The Society of Physics Students

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The Rhodes College chapter of the Society of Physics Students (SPS) is comprised of students who share an interest in physics and a love of sharing their enthusiasm for science with others. The Society of Physics Students is a professional association explicitly designed for students, and governed by a national council of physicists and physics students, under the organization of the American Institute of Physics.
Our Chapter′s Constitution (PDF) >>

image above: Egg Drop ′07 with Cypress Middle School students

 

Chapter Officers: 2009-2010

President: Andy Foss-Grant ′10
Vice-president: Josh Fuchs ′11 (fall)/ Elizabeth Hook ′11 (spring)
Secretary: Josh Anderson ′12
Treasurer: Stephanie Milazzo
Outreach Officer: Eleanor Davis


image at right: Women in Physics Tea ′07

 

Events

The Rhodes SPS chapter is well-known for its many on-campus and community events.  Our annual favorites include such things as the Liquid Nitrogen Halloween Pumpkin Drop, Toothpick and Marshmallow Tower Building Contest, Easter Egg Drop, Physics Fun at local schools, Rites to Play Magic Show and much much more.

 

 

Meetings

Pizza, Physics, and usually something that explodes. What more could you ask for?  Meeting times will be announced at the start of the semester.

image at right: Deflexion Tournament ′06

 

Join Us!! Join SPS

Joining SPS is easy. Just show up at the meetings and participate, and join SPS national by filling out the online form.  The physics department will pay at least half of your membership fee (all if you are a first year student).

 

SPS Awards

  • Josh Fuchs ′11 receives SPS Outstanding Student Award for Undergraduate Research to present his research at the 2009 International Conference of Physics Students in Split, Croatia
  • Jenna Smith ′09 awarded 2009 SPS Leadership Scholarship
  • Lulu Li ′11 awarded 2009 Herbert Levy Memorial Scholarship
  • Lulu Li ′11 awarded SPS travel grant to attend AAPT meeting in Chicago, February 2009
  • Chapter receives Outstanding SPS Chapter Award for ′07-′08 (our tenth consecutive outstanding chapter award!)
  • Jenna Smith ′09 elected Associate Zone Councilor for second term
  • Jenna Smith ′09 awarded 2008 SPS Summer Internship
  • Jennifer Thompson ′08 awarded SPS Leadership scholarship
  • Chapter receives Sigma Pi Sigma Research Award for "Electrostatic Binary Orbits in Microgravity"
  • Chapter receives Outstanding SPS Chapter Award for ′06-′07
  • Paul Sinclair ′07 awarded SPS Leadership scholarship
  • Matthew Shanks ′05 awarded 2004 SPS Summer Internship 
  • Ben Evans ′03 awarded Outstanding Student Award for Undergraduate Research (ICPS travel award)
  • Karyn Spence ′03 awarded SPS Leadership Scholarship
  • Tom O′Hara ′03 elected SPS Associate Zone Councilor
  • Lauren Glas ′03 awarded 2002 SPS Summer Internship
  • Chapter receives Marsh White Award (2002)
  • Bambi Roberts ′00 awarded SPS Leadership Scholarship
  • Chapter receives Blake Lilly Award (1999)