Dr. Kenneth Pestka II publishes feature article in The Physics Teacher.

Posted on April 22, 2015 by Kenneth Pestka, II

Dr. Kenneth Pestka II of Longwood University and Jennifer Heindel,  museum educator at the Abbe Museum, collaborated on the paper, “An Interdisciplinary Approach to Drag Forces: Estimating Floodwater Speed from Displaced Riverbed Boulders”. The paper appears as a feature article in the May issue of The Physics Teacher and is freely available for download at the AIP […]

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Dr. Kenneth Pestka II receives grant from Siemens

Posted on February 23, 2015 by Kenneth Pestka, II

Dr. Kenneth Pestka II has been awarded a grant from Siemens PLM for Femap with NX Nastran (valued at $678,500). The grant provides an opportunity for Longwood University physics and dual-degree engineering students to have access to this world leading finite element modeling software. This innovative software is used in advanced manufacturing, research and development […]

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Chuck Ross Delivers Keynote

Posted on October 23, 2014 by Joanna Baker

Dr. Chuck Ross, Professor of Physics, delivered the keynote address at the University of Mississippi’s Conference on the Civil War on October 10. Dr. Ross’s presentation was “Black Powder and the Cannon’s Roar: Science and Technology in the American Civil War”.

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Physics Faculty and Students Published

Posted on July 16, 2014 by Timothy Holmstrom

Associate Professor of Physics Tim Holmstrom, Longwood Physics Alumnus Wolfgang Troth, and colleagues from the Jefferson Lab 3He Collaboration had their paper “A Precision Measurement of the Neutron Twist-3 Matrix Element d2n: Probing Color Forces.” published in Physics Review Letters  113 (2014) 022002. Associate Professor of Physics Tim Holmstrom, Longwood Physics Alumnus James Bittner, and colleagues from the […]

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Physics Faculty Published in Nature

Posted on February 6, 2014 by Timothy Holmstrom

Tim Holmstrom, Assistant Professor of Physics,  Vincent Sulkosky, Visiting Assistant Professor of Physics, Keith Rider, former Professor of Chemistry, and colleagues in Jefferson Lab Hall A PVDIS collaboration had their article “Measurement of parity violation in electron–quark scattering” published in the 6 February 2014 edition of Nature. http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v506/n7486/pdf/nature12964.pdf    

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SOLstice featured in Bay Journal Article

Posted on September 17, 2013 by Joanna Baker

Longwood’s SOLstice – Summer of Learning – Science Teachers Investigating the Chesapeake Environment – Program was recently featured in an article entitled “Passing on their pearls of wisdom : Waterman heritage tours catcing on with tourists” in Bay Journal. The accompanying photo is of SOLstice students and Mark Fink is quoted. Read the entire article […]

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Gary Page comments on article in “New Scientist”

Posted on February 4, 2013 by Michelle Parry

Visiting assistant professor of physics, Gary Page, was contacted as an expert to comment on an article being written for New Scientist. The article, “Dwarf planet Eris may reveal quantum gravity”, was published in the January 2013 issue. A short paragraph of Dr. Page’s contribution appears at the end of the article.

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Keith Rider results from sabatical

Posted on January 22, 2013 by Michelle Parry

Associate Professor of Chemistry Keith Rider recently had a paper accepted for publication in The Journal of Physical Chemistry titled “Helium Droplet Assembled Nanocluster Films: Cluster Formation and Deposition Rates”.  The research was conducted during a one-year sabbatical at the Energetic Materials Branch of the Air Force Research Laboratory in Eglin, Florida.

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Suzanne Donnelly, Alix Fink, Mark Fink, Leigh Lunsford, Melissa Rhoten, Kelsey Scheitlin

Posted on September 27, 2012 by David Shoenthal

Colleagues from the STEM disciplines have published an article in Science Education and Civic Engagement. Co-written by Suzanne Donnelly (Assistant Professor of Science Education), Alix Fink (Associate Professor of Biology and Dean of the Cormier Honors College), Mark Fink (Associate Professor of Biology and Chair of the Department of Biological and Environmental Sciences), Leigh Lunsford […]

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Tim Holmstrom

Posted on May 17, 2012 by Timothy Holmstrom

Tim Holmstrom, Assistant Professor of Physics, Alvin Palmer, 2011 Longwood graduate, Ben Babineau, Longwood senior, and colleagues at Jefferson Lab have had their paper “Measurement of the Neutron Radius of 208Pb Through Parity-Violation in Electron Scattering” published in Physical Review Letters, volume 108, 2012

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