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 **Fun fact about me**: I am certified to do taxes **Fun fact about me**: I am certified to do taxes
  
-**Help room hours** Wednesdays 4:00pm-5:00pm+**Help room hours** Mondays 1:30pm-2:30pm
  
  
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 **Fun fact about me**  I am on the MSU equestrian team. **Fun fact about me**  I am on the MSU equestrian team.
  
-**Help room hours** Wednesdays 3:00pm-4:00pm+**Help room hours** Mondays 12:30pm-1:30pm
  
  
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-**Help room hours** Mondays 1-2PM+**Help room hours** Mondays 2:15-3:15PM
  
  
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 **Fun fact about me**   I’ve spent time in the Romanian countryside and have milked a cow. **Fun fact about me**   I’ve spent time in the Romanian countryside and have milked a cow.
  
-**Help room hours** Mondays 3-4PM+**Help room hours** Mondays 11:30AM-12:30PM
  
 **Email** andronic@msu.edu **Email** andronic@msu.edu
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-**Help room hours** Mondays 6-7PM+**Help room hours** Wednesdays 1:30-2:30PM
  
 **Email**  adjaklos@msu.edu **Email**  adjaklos@msu.edu
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 **Fun fact about me**  I love anything that has to do with being outside (running, rock climbing, skiing, hiking), and I've been to 23 US National Parks! **Fun fact about me**  I love anything that has to do with being outside (running, rock climbing, skiing, hiking), and I've been to 23 US National Parks!
  
-**Help room hours** Mondays 5-6PM 
  
 **Email** majorsn1@msu.edu **Email** majorsn1@msu.edu
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 **Fun fact about me**   I have a blind dog named Neo, and he can still run after and catch balls (he's always been a huge ball dog), if you see me feel free to ask for a picture of him! **Fun fact about me**   I have a blind dog named Neo, and he can still run after and catch balls (he's always been a huge ball dog), if you see me feel free to ask for a picture of him!
  
-**Help room hours** Fridays 3:00-4:00PM 
  
 **Email** haweswil@msu.edu **Email** haweswil@msu.edu
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 **Fun fact about me**:   I worked in the deli over the summer and I am solely responsible for cooking thousands of rotisserie chickens. Baked, fried, and rotisserie I've done it all. I can make a mean turkey as well so talk to me before your next friendsgiving!   **Fun fact about me**:   I worked in the deli over the summer and I am solely responsible for cooking thousands of rotisserie chickens. Baked, fried, and rotisserie I've done it all. I can make a mean turkey as well so talk to me before your next friendsgiving!  
  
-**Help room hours**: Mondays 1:30-2:30+**Help room hours**: Wednesdays 12:30-1:30
  
 **Email** purcel75@msu.edu **Email** purcel75@msu.edu
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 **Fun fact about me** I was a competitive dancer for 10 years and my life was like the show Dance Moms for a while. I still love to dance in my free time and cheer on our dance team.   **Fun fact about me** I was a competitive dancer for 10 years and my life was like the show Dance Moms for a while. I still love to dance in my free time and cheer on our dance team.  
  
-**Help room hours** +**Help room hours** Fridays: 4-5PM
  
 **Email** lafinava@msu.edu **Email** lafinava@msu.edu
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 **Fun fact about me**: Big sweater fan, big bug fan, and big fan fan. Likes long walks on the beach and long walks in general. I just did a co-op internship over the spring and summer so feel free to come to me with any questions about co-ops or EGRX.   **Fun fact about me**: Big sweater fan, big bug fan, and big fan fan. Likes long walks on the beach and long walks in general. I just did a co-op internship over the spring and summer so feel free to come to me with any questions about co-ops or EGRX.  
  
-**Help room hours** +**Help room hours** Mondays: 6:30-7:30PM
  
 **Email** warne154@msu.edu **Email** warne154@msu.edu
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 **Fun fact about me**:  play the guitar, piano, and cello and love all things music!  **Fun fact about me**:  play the guitar, piano, and cello and love all things music! 
  
-**Help room hours** +**Help room hours** Fridays: 3-4PM
  
 **Email** finlanhi@msu.edu **Email** finlanhi@msu.edu
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 half marathon.   half marathon.  
  
