The New Mexico Tech Solar Racing Team, under the direction of Dr. Ken Minschwaner, had a good year. The team was one of only 29 teams, from a field of 60, to qualify for Sunrayce this year. They finished the 1425-mile course despite an accident which crippled the solar array. More details are here . The Physics department was well represented at an international meeting on pulsar astronomy, held at Bonn, Germany in September 1999.
Some photos are here .
Spring Graduation Ceremony Held The 1998-1999 academic year finished with a graduation ceremony held on a typically beautiful spring day in Socorro. The physics department was proud to graduate 9 students with Bachelor's degrees, one with a Master's degree, and 3 with PhD degrees. More details and pictures are here . Scientists from the National Radio Astronomy and the Naval Researach Laboratory have been working in collaboration with Dr. Jean Eilek to analyze and interpret the new data. Their work was announded at the meeting of the American Astronomical Society, in Austin TX, January 1999.