Very, very cool physics from alum John Murphy ’18
John Murphy ’18 is a Mechanical Engineering student at UW Madison where he works on an extremely powerful refrigerator that will be used for quantum computing.
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Students build new parts for our 0.5 MeV Van de Graff linear proton accelerator, analyze images of Saturn from the Cassini spacecraft, construct circuits, model the acoustics of campus spaces, write computer code, and 3D print experimental apparatus.
Physics & the Liberal Arts
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Shuhei Fujita ’18 develops energy software
Shuhei Fujita, physics major for class of ’18, developed energy software with Professor Steve Huss-Lederman to monitor building consumption in real time.
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David Harrison’20 Internship with Project C.U.R.E
David Harrison prepares donated medical supplies to be sent abroad. His internship helped prepare him for the future. He says,”I am learning how to cooperate and work with other engineers and gaining an understanding of project management.”
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