Department of Natural Sciences
Dr. Anthony Sky, Chair
248-204-3600
nschair@ltu.edu

 

Upcoming Events
Annual Walker L. Cisler Lecture
"How Does the Brain Make the Mind?"
Dr. Garrison W. Cottrell, Professor of Computer Science, University of California, San Diego
7:30pm, March 27, 2012,
Lear Auditorium, UTLC
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College of Arts and Sciences Dedicates New Labs
The College of Arts and Sciences celebrated Homecoming with not just one ribbon-cutting ceremony but five to mark the completion of new and upgraded research facilities funded by a $1.3 million grant from the National Science Foundation [Read more...]
National Science Foundation Grant
 NSF awards awards Lawrence Tech $1.3  million for research facilities [Read more...]

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Welcome to the Department of Natural Sciences!

Greetings from the faculty, students and staff of the Department of Natural Sciences at Lawrence Technological University! 

The Department of Natural Sciences will provide high quality undergraduate science programs and curricula, with an emphasis on laboratory skills, in biology, chemistry, physics as well as supporting in-service teachers and professionals through graduate programs in science education and educational technology.

 

Hsiao-Ping Moore-crop WEB.jpg Obesity Research at Lawrence Tech
Arts and Sciences Dean Hsiao-Ping Moore has continued the active research agenda that she pursued for 20 years at the University of California at Berkeley, and a grant from the National Science Foundation is supporting her ongoing research into the connection between obesity and diabetes. [Read More...]
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Creation of Physics activities in an Outdoor Education Camp – Bradley McCarthy
Bradley McCarthy (Physics major) is working on a project where he is adding physics activities to an outdoor recreational summer camp.  [Read More...]
 Levi Dojcsak Galaxy morphology classification – Levente (Levi) Dojcsak
Levi Dojcsak (Dual Physics and Mathematics major) is working with Dr. Lior Shamir from MCS on a galaxy morphology classification project.  He is using a software program written by Dr. Shamir that quantitatively estimates and compares the spirality of face-on elliptical galaxies.  [Read More...]
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NSTX Heat Flux Analysis – Nathan Gardner

Nathan Gardner (2011 Physics graduate) spent a summer at the Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory (PPPL) and worked on some calculations involving heat fluxes in the National Spherical Torus Experiment (NSTX).  .  [Read More...]
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Rouge River Watershed-Biochemical Water Quality Testing-Phil Lucas
 
Research on the watershed is of particular importance to Lawrence Technological University, since the university is placing large efforts into creating “green zones” for our runoffs to help clean up the Great Lakes. [Read More...]  

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Computational Visualization of Abstract Concepts in Educational Environments – Scott Bakkila

 Scott Bakkila (current Physics/CS major) is working on an interactive computational graphic environment to represent selected physics models in the classroom.   [Read More...]
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Dynamically stabilized biped robot – Will Liska – 2011

Will Liska (2011 Physics Graduate, Minor Mathematics) worked on the computer model of a dynamically stabilized biped robot.  Physics concepts of linear and angular momentum, moment of inertia, and torques were incorporated into a computer model to simulate the stability of a bipedal balanced object.  [Read More...]  
 
  

  

 

 

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