery's introductory course.

09/08/2021

Welcome back UW Oshkosh students! Looking forward to a great year!