65 teams from 64 institutions competed this year in the Solar District Cup, sponsored by the Department of Energy. Over the weekend (April 23-24, 2022) 28 of those teams were selected as finalists. I am proud to say that not only did our Creighton team receive first place for our massive solar+battery proposal for Cheyney University, we additionally received first place for the best solar pitch of any team (i.e., overall winner).

A special hearty congratulations to students on the team lead by Dr. Andrew Baruth:

• Max Markuson DiPrince – Project Manager
• Alex Webert – Lead System Design
• Ashley (Nellie) Nelson – Financial Analyst
• Emma Goldsmith – Environmental Analyst

They were truly the “dream team,” which showed what a Creighton student is truly capable of!

Graduates of our Medical Physics masters degree program won several prizes at the spring meeting of the Missouri River Valley chapter of the American Association of Physicists in Medicine.

Michael Merrick (MS class of 2019) won first place in the Young Investigator Symposium and Jeffrey Wong (MS class of 2020) won third place.

In the Medical Physics Slam competition, Jeffrey Wong took home 1st place and Ellie Bacon (MS class of 2022) won second place.

Congratulations to our amazing graduates and students!

We have recently begun an exciting B.S. in Physics and Engineering 3-2 Program with Washington University in St. Louis. Three years at Creighton University provides the liberal arts and physics background for a lifetime of making a difference and solving problems. Follow this up with two years at Washing University in St. Louis and you earn two undergraduate degrees: a B.S. in Physics from Creighton and a B.S. in Engineering from Washington University. Details can be found here!

Dr. Andrew Baruth (associate professor in the Department of Physics) and his ERG 131 class were featured in an article for The University Network, describing the installation of the second EnergiPlant at Creighton University. The EnergiPlants generate power via both photovoltaic "leaves" and a wind turbine "flower". The energy is stored in batteries within the EnergiPlant, and students may charge their devices from via USB ports.

Andrew Ekpenyong, PhD, Department of Physics, has been selected to co-chair the session Mechanosensation at the 61st Annual Meeting of the Biophysical Society in New Orleans, Louisiana, Feb 11-15, 2017.  The meeting brings together about 7000 attendees from all over the world who work at the interface of the life, physical, and computational sciences.