Christian Brothers University Student Achievement

Physics Student Achievements

Recent additions appear in green.

Matt Morgan (Physics, 2007) has been accepted into the M.S. program in physics at the University of Memphis and began his studies in the Fall of 2007. Congratulations, Matt!

Austin King (Natural Science with Physics and Math Concentration, 2006) was accepted to participate in the LANCE program at CBU. Austin is teaching physics, mathematics, and chemistry at Bishop Byrne High School during the 2007-08 school year while working on his Master's of Arts in Teaching degree. Hope you find some time to rest, Austin!

Matt Morgan (Physics, 2007) will be graduating from CBU with an Honors Program Diploma. To earn this distinction, Matt has taken six Honors Program courses and has an overall GPA of 3.2 or above. This accomplishment will be noted as he crosses the stage at the commencement ceremony on May 11, 2007.

Matt Morgan (Physics, 2007) presented his senior research on Using Quantum Oscillators and Perturbation Theory to Estimate the Van der Waals Force at the CBU Student Research Poster Session on April 17, 2007.

Matt Morgan (Physics, 2007) and Austin King (Natural Science with Physics and Math Concentration, 2006) were inducted into the CBU chapter of Sigma Pi Sigma, the national physics honor society, on September 5, 2006. Membership in SPS represents the demonstration of an interest in physics, high scholarship in physics and other subjects, a high level of service to the local Society of Physics Students (SPS) organization, and the potential to contribute to the advancement of science in future work.

Matt Morgan (left) and Austin King (right).
Tanya Prozny (Natural Science with Physics Concentration, 2002) was accepted into the graduate programs in atmospheric sciences at the University of British Columbia, the University of Wyoming, and the University of Alberta. She will attend the University of Alberta in Edmonton where she will research tornadoes.

David McKenzie (Physics, 1989) reports that he is an Assistant Research Professor in the Solar Physics Group at Montana State University. You can read about David's research at his web page at solar.physics.montana.edu/mckenzie/.

Tanya Prozny (Natural Science with Physics Concentration, 2002) earned a Master's of Science degree in physics from the University of Memphis. Tanya defended her thesis during the summer of 2005.

Analice Hosey Sowell (B.S. Chemistry with Physics Minor, 2002) earned her Master in Arts of Teaching degree from CBU in May 2005. Analice taught chemistry and physics for one year at Chistian Brothers High School and is currently a research scientist at Buckeye Technologies in Memphis.

Stephan Richter (Physics/Chemistry, 2002) authored the book Zope 3 Developer's Handbook (First Edition) that was published in February 2005 by Sams Publishing. Stephan has been very active in the open-source Zope community since 1999. As Stepahn states in the book's introduction, "Zope is an application and back-end server framework that allows developers to quickly implement protocols, build applications (usually web-based), and function as glue among other Internet-enabled services." You can read more about the book on Amazon.com.

Stephan Richter (Physics/Chemistry, 2002) received the 2004-05 Award for Outstanding Contributions to Undergraduate Education from the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences of Tufts University. Stephan is working on his Ph.D. in physics at Tufts. Congratulations, Stephan!

Michael Morris (Physics, 2004) has been accepted into the Ph.D. physics program at Vanderbilt University. Michael will be working in the nanotechnology characterization laboratory in the summer of 2004 before beginning his graduate course work in the fall.

Michael Morris (Physics, 2004) presented the results of his senior research project at the CBU Student Research Poster Session on April 20, 2004 and in a talk at the School of Sciences on April 29, 2004. Michael's project, entitled "Empirical Analysis of Two Methods for the Determination of Planck’s Constant", was performed in the Optics Laboratory at CBU. The first method relied on the photoelectric effect to measure h while the second method used photonic emission from light emitting diodes.

Michael Morris (Physics, 2004) was inducted into the CBU chapter of Sigma Pi Sigma, the national physics honor society, on September 5, 2003.

Pictured l to r. SPS Faculty Advisor Dr. John Varriano, Michael Morris, School of Sciences Dean Dr. Johnny Holmes, and Dr. Br. John Monzyk, C.P.

Eric Morris (Electrical Engineering, 2003) and Tanya Prozny (Natural Science, 2002) were inducted into the CBU chapter of Sigma Pi Sigma, the national physics honor society, on September 9, 2002.

Pictured l to r. Charter members Analice Hosey and Brian King, SPS Faculty Advisor Dr. John Varriano, and the new inductees, Tanya Prozny and Eric Morris.

Michael McClung (Physics/Engineering Physics, 2002) and Stephan Richter (Physics/Chemistry, 2002) were accepted into Ph.D. graduate programs in physics for Fall 2002. Michael is attending the University of Arizona and Stephan is at Tufts University. Congratulations Michael and Stephan!

The charter members of the CBU chapter of Sigma Pi Sigma, the national physics honor society, were inducted on September 5, 2001. The first four members of the CBU chapter of SPS are Analice Hosey (Chemistry, 2002), Brian King (Electrical Engineering, 2002), Michael McClung (Physics/Engineering Physics, 2002), and Stephan Richter (Physics/Chemistry, 2002).

Pictured l-r. Analice Hosey, Stephan Richter, Brian King, Michael McClung, Dr. John Varriano (SPS Faculty Advisor)

Stephan Richter (Physics/Chemistry, 2002), who is involved in an Open Source community of a technology called Zope, presented papers on the topic at the Open Source Web Solutions conference in Stockholm, Sweden in May; at the UK Unix User Group conference in Manchester, England in July; at the Linuxtag 2001 conference in Stuttgart, Germany in July; and at the EuroZope Conference 2001 conference in Berlin, Germany in July. A book which Stephan compiled and edited, Zope - Dynamische Web-Applikationen mit dem Open-Source Framework realisieren (Zope - Making Dynamic Web Applications with an Open-Source Framework ) was published by Software & Support Verlag GmbH. (Frankfurt, Germany) in June. The pocket book is published in German and English and can also be downloaded in PDF format at www.entwickler.com/buecher. In addition, an article by Stephan, "Schlangenhaut - Entwicklungsumgebungen fuer Python (Snake Skins - Development Environments for Python)" appears in the September issue of Linux Enterprise magazine (www.linuxenterprise.de).

Steven Owens (Natural Science with Physics Concentration, 2001) has been accepted into the graduate program in meteorology at the University of Hawaii, Honolulu. Steve will be working towards an M.S. degree in meteorology. He has been awarded a research fellowship and will be working with Dr. Tony Clark on research into the effects of aerosols on the environment. Good luck, Steve!

Michael McClung (Physics/Engineerig Physics, 2002) participated in the 2001 National Science Foundation's Research Experience for Undergraduates (NSF-REU) at Vanderbilt University in Nashville, TN. Michael spent ten weeks with the high energy physics group and assisted them in the construction and testing of a muon detector to be used at CERN. The testing phase was conducted at the Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (Fermilab) in Batavia, IL. The program covered cost for travel, room and board, and provided a research stipend. Way to go, Michael!

Analice Hosey (SPS Vice-President / Chemistry, 2002 ) participated in the 2001 National Science Foundation's Research Experience for Undergraduates (NSF-REU) at Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge, LA. Analice conducted research in chemistry (a field of physics) this summer with LSU faculty members. The program covered cost for travel, room and board, and provided a research stipend. Congratulations, Analice!

David Stegall (Physics, 1994) completed the requirements for his Ph. D. from The Institute of Optics at the University of Rochester in Rochester, NY.

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