Physics & Astronomy
Students Past and Present
Graduation year: [ 2007] [ 2006] [ 2005] [ 2000] [ 1995] [ 1990] [ 1980s] [ 1970s]
Current Physics Majors
- Michelle Anderson - Prefers to do arithmetic in trinary.
- Alexander Barrow - His eyes rotate in opposite directions.
- Corey Barton - Wraps himself in aluminum foil to avoid cosmic rays.
- Brittany Bayley - Has a shoebox full of Elvis memorabilia.
- Ryan Blum - Likes to fly, but his arms get tired.
- Phil Boehner - Built a telescope out of a vacuum cleaner hose and six pairs of old reading glasses.
- Rebecca Bowers - named her puppy Hubble.
- Reggie Coleman - Has the cure, but looking for the disease.
- Bryan Comer - Took a year off yesterday.
- Levi Cromer - Uses hubcaps for waterskis.
- Monica Davis - Paints each toenail a different color.
- D. Brandon Dawson - Has a necklace made from old spark plugs.
- Will DuPre - Swears he wasn't there when it happened.
- Ryan Evsich - Paints houses with watercolors. Trying to solve the rain problem.
- Tim Faugl - Thinks that shoelaces are part of a plot to take over the world.
- Matthew Fitzgerald - Has an electrode implanted in his brain.
- Sam Fleming - His shirts are all recycled.
- Allie Gatlin - Sleeps 2 hours a week, on Sunday afternoon.
- Samantha Geltz - Wants to change the world into a grapefruit.
- Frank Grimmer - Plays poker with a deck of 57.
- Damien L. Howard - Takes vacations in the Azores.
- Daniel Johnson - A flamenco dancer in his spare time.
- Scotty Keith - Claims to have invented the wheel.
- John S. Kotab - Saves every pair of shoes he has ever had.
- Robert T. Laquiere - Trained in the art of latin haiku.
- Eric Lehman - Earns extra money selling freezers to eskimos.
- Christina Lewandowski - Uses an alias that is the same as her real name.
- Chris Lindner - Working towards freeze-dried water.
- Max McCall - Can't sing, but tries anyway.
- Timothy Monahan - Has the word "nano" tattooed on his left knee.
- Fletcher Moore - Thinks ultimate frisbee is a special at the Chinese restaurant.
- Natasha New - Likes to drink warm milk and take a nap in the afternoon.
- Joseph Niehaus - Promises to shave his head, soon.
- Dick Oyler - Collects snowflakes, and keeps them in his pocket.
- Christopher Pollanen - Howls at the moon occasionally.
- Matthew Ray - Carves cheese into works of art.
- Daryl M. Reynolds - Has a car that runs on diet coke and peanut oil.
- Tom Rolfson - Plays a mean game of croquet.
- Justin Rowland - (DI) Has a snowball collection in his freezer.
- Jonathen Sanders - Says aspirin helps the pain of a bad weather forecast.
- Cameron Self - Favorite party food is peanut butter on celery.
- Melissa Sims - Is a mole from an advanced alien culture.
- Andrew James Smith - Fell on his head, saw stars, decided to become an astronomer.
- Andrew Jarrell Smith - Looking for a left-handed hammer.
- Greg Smith - Built a robot that ties his shoes.
- Emily Tavrides - Uses Tabasco on corn flakes.
- Charles Taylor - Raised by a pack of wolves.
- Jaime Thrift - Carries a magnetic field with him, wherever he goes.
- Alex Verderber - Building a jello model of the Hubble Space Telescope.
- Diego Villenas - Has plans, just doesn't know what they are.
- Josh Walker - Aspires to the professional tinker toy circuit.
- Cody Weidenthaler - Collects tomato soup cans.
- Casey Weir - Has a friend named #($%^.
- Julia Wilson - Still thinks that stars should have points.
- Alex Zeif - Breeds spiders for the exotic pet market.
- Andrei Zorilescu - Broke his nose shadow boxing.
Graduates
Lost alumni please email me, Jeff Wragg, and we will get you on the list.
May 2007 Grads
- Joe Bramlett - Runs a truck driving school in the evening.
- Sam Covington - Favorite food is pufferfish spleen.
- Claire duPont - Thinks fog has a silver lining, like clouds do.
- Damon Hansen - Makes old tires into planters.
- Geoff Miller - Plays a mean trombone.
- Cassel Sloan - Heading into grad school in physics
- Richard Smith - Musically gifted. Plays the spoons and washboard.
- William Boyd Beasley - Now an engineer.
- Christian Boutan - Sees visions in the scuff marks on the bottom of his shoes.
- Adam Dean - An engineer for Cisco.
- Joe Noelker - Collects dental impressions from chewing gum underneath tables.
Summer2006 Grads
- Jon Hansen - Convinced that airplanes are too heavy to fly.
- Stephen Hughes - In MS Space Science program at Florida Inst. of Tech.
- Willie Moultrie - Perfecting the fingernail transplant.
May 2006 Grads
- Cyrus Buffum - Has an evil glint in his eye when he sees blood.
- Josh Fuller - Medical school at MUSC.
- Carson Grimes - Relaxes by peeling grapes and eating the skins.
- Georgette Hachem - Interested in the evolution of pickle jars.
- George "Pat" Kablick - Graduate program in Meteorology at FSU.
- Daniel Morrall - An officer in the US Air Force
- Sarah Sonnett - PhD program in astro at Univ. of Hawaii
- Jenny Mantini - Graduate school in Meteorology.
- Brice Orange - In MS Space Science program at Florida Inst. of Tech.
- Darren Pang - Already making the big bucks.
May 2005 Grads
- Jonathan N. Ard - Went on to Civil Engineering fame via Clemson.
- Jennifer E. Andrews - heading to LSU for PhD in Astronomy.
- Kwayera A. Davis - PhD program in Astrophysics at Univ. of Michigan.
- John G. Eley - Going into MS in Medical Physics program at LSU.
- Jacqueline Maurer - At Duke for a PhD in Medical Physics.
- Shane Michael Rupert - an electrical engineer too, through the Citadel.
- Linwood E. Wadsworth - Has a strange tattoo.
- Kevin Young - At UC-Berkeley for a PhD in Physics.
- Mark D. Creech - Doing physics stuff at MeadeWestvaco.
- David Scott Draffin, Engineering degree from USC also.
- James R. Kendall III, Engineering degree from USC also.
- Tim H. Kent - At NC State in meteorology graduate program.
- David R. Kuhnell, Engineering degree from Clemson also.
- Melanie McManus - Having an adventure.
- Jerry Sattler - Working his way through life.
- Kimberly Ann Waldeck (Cullen), Engineering degree from USC also.
Summer 2004 Grads
- Scott Cowen - High tech experimental farming in Hawaii.
- Christopher Scott Farley - Wants to trade for a dimple-less golf ball.
- Richard L. Guerzon - Looking for meaning.
May 2004 Grads
- Jay Dandrea - Doing physics for MeadWestvaco, heading to graduate school.
- Anwar Ferguson - Working for an engineering firm.
- Ashley Fields - Graduate school in Meteorology at NC State.
- Stephen Fuller - PhD program in astrophysics at Clemson.
- Rebekah Halkyard - PhD program in physics/biophysics at Univ. of Maryland-College Park.
- Brad Knaus - PhD program in Physics at USC.
- George Seago - Commercial and investment property broker.
- Amanda Sprague - favorite food: escargot in a duct-tape bowl
- Stephanie Tully - To a PhD program in Biophysics at Louisiana Tech.
- Isaiah Malik Al-Madhi (fka: George Walker) - Renaissance man.
- Mark Walsh - Teaching science and coaching soccer at Moss Point High School, in Mississippi.
December 2003 Grads
- Lucas Lindsay - To Boston College for a PhD in physics.
- Kelly Settle - Health Physicist at Roper Hospital.
Summer 2003 Grads
- James Fernandez - A building truss engineer now.
May 2003 Grads
- Kinsey Boehl - In Health Physics Graduate school.
- Tabetha Boyajian - Astrophysics PhD program at Georgia State.
- Shayna Brisacher - Weather Woman and Superhero.
- Will Bulkley - Philospher-Scientist.
- Brad Burns - PhD program in physics at Georgetown.
- Thomas Cordella - Graduate school in Electrical Engineering, Clemson.
- Nghi Pelle Duong, an engineer via Virginia Polytech
- Tucker Freismuth - PhD program in astrophysics at the University of Iowa.
- Chris Garrick - Aspires to the Spanish aristocracy.
- Kellie Harper - Wants to take a bus tour of Estonia.
- Nick Holdgate - Medical school at MUSC.
- Jeremy Johnson - Grad school at USC, and political power expert.
- Joe Meiring - PhD program in physics at USC.
- Ebony Middleton - is now an engineer.
- Michael Paolone - PhD program in physics at USC. He's into pentaquarks.
- Jean Rockford - PhD program in nano-science at Wake Forest.
- Shaun Wood - PhD program in physics at Penn State.
December 2002 Grads
- D. Keller Allen - In Massachusetts, being a daddy and physics guy.
- Soumya Dasgupta
- Patricia A. Findley - An engineer.
- Brian Plaisance - An engineer somewhere in Georgia we think.
- Russ Ross - to Georgetown U. for a PhD in physics
- Ashley Zellner
Summer 2002 Grads
- Greg X - In Atlanta, doing something useful.
- Michael Miller - An engineer
May 2002 Grads
- Nadia Craig (Kellam), PhD - Faculty in Engineering at UGa, and a very good skydiver.
- Matt Thompson - Teacher at Sims Junior High School in Union, SC.
December 2001 Grads
- Michael Carnohan - Information architect in San Diego. Should be kept
away from heavy machinery.
- Emanual Allen Duncan - a truly fine engineer.
- Alex Mazingue (MS in CS from Georgia Tech) - Don't underestimate him.
- Shay Holmes (Strong) (PhD, Astrophysics, UT-Austin) - At UT-Austin, for now.
- Cynthia Ouzts - Finished an MS at Clemson, and off teaching science to impressionable young minds.
Summer 2001 Grads
- Danielle Timmons - Works at General Engineering Labs.
- Mary Ellen Bolin - Has a hidden agenda.
May 2001 Grads
- Jeff Arnold - MS in cytotechnology, and now in Medical School at USC.
- Dwayne Donnell Brown - Has a heart as big as a house
- Adrian Corman - PhD program in physics at Missouri. Originally into general relativity, now into semiconductor growth.
- Rhonda Crawley - Associate Scientist working at NOAA Coastal Services Center.
- Wayne Cuvin - An RF engineer in Atlanta.
- Stephen Fernandez - Makes American Classic Tea.
- Trey Howdy - Quiet, and built to stay that way.
- Adam Krause - PhD program in physics at Tennessee, after an MS in Aeronautical Engineering from Georgia Tech.
- Stephen Long
- Great with a lawn mower I hear, and a big hitter in the lottery.
- Richard R. Martin
Dec 2000 Grads
- Theresa Brinsa - UV laser woman.
- Janet Johnson - Working at Medical University of SC.
- John Kiser- Too serious, but we'll beat that out of him.
- Carolyn Olivia Minyard (Brakenbury) - Pursuing horticulture at NC State.
- Tyler Rentz - Cardiac research at MUSC.
- Jonathan Saleeby - Health Physics PhD program at U. Mass-Lowell
- Chris Sonekan - MS in Environmental Studies grad (physics track). In PhD program at Queen's University, Canada.
Summer 2000 Grads
- Jason Duncan - Great football player (that's soccer for you Americans).
- Andy Hollis - Marine Resources work.
- David Murfin (MS applied physics, UCSD) - Works for NOAA on underwater robots.
May 2000 Grads
- Brian A. Bendt
- Chris Carter - Physics education is his bag.
- Jessica Chenault (Whitehead) - At Penn State for a PhD--sort of in anthropological climatology.
- R. Erik DeSimone, PhD (ASU) - A post-Doc in England at the Univ. of Cambridge, computer modelling crop disease spread.
- Ellis, Joseph E.
- Glenn Fallucca - Living large in the business world.
- Andrea Gerken - Works at The Genomics Institute of the Novartis Research Foundation and loves it.
- Vladimir Henderson-Suite - "Suite-P" to his friends, death to his enemies. Graduate school in medical physics at ECU.
- Kat Holtz (Low) - MS in science education. Teaching at Wando High School
- William Joshua Kennedy - Asst. Professor of Physics, Carroll College.
- Joseph Allen Lejeune- A holographic virtuoso
- Nicole Levi(-Polyachenko), PhD (Wake Forest) - Now a Post-Doc in the Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery at Wake Forest.
- M. J. "Marty" McGee - An engineer, but likable anyway.
- Mechum Purnell - Teaching physics in Korea, after similar stints in South America and Thailand. He loves his job.
- Lori Sanfratello - Physics PhD program at New Mexico, even without a degree from us.
- Johnny M. Tramel
- Julie Ward (Gostic) - MS in Radiological Sciences and Protection from U. Mass-Lowell. Works at Sandia National Labs. Working on PhD in radiochemistry at UNLV.
- Michael Woehrman - Navy officer.
Dec 1999 Grads
- Carrie Halkyard - Grad school, and now in New Hampshire.
- Amy Houck (Maslowski) - PhD program at Texas A&M.
- Megan E. Kasprak
- Melissa J. Marino
Summer 1999 Grads
- Erin Glenn (Barrett) - MS in Curricuum and Instruction from the Univ. of Denver. Teaches High School
- Natalie Weltz - Has a real job now, but thinking of changes.
May 1999 Grads
- Joey H. Foxhall
- Jennifer Lockman - In the arts marketing business.
- Dina C. McMahon
- Andrew G. Miller - Doing who knows what, who knows where.
- Tamara N. Moore
- David Ward, PhD (MIT) - Post-Doc at Harvard. Now in business.
Dec 1998 Grads
- Joanne Baylis (Scanlon) - Working on PhD in Biomedical Engineering at Virginia.
- Chris Brown - PhD program in physics at NC State. Also working on an MBA.
- William Bryce Donovan - at last report working as a science reporter for a newspaper.
- Frances Halter - Astronomy teacher and barfly.
- John Zullo - Dosimetrist at Univ. Texas Anderson Cancer Center.
Summer 1998 Grads
- Dirk A. Aurin, Awarded a prestigious NDSEG fellowship and is pursuing a PhD in Physical Oceanography at U. Conn.
May 1998 Grads
- Charles L. Adkins
- Jeffrey Scott Blair - Working for a living.
- Charlie Cockcroft Masters in Environmental Science.
- Hannes Greim - Working at NASA-Goddard, doing laser stuff. His home page.
- Tiffany Hays - Philosopher and bon vivant.
- Sharon Johnson - The happiest smile in the world. Passed away summer 2005.
- Jennifer Jordan (Lewey) - The finest RN at MUSC.
- Christopher Loonam
- Debra Bowen (fka Debra Seyle) - ...to the dark side, graduate work in math, but her eyes still smolder.
- Rob Smith - in NC working on computer science stuff.
Dec 1997 Grads
- Stephen J. Dixon
- Emmanuel C. Sayoc
- Christie W. Taylor
Summer 1997 Grads
May 1997 Grads
- Juan Anthony Brown, PhD (George Mason Univ.) - in Computational Materials Science. Now a postdoc at UCLA.
- Ronald K. Harris
- Josh Kohut, PhD (Rutgers) - A Physical Oceanographer at Rutgers University. Visit The COOLroom
- Daniel B. Martin
- Marcel Prevuznak - software guru for Quant Systems
- Steve Saleeby - Research Associate in Atmospheric Science at Colorado State University.
- Matthew B. Stovall
- Jamie V. Walters
Dec 1996 Grads
Summer 1996 Grads
- Jesse C. Rowe
- Joshua Spruill, Computer geek for MUSC. Optics benefactor.
May 1996 Grads
- Allan B. Espano
- Susan E. Fletcher
- Steven Lindauer II, Laser guy.
- David A. Pelkey, Math teacher first class, at R.B. Stall High School
- Christopher Petrusak
- Thomas M. Riegler
- Marcia Smoak (Yochum) - Teaching at Virginia Episcopal School.
- Michael C. Stone
Dec 1995 Grads
- Tracy E. Cooperman - Teaching school, maybe in Beaufort.
May 1995 Grads
- Juanita Rose Forsythe (Barker), moved to Texas. We await a ruling on it.
- Kevin Chung-Ping Kan - An electrical engineer, but don't let him touch the equipment
- Carolyn Ryan (Wiest) - Living in Sicily with husband and two kids, and loving it.
- Luba Sengova (Ibrahim) - Teaches at Kennesaw State University.
May 1994 Grads
- Dooley Rick Camus
- Michael W. Cato
- Angela Chapman - Teaching in the Charleston area.
- John Hammond - Somewhere in Seattle, but heading to landscape architecture school
- Steven Jacobson, PhD (Vanderbilt), supports research for NASA IR remote sensing satellite missions.
- Kevin Stevens, PhD (West Virginia), Thin film coating pro for Northrop Grumman SYNOPTICS.
- Hank Yochum, PhD (Wake Forest), Associate Professor at Sweet Briar College
Dec 1993 Grads
Summer 1993 Grads
May 1993 Grads
- Leah Terry Biorn, works in Social Security Disability Determination.
- Jason Brasseur, PhD (Montana State) - Big laser gun at Directed Energy Solutions
- Jon B. Paulikonis, project manager for the Navy.
- Georgia Richardson, PhD (Alabama-Huntsville), Likes gamma rays a lot.
- William Ted Schaeffer - Builds embassies for the State Department.
- Christina Stefanou
- Arnold Tharrington, PhD (Pittsburgh) - Post-Doc at Univ. of Utah
Dec 1992 Grads
- Kathleen L. Connor - aka Naala Brewer. Math lecturer at Arizona State Univ.
- Susan P. Lawrimore
- Kael Martin, Physics Teacher, Porter Gaud School
Summer 1992 Grads
- Gregory J. Atkins
- James Dennis Elliott
- David Clifton Johnson
- Jonathan C. Rotter, lawyer with The Nature Conservancy.
May 1992 Grads
- Robert D. Coxwell
- Kimberly J. Deal, a programmer, but she'd have to kill us if she told us the details.
- Peggy A. Hines
- Angela Kubinec, science education is her bag.
- Amy K. Threatt
Dec 1991 Grads
- Salah Ezzaoudi
- Frances Leola Keels
- Clark R. Whiting
May 1991 Grads
- Ernest A. Bell
- Elizabeth P. Depass
- Michael D. Orcutt
Dec 1990 Grads
- Stephen A. McColl
- Malcolm Dennis Knight
May 1990 Grads
- Andre M. Hedrick, linux hard drive guru and occasional astronomer.
More Distant Past Grads - Incomplete listing
- William Thomas "Tom" Bridgman, PhD - Data visualization at NASA/Goddard.
- Paul J. Campbell - Strategic Planning and Business Assessment Officer for Naval Facilities Engineering Command - Southern Division
- Linda R. Jones, PhD (Illinois Institute of Technology) - on the faculty at a prominent undergraduate college.
- Carl H. Rourk III, somewhere, doing something.
- Melissa E. Schraibman - Law school at U. Wisconsin. Now a legal advisor to the US Embassy, Tirana, Albania.
1988 Grads
- Christopher L. Able
- Timothy R. Fulford
1987 Grads
- Ralph Alan Johnson
- Michael Toshi Francisco
- Brian Mielke
1986 Grads
- John P. Bryan, Jr., a lawyer, and other things too.
- Barry Coyle. PhD, works at NASA - another laser weenie
- Thomas F. Drake, VA Dept. of Environmental Quality - Air Quality Assessment
- William David Lee, working at NIST in Boulder, he operates the best clocks in the universe. Ask him if you want to know what time it is.
- Estelle Westbury (Paus), MS in CSci fro George Mason U. Now a software engineer.
- Timothy W. Smith, (MS in Health Physics from UNLV). Works at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory.
- Sandra E. Stroble (uncertain grad date)
- Christoph A. Vogel, Ph.D (Atmospheric Science, Georgia Tech), NOAA Atmospheric Turbulence and Diffusion Division.
1985 Grads
- Carl McGartlin, a mechanical engineer too, for Spirax-Sarco.
May 1984 Grads
- David T. Bolvin, NASA meteorology guy.
- Mary Ruth Craven
- Newton Lindy Sims, Jr.
1983 Grads
- Gregory Wendell Adams
- Kevin Michael Bourque
- Marco Antonio Demaria
- Wanda Alease Frazier
- Douglas Ray Holmes
- Gregory Frank Martin
- Jeremy J. Rentschlar
1982 Grads
- Carol Lucy Byars
- Leah Ann Crout
- Donald Eugene Gould
- Andrew Lisicki
- Saeid Reze Rismani
- John Patrick Schumacher
1981 Grads
- Ali Baradar
- Bennett Copeland, PhD
- Richard Dean Davis
- Gregory Scott Holliday
- Arnold E. Murdoc
- Michael Allen Todd - Works at PTG Technology Systems.
1980 Grads
- Arthus Gary Beall
- Thomas Kelecy, PhD - Works on astrodynamics and orbit determination for Boeing.
- Ryan Droste, PhD (Johns Hopkins) - Finest physicist at Trident Tech.
- Catherine Stratton Godfrey - National Climatic Data Center
- Kevin Joseph O'Leary
- Pamela Polk (Droste), Registrar at Trident Technical College.
- Michael Wolgroch
1978 Grads
- Addison H. DeBoi - Designs hydroelectrical generation systems for the Army Corps of Engineers.
- Douglas S. Huneycutt
- Thomas C. Laquiere
1977 Grads
- Godfrey John Fies
- Donald Allen Ferrett (but we are unsure of the grad year, +/- 1)
- Stephen Elliott Gonzales
- Jeffery Alan Lucas
- Sedgwick Lewis Simons, PhD, Rice University, Space Science
1974 Grads
- Andrew Hemphill, Wood products for Weyerhaeuser Company.
1973 Grads
- Thomas N. Lovern, PhD. Works for Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC), in Huntsville, AL.
If you want on the list please contact me: Jeff Wragg
Updated 12 May 08 - jlw