Physics and Astronomy

Moreau won first, second and finalist honors in statewide poetry contests

Over 80 educators and students from North Carolina and Virginia visited Elon's Innovation Hall for the 2025 Spring Meeting of the North Carolina Section of the American Association of Physics Teachers.

The conference was established in 2018 to give students from smaller institutions without the resources of major universities the opportunity to present their research and interact with students from other colleges and universities.

Nearly 120 Elon students, faculty, and staff gathered to observe the moon passing into Earth’s shadow during a total lunar eclipse.

Simulations created by Associate Professor Chris Richardson have helped reveal elusive black holes observed with the James Webb Space Telescope

Tim Martin, instructor in physics, will make his fifth and sixth trips to Antarctica this Winter Term with National Geographic Lindblad Expeditions. As an expedition guide, he leads passengers on excursions and teaches about geology, meteorology and astronomy.

Pranab Das, professor emeritus of physics, is a co-organizer of the workshop “Modeling Multi-Scale Collective Intelligences” at the Institute for Pure and Applied Mathematics at UCLA.

Rocket Phoenix, Elon’s rocket club, is back this year bringing in more than just STEM majors to launch their ideas.

For her Honors Program thesis project, Aubrey Spicola ’25 is working to create a “mixed reality planetarium” to help others study the night sky at all hours.

Students gathered on Oct. 1 to learn about and hunt for mushrooms and fungi.