Physics

Grand Opening of New Observatory

   Campus News | Posted on September 22, 2016
Friday, September 30 at 7 p.m. marks the grand opening at the new observatory for the Department of Physics. Located above the Pathfinder building on the north side of campus, the observatory will be named the Robert & Lillis... read more

Furthering Sustainable Energy

   Campus News | Posted on August 10, 2016
Lauber De Souza Martins joined Andrews University’s Department of Physics as an assistant professor in January 2016. Specializing in thermodynamics, he is a useful addition to the department since physics and engineering students are required to learn this... read more

SBT: Professor Helps with Breakthrough Astronomy

   Andrews in the News | Posted on February 22, 2016
When news of the discovery of gravitational waves came last week, Andrews University professor Tiffany Summerscales breathed a sigh of relief. As one of the scientists whose work led to the breakthrough, she had been keeping the secret... read more

Riding the Gravitational Wave

   Andrews in the News | Posted on February 22, 2016
It’s hard to make general relativity and astrophysics exciting. Tiffany Summerscales found a way to do so. During a national press conference last week, it was... read more

Spectrum Interviews Tiffany Summerscales

   Andrews in the News | Posted on February 22, 2016
Tiffany Summerscales is an associate professor in the Physics Department at Andrews University. She is a member of the LIGO collaboration which recently announced the first observation of gravitational waves. In this guest interview, physics lecturer and postgraduate... read more

Adventist Review on Summerscales & Gravity

   Andrews in the News | Posted on February 18, 2016
A Seventh-day Adventist physicist is on the international team that made worldwide headlines by announcing the first detection of gravitational waves, a discovery that promises to open a new era in astronomy. Tiffany Summerscales,... read more

The First Measurement of Gravitational Waves

   Physics | Posted on February 18, 2016
   Event Date: February 19, 2016 12:30 pm
Tiffany Summerscales, associate professor of physics at Andrews University and a member of the LIGO Scientific Collaboration, will speak on the recent discovery that gravitational waves exist. This event is open to the public.... read more

ABC57 on Summerscales and Gravitational Waves

   Andrews in the News | Posted on February 18, 2016
For the first time, scientists say we can hear the universe like never before in the form of ripples called gravitational waves. “We have detected gravitational waves. We did it,” said David Reitze, LIGO’s... read more