2019-2020


Students Attend CUWiP Conference

Three students from Wheaton College traveled to the 2020 Midwest Conference for Undergraduate Women in Physics (CUWiP), held at the University of Chicago on January 17-19.

Students and Faculty at SPIE 2020

Wheaton College Physics major Michael Vieceli ’20, Spanish/Pre-med major Amy Van Dusen ’21, and Associate Professor of Physics Dr. Heather M. Whitney recently presented research at the SPIE Medical Imaging Meeting held in Houston, Texas in February 2020.

Rhiannon Blaauw
Seeking God in the Stars

Wheaton College Physics visiting instructor and NASA scientist Rhiannon Blaauw was recently featured in The Wheaton Record.

Students and Faculty Present at Conferences

Wheaton College physics major Michael Vieceli ’20 and Associate Professor of Physics Dr. Heather M. Whitney recently presented research at a major conference related to medical physics.

SWE Conference
Society of Women Engineers Conference

In November, six Wheaton engineering women participated in the annual Society of Women Engineers (SWE) conference in Anaheim, California. 

Dahlin
Dahlin Receives Prestigious Award

Dr. Joel Dahlin ‘10 received the 2019 Ronald C. Davidson Award for Plasma Physics from the American Institute of Physics (AIP) Publishing at a reception for Physics of Plasma authors on Tuesday, October 22.

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Jodie McLennan Physics
Physics Students Attend PhysCon

The Wheaton College chapter of the Society of Physics Students (SPS) sent eight students to PhysCon, the Sigma Pi Sigma Physics Congress, in November 2019.

Wheaton College Physics Students Win National Recognition

The Wheaton College chapter of the Society of Physics Students (SPS) has won an Outstanding Chapter Award from the SPS National Office.

Physics Major Receives NRC Fellowship

Wheaton College Physics major Michael Vieceli ’20 has received a fellowship from the Nuclear Regulatory Commission to support upcoming graduate studies in Medical Physics at Purdue University beginning in Fall 2020.