Continuing the proud tradition that our department has in conducting physics outreach, we are excited to announce the Wonders of Physics Outreach Fellows Program.
The Wonders of Physics Outreach Fellows program accepts up to 20 graduate students in the PhD program who are interested in and committed to conducting physics outreach; preference is given to first-year PhD students. Fellows will receive mentoring in outreach from professional outreach staff, including an in-person outreach training session. They will then participate in one or more outreach events over the course of the year and document their fellowship following best practices in CV building. Following completion of the fellowship, fellows will receive a certificate, and their name and activities will be posted on this website.
Apply for the 2023-24 Fellowship by Sept 22
Questions? Please email Cierra Atkinson, catkinson5@wisc.edu
2022-23 Fellows
The following students have completed all Fellowship requirements and are now Wonders of Physics Outreach Fellows:
Braden Buck
Fellowship Activities: The Wonders of Physics Annual Show
Activity write-up: Bowling ball pendulum
Zachary Curtis-Ginsberg
Fellowship activities: Ingersoll Physics Museum Tours; IceCube Booth for Science on Ice at the Frozen Assets Festival; IceCube Booth for the Wisconsin Science Festival
Activity write-up: IceCube Bean-Bag Toss
Owen Eskandari
Fellowship Activities: The Wonders of Physics Annual Show; PEOPLE Program Instructor; Grandparents University instructor; Ingersoll Physics Museum Docent; Antman: Quantumania Movie Night Demos
Activity write-up: Lighting a Fluorescent Light with a Tesla Coil
Zachary Jerzyk
Fellowship activities: PEOPLE program instructor; Antman: Quantumania movie night demo; Museum docent
Activity write-up: Van de Graaff Generator
Sam Kramer
Fellowship activities: Wonders of Physics annual show; Museum docent; PEOPLE program instructor; Grandparents University instructor
Activity write-up: Vortex Cannon
Alysa Rogers
Fellowship activities: PEOPLE program instructor; TeachQuantum
Activity write-up: Index of Refraction
Mitanshu Thakore
Fellowship activities: The Wonders of Physics annual shows, PEOPLE Program instructor; Grandparents University instructor; S.T.E.A.M Saturday for children in Kindergarten – 5th Grade at Monona Public Library
Activity write-up: Liquid Nitrogen
Hannah Woodward
Fellowship activities: Wisconsin Science Festival; Frozen Assets; Grandparents University instructor
Activity write-up: Liquid Nitrogen