-**Help room hours** +**Help room hours** Mondays: 5:30-6:30PM
  
 **Email** pagewoo3@msu.edu **Email** pagewoo3@msu.edu
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-**Help room hours** +**Help room hours** Mondays: 3:45-4:45PM
  
 **Email** freitago@msu.edu **Email** freitago@msu.edu
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 **Fun fact about me**: I love apple juice!  **Fun fact about me**: I love apple juice! 
  
-**Help room hours** +**Help room hours** Mondays: 10:30-11:30AM
  
 **Email** buhlrose@msu.edu **Email** buhlrose@msu.edu
  
-==== Ojas Fernandes  ====+==== Hayley Hopkins  ====
  
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-**Major**: Computer Science Engineering+**Major**: Biosystems Engineering
  
  
-**Future plans**: Become an entrepreneur and build my own tech company+**Future plans**: Concentrate in biomedical engineering, study abroad in Paris, pursue medical school or a masters in biomedical engineering 
  
  
-**Advice on how to approach P-Cubed**: Being active in class is the easiest way to become familiar with the topics and test your understanding of the concepts.+**Advice on how to approach P-Cubed**: Get to know your group members and ask all the questions you have, it's the best way to learn a lot and enjoy the process at the same time. 
  
-**What do you recommend doing if you are struggling in class?**: Help room is your best choice. Talk to your ULA, and I am sure most of your problems will be solved. +**What do you recommend doing if you are struggling in class?**: Go to help room because the individualized help will make all the difference. 
  
  
-**Fun fact about me**: I used to ride motorcycles back home, and currently I box at IM West. +**Fun fact about me**: I love to hike, play tennis, travel,  and listen to music
  
-**Help room hours** Mondays 5-6 PM+**Help room hours** Mondays 12:30-1:30 PM
  
-**Email** ferna375@msu.edu+**Email** hopki277@msu.edu
  
-==== Ojas Fernandes  ====+==== Josh Burlingame  ====
  
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-**Major**: Computer Science Engineering+**Major**: Computational Data Science
  
  
-**Future plans**: Become an entrepreneur and build my own tech company+**Future plans**: I want to work in the field of AI, ideally focusing on AI operations for a professional sports team. Eventually, I'd like to create my own online service company.
  
  
-**Advice on how to approach P-Cubed**: Being active in class is the easiest way to become familiar with the topics and test your understanding of the concepts.+**Advice on how to approach P-Cubed**: Don't underestimate the importance of making a plan of approach. It forces you to actively use the concepts from the notes and think through the problem methodically, rather than jumping straight into equations without a clear path in mind.
  
-**What do you recommend doing if you are struggling in class?**: Help room is your best choice. Talk to your ULA, and I am sure most of your problems will be solved. +**What do you recommend doing if you are struggling in class?**: If you're struggling in class, still do your best to get what you know on the board as well as the things you're unsure about. When your LA comes to help, they'll get a better sense of your understanding. This lets them assist you in a way that's tailored to your group and saves time by not re-reviewing topics you already know.
  
 +**Fun fact about me**: My favorite movie is //How to Train Your Dragon//.
  
-**Fun fact about me**: I used to ride motorcycles back home, and currently I box at IM West. +**Help room hours** Mondays 11:30AM-12:30PM
  
-**Help room hours** Mondays 5-6 PM +**Email** burlin25@msu.edu
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-**Email** ferna375@msu.edu+
  
  
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 **Fun fact about me** I'm really bad at orientation, I once even managed to get lost with one of my friends on a school trip because we took a different route to the others. So, if you see me, never ask me for directions. My best support in this regard is Google Maps. What's more is that I play the piano and enjoy taking horse riding lessons. **Fun fact about me** I'm really bad at orientation, I once even managed to get lost with one of my friends on a school trip because we took a different route to the others. So, if you see me, never ask me for directions. My best support in this regard is Google Maps. What's more is that I play the piano and enjoy taking horse riding lessons.
  
 +**Help room hours** Saturday Discussion Forum Manager
  
 **Email**: imthurnc@msu.edu **Email**: imthurnc@msu.edu
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 ==== Liz Triller ==== ==== Liz Triller ====
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 **Section**: 3 & 4 **Section**: 3 & 4
  
-**Research Area**: +**Research Area**: Physics
  
-**Description of Research**: +**Description of Research**: I'm working on a new way to put light detectors into large liquid argon detectors that would increase timing and spatial resolution.
  
 +**What excites you about physics**: I'm excited that physics is motivating advancements in technology and new applications of tech that benefit a wide range of other fields.
  
