Kent Gee, Scott Sommerfeldt, and Scott Thomson (Mechanical Engineering) received the BYU Technology Transfer Award. This award recognizes faculty members who hve made significant research contributions that have led to the development of useful commercial products. They received the award for inventing noise-reduction technology for vacuum-assisted toilets used on airplanes. Further information can be found at //physics.byu.edu/department/news/60
August 20
News and Events
Dr. Powers initiated the effort to update BYU’s physics undergraduate lab curriculum in 2015. The revamped curriculum, aimed at teaching students how to construct knowledge from experiments.
21 women student attend conference at Montana State University, where students engaged in keynote speeches, panels, and research presentations.
Dr. Stephens participated in a research project at the University of Arizona focused on studying brown dwarfs using the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST).
Using data from NASA's Hubble Space Telescope, a new study suggests that an object previously thought to be a binary system may be a rare triple system of orbiting bodies.
In early January 2025, a group of 16 students from Brigham Young University’s Physics & Astronomy Department showcased their research at the prestigious American Astronomical Society (AAS) in National Harbor, Maryland.
Acoustics faculty and students measure the thunderous noise of the world’s most powerful rocket, exploring its impact on communities and the environment.
