Faculty & Staff

Faculty
Martina Arndt
Edward F.Deveney
Thomas P. Kling
Jeff Williams

Visiting Lecturers
Ron Reynolds
Joe Doyle

Staff

Joe Hernandez

Faculty

Martina Arndt (HomePage)
Professor/Chairperson of Physics

Faculty Associate/College of Science and Math

marndt@bridgew.edu
(508)531-2084, Conant Science & Math Center Room 212
OFFICE HOURS Spring 2012 T 12:30-1:45 or by appointment

Martina Arndt is the Chairperson for the Department of Physics. She has a University of New Hampshire (Durham NH) Ph.D in Physics and a Wellesley College BA in astronomy, and has brought outstanding teaching and research versatility to our BSU Physics Department. Her research activities center on observing solar eclipses around the world. She does work in collaboration with colleagues at University of Hawaii and with National Science Foundation funding. She is working on projects in radio astronomy, including monitoring mesospheric ozone with colleagues at MIT’s Haystack Observatory and BSU students. She was awarded the Presidential Award for Collaboration in Teaching in 2009 and the Presidential Award for Excellence in Teaching in 2010. This year she will also be serving as Faculty Associate for the College of Science & Math.

Edward F. Deveney (HomePage)

Professor
edeveney@bridgew.edu
(508)531-2080, Conant Science & Math Center Room 218
OFFICE HOURS Spring 2012 T 9:00-9:30, R 10:45-11:45, F 9:00-2:00 orby appointment

Ed Deveney a University of Connecticut, Storrs CT, Ph.D. in atomic and molecular physics was hired after visiting positions at Amherst College (Amherst MA) and Wheaton College (Norton MA) following post-doc work at Oak Ridge National Laboratory and at CERN. Ed developed the first physics research lab for undergraduates at BSU constructing tunable diode lasers for studying fundamental quantum mechanical phenomena in atomic/molecular and optical (AOM) physics. He is a senior advisor for a NSF-funded research program at Yale probing fundamental atomic/nuclear and particle physics. Prior to BSU he post-doc’ed with a 2000 US Fermi award winner at a National Lab including experiments at CERN. He has also been involved in medical physiology research at Tufts Vet School. Dr. D emphasizes student mentoring covering theoretical quantum mechanics, experimental AMO physics, computer simulations and electronics.

Thomas P. Kling (HomePage)
Associate Professor of Physics
tkling@bridgew.edu
(508)531-2895, Conant Science & Math Center Room 214
OFFICE HOURS Spring 2012 R 11:00-12:15, F 1:15-2:00 or by appointment

Dr. Thomas Kling, comes to us from visiting positions at the United States Coast Guard Academy, Connecticut College, and Franklin and Marshall College. His Ph.D. is from the University of Pittsburgh in General Relativity, and he B.S. in physics is from Loyola University of New Orleans. He studies how Einstein’s theory of General Relativity predicts light from distant galaxies will be distorted as it travels across the universe to us. This “gravitational lensing” is one of the key tools in unraveling fundamental questions about the universe. He collaborates with leading observational and theoretical researchers at Brown University, Duquesne University and the University of Pittsburgh and involves BSU undergraduates directly in his work.

Jeff Williams (Homepage)

Professor

J7williams@bridgew.edu

(508)531-2081, Conant Science & Math Center Room 205
OFFICE HOURS Spring 2012 W, R 10:00-11:00 or by appointment

Jeff earned his PH.D. from Clark University in the area of Solid State Physics. He enjoys working with pre-and in-service teachers in improving science teaching at the middle and high school levels He is also the department graduate coordinator for the Master in Arts of Teaching (MAT) and offers multiple courses every summer for in-service teachers.

Joe Hernandez

Staff Associate
j2hernandez@bridgew.edu
(508)531-2079, Conant Science & Math Center Room 276

OFFICE HOURS Spring 2012 R 1:30-2:30 or by appointment

Joe earned a Ph.D., M.S. and B.S. in Physics, University of Albany, State University of New York. Joe is also teaching Elements of Physics all as well as instructing many of the labs .

Jamie Kern

Staff Assistant/Observatory Manager

jamie.kern@bridgew.edu

(508)531-2093, Conant Science & Math Center Room 500

OFFICE HOURS Spring 2012 T 2:15-3:15, R 4:45-5:15 or by appointment

Jamie has been with BSU for 4 years as a VL. Last year she was awarded a BSU Presidential Award for Distinguished AdjunctTeaching, the first year this award was awarded. Go Jamie! Jamie is also the BSU Observatory Manager...

Our Spring 2012 viewing program begins on Wednesday, January 25th.

Public nights will take place each clear Wednesday during Spring 2012. Please check our calendar, Facebook page, or call the observatory hotline (508-531-DARK) to check whether the weather will allow us to open.
- January 25 - February 8: 6:00 pm
- February 9 - March 10: 7:00 pm
- March 11 - April 4: 8:00 pm
- April 5 - April 30: 8:30 pm
Private nights may be scheduled for Sundays, Mondays, Fridays and Saturdays by emailing jkern@bridgew.edu or calling the observatory office at 508-531-2093. Private nights must be scheduled two or more weeks in advance.
The new BSU Observatory is located at 24 Park Avenue, Bridgewater, MA 02325 (on the roof of the science building).
The observatory will be closed during the week of Spring Break (March 3-10).

During viewing sessions, astronomy experts and enthusiasts are available to show you the wonders of the night skies and answer questions about astronomy. These sessions are free and made possible by the support of BSU's Physics department and offices of Academic Affairs, External Affairs, and Student Affairs.