SPS hosted its annual waffle party open to the School of Physics (and those unaffiliated with it). Due to popular demand last year, our officers upped the supply this year to feed more people and include toppings like blueberries, whipped cream, and chocolate chips! We even crashed a lecture (with …
For the final meeting of the year, SPS combined a s’mores night with white elephant gift exchange. The Fundraising Committee diligently prepared and sold s’mores kits while attendees got busy cooking! Then, those who brought gifts drew numbers, and an intense gift swap ensued. Finally, to close out the night, …
GT SPS partnered with Emory SPS to host a Super Smash Bros tournament, which was a smashing success! Teams of two paired up and entered the championship bracket, and only one emerged each round. The semifinals happened to feature a team of GT students and a team of Emory students, …
Our annual pumpkin drop was a splattering success! This year’s fillings included fake blood, lavender oobleck, and even Real Analysis homework (it’s getting real). We finished with an awesome physics demo by Professor Fenton and Professor Greco: prepared with huge springs stretched by gravity, they dropped them without any applied …
This year, GT SPS took a trip to Boston, Massachusetts! Enjoy the following blog from some of our members on the trip: “This Fall, SPS took 11 undergraduate students to Boston on our annual Fall Trip! It was an eventful and enjoyable trip for everyone. Over 3 days, the group …
The Excellent Adventures committee, which coordinates various research events, held their first event, a “How to Get Involved in Research” presentation! Upperclassmen with prior research experience representing fields from biophysics to quantum optics gave a plethora of valuable advice.
SPS had the pleasure to meet Dr. Christopher Foy, an alumni of Georgia Tech and one of the founders of our SPS chapter! Over a delicious meal of Wingnuts, Dr. Foy talked to our students about his undergrad experiences, life after Tech, and his current work (incredibly rad things at …
Armed with ingredients like half-and-half, sugar, liquid nitrogen, and coconut milk (for those with dairy restrictions!), SPS made ice cream from scratch for the School of Physics. Faculty and students had the choice of vanilla, strawberry (with real fruit), or coconut, and toppings like pineapple, chocolate chip, and syrup. Thanks …
To welcome in this year’s incoming students, SPS hosted a levitating superconductors event, showing off the Meissner effect in a sensational demonstration. Event tickets overfilled, and around 75 students came to witness a gravity-defying demo and learn about quantum mechanics!
This year, our theme for the SPS Formal was “A Gala on Olympus”! Members dressed up in togas, robes, regalia, and various Greek garb to complement Howey’s courtyard, transformed into a pantheon. The event featured a professional DJ, an expert photographer, and golden ambrosia, and culminated in the “assassination” of …
