SPSers—Shawna, Louis, and Kevin—participating in Homecoming
Block Party activities display the SPS chapter handsign.
ASU SPS President Chris Friedline visiting the Lowell Observatory in Flagstaff, Arizona.
The Society of Physics Students (SPS) is a professional association for students which operates within the American Institute
of Physics, and is represented by more than 700 chapters at colleges and universities across the United States.
The SPS exists to help students interested in physics transform themselves into contributing members of the professional
community. Coursework develops only one range of skills. Other skills needed to flourish professionally include effective
communication and personal interactions, leadership experience, establishing a personal network of contacts, presenting
scholarly work in professional meetings and journals, and outreach services to the campus and local communities. The SPS
offers the opportunity for these important enrichments to your experience!*
* From the SPS National website: http://www.spsnational.org/
SPSers explain the “Physics of Sports” to Dean Alan Artibise at the Homecoming Block Party.
Membership to the Arizona State University Chapter of SPS is open to anyone interested in physics. Besides physics majors,
members include majors in chemistry, computer science, engineering, geology, mathematics, medicine, and other fields.
ASU SPSers participate in meetings, projects, and activities including trips each semester to the SPS Zone 16 Meeting, and
other locations such as the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Palo Verde Generating Station, and Lowell Observatory. SPSers are also
involved in Department of Physics colloquia and seminars, department picnics, new student orientations for physics students,
and Homecoming.
A special study room/lounge in the Physical Science F-Building is reserved specifically for SPS members.
“SPS has been an integral part of my time as an ASU physics major. The
friends, fun, and studying . . . I don’t know what I would have done without it.” - Chris Friedline, SPS
President
2008-2009 Officers
Rebekah Theisen, President
Brian Dukes, Treasurer
Dr. Robert Culbertson, Faculty Sponsor |
Louis Maizy, Vice President
Scott MacDonald, Secretary
Sabrina Mathues, Staff Advisor |
2007-2008 Officers
Chris Friedline, President
Ryan Reynolds, Treasurer
Louis Maizy, Events Coordinator |
Karin Dethloff, Vice President
Shawna Uhler, Secretary
Dr. Molly McCartney, Faculty Sponsor |
For more details, contact spsers@googlegroups.com or visit SPS
in the Physical Sciences F-Wing, room 478 (SPS Room).
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