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Welcome to the Physics Discipline Website at the University of Minnesota, Morris Front row (left to right): Prof. Len Keeler, Prof. Michael Korth, Anne Hayes. Second row: Jacob Melby, Anna Schliep. Third row: Sam Geller, Gus Rustan. Back row: Prof. Sylke Boyd, Prof. Gordon McIntosh. New Physics Weather Station at UMM Prof. Sylke Boyd has installed a weather station on top of the science building that automatically downloads data to a web page. Prof. Boyd taught a first-year seminar course on weather last fall and will be teaching a new course on the physics of weather in the fall. Visit to Physics Research Labs at the U of M Twin Cities Campus On November 3, 2006, a group of students and faculty traveled to the Twin Cities in order to visit several research labs in the physics department. More. Visit to Army High-Performance Computing Research Center and the Twin Cities Campus On March 23, 2006, a group of 11 students and 2 faculty took a trip to the Twin Cities in order to visit several landmarks in computer modeling. More. Public Observing The general public is invited to come and see the astronomical sights through UMM's 16" telescope. Dates and times. Physics Senior Theses The Physics seniors presented their seminars as part of the Senior Thesis course near the end of spring semester. Topics were: The Optical Hall Effect by Asongu Tambo; Venusian Mantle Dynamics: Numerical Simulations of Thermal Convection and Magmatic Resurfacing by Chris Orth; Development and Principles of Modern Quantum Cryptography Methods by Kyle Larson; An Analysis of Mills' Resonant Transfer Plasmas by Paul Jenni; The Effect of Material on Wind Musical Instrument Tone by Jeff Hansen; Mars' Crustal Magnetic Field: An Interpretation by Amanda Hyde. Other News UMM was recently included in a national study of undergraduate physics departments that have been successful at recruiting and retaining women in physics. The study was reported in the September 2003 issue of Physics Today and a photo of UMM's physics student study room is shown on page 51 of that issue. UMM's physics discipline attracted this attention because it was recognized by the American Institute of Physics as one of just twenty American physics departments (excluding women-only colleges) that had more than 40% female bachelor's degree recipients during the five academic years 1994-98. Details can be found in the report "Women in Physics, 2000".