-**What excites you about physics**: +**What do you recommend if you're struggling in class?**: Talking to a variety of people can get you different perspectives on the same issues. Keep reaching out and asking questions. Take advantage of office hours and help rooms.
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-**What do you recommend if you're struggling in class?**: +
    
-**Fun fact about me**  +**Fun fact about me**: I spent 2025 living in a camper in the redwood forest of the San Cruz mountains.  
  
  
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 ==== Professors ==== ==== Professors ====
  
 +==== Ty DeYoung (He/Him) ====
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 +**Section**: 5
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 +**Degrees**: B.A. in Physics, Ph.D. in Physics with research area in high energy astrophysics
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 +**Research/Interest Area**: Particle astrophysics
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 +**Description of research in that area**:  My research focuses on ultra-relativistic particles coming from deep space, especially neutrinos, both attempting to understand where and how they are produced and to use them to study their fundamental properties.  Most of my work is related to two projects: the [[https://icecube.wisc.edu|IceCube Neutrino Observatory]] and the [[https://www.pacific-neutrino.org/p-one|Pacific Ocean Neutrino Experiment (P-ONE)]] off Vancouver Island.  Several undergrads work in my research group -- if you're interested, let me know!
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 +**What excites you about physics**:  Physics is both a great way to learn about cool aspects of the world around us, and also a toolkit that's useful for thinking about a very broad range of problems: breaking them down into models, applying quantitative reasoning or computation to understand what the models predict, and using graphs and data to evaluate evidence.
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 +**Advice on how to approach EMP-Cubed**:  EMP-Cubed asks you to go beyond little self-contained "crossword-puzzle physics" problems and learn how to think about and model bigger, more open-ended problems.  There won't always be a single right answer, and finding a good model to apply is often the hardest part.  The point is not to memorize equations, but to understand them well enough to be able to apply them to whatever crazy new situation is in front of you.  Be sure to read the notes and do the prep problems before class so that you can spend your time applying the new principles to the problems we'll work on.  
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 +**What do you recommend doing if you are struggling in class?**  Don't be reluctant to ask for help, and PLEASE don't convince yourself that everything's OK because you understand things once someone explains them to you.  Physics takes practice, and the LAs, TAs, and faculty are here to be your coaches and help you learn.
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 +**Fun fact about me:**  I've been to the South Pole three times.
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 +**Help room hours:** Mondays 3:15 - 4:15 pm in the help room, or by appointment (email me) and Monday Piazza discussion forum manager
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 +**Email**: tdeyoung@msu.edu
  
  
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 **What do you recommend doing if you are struggling in class?** Talk to me or schedule an appointment to talk to me.  You also ha LAs in the class who have taken the course in the recent past and have been in your position.  They can offer good, constructive advice on how to approach and overcome particular struggles.  Take advantage of all of the resources available to you.  In addition to the course notes and videos, you have the help room, D2L discussion boards, your group mates, and your fellow students from other groups available to you.   If you find yourself grappling with a concept, don’t delay seeking help through these resources.    Questions you bring to the help room or the Piazza discussion can go beyond the current homework.   Use these forums to ask about any concepts from the class, the in-class problems, the lecture notes, or any previous homework assignments you wish to review. **What do you recommend doing if you are struggling in class?** Talk to me or schedule an appointment to talk to me.  You also ha LAs in the class who have taken the course in the recent past and have been in your position.  They can offer good, constructive advice on how to approach and overcome particular struggles.  Take advantage of all of the resources available to you.  In addition to the course notes and videos, you have the help room, D2L discussion boards, your group mates, and your fellow students from other groups available to you.   If you find yourself grappling with a concept, don’t delay seeking help through these resources.    Questions you bring to the help room or the Piazza discussion can go beyond the current homework.   Use these forums to ask about any concepts from the class, the in-class problems, the lecture notes, or any previous homework assignments you wish to review.
  
-**Fun fact about me:** I like to bike, cook and taking my dog Reo on long walks (or does he walk me?).   Each of the past couple of summers, I rode my mountain bike for 100 miles in a day and hope to do this again this August.+**Fun fact about me:** I like to bike, cook and taking my dog Reo on long walks (or does he walk me?). My goal each summer is to ride my mountain bike for 100 miles in a day and hope to do this again this summer.
  
-**Help room hours:** Wednesdays 2:00pm-3:00pm;  Piazza Discussion Forum Manager: +**Help