Projects and Events

Current Semester

For the Spring 2006 Semester, we have a lot happening with the club!

Science Outreach programs at local schools (Starting 3/1/06- email for more information.)

Hayden Planetarium Trip (3/22/06) (Pictures Here!)

Telescope Day (4/11/06; 8:30pm) (Pictures Here!)

Lecture: Meta-geoscience: the Reality of Nature and the Nature of Reality

Speaker: Michael Schoenberg,Visiting Scientist, Earth Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley Nat'l. Lab (Abstract)

(4/20/06 at 6:00pm in BNO 106)

The Second Annual Fairfield University Egg Drop (4/29/06, 4:00pm) Bannow Atrium.

Sigma Pi Sigma Induction Ceremony (5/7/06) (Pictures)

Physics GRE Master Class

Ongoing Wave and Hydroelectric research

Future Projects

For the upcoming semesters we have many more items in store, for physics majors/minors as well as events to get the whole campus involved!

Trips to cool places!

Science Outreach programs at local schools

High end research

A rematch with the engineers once the Trebuchet has been repaired!

Snow Tower Competition

Design and deployment of a java-driven telescope on the roof of the science building that can be controlled online by the campus community and beyond

And Much Much More!

Past Projects

A quick look with some pictures of the things we have under our belt since we started back up towards the end of the Spring 2005 semester: (Click on links for subpages)

Fall 2005

10/11/05 (7:00 PM)
Field trip and discussion with Mr. Vincent Battaglia of BML Tool regarding careers in sciences.

11/20/05 (1:00pm)
Design and construction of a Trebuchet (Pictures Here!) with which we competed against the engineers in a fierce battle of pumpkin flinging

12/2/05 (12:30pm)
Field Trip to Sikorski Aircraft Manufacturing to learn about the processes and possible careers

Spring 2005

Rocketry Madness (Pi ctures Here!)

The First Annual Fairfield University Egg Drop Competition (no pictures...TONY!!)

Ideas? Questions? Problems? Email us! Brendan or Dr. Beal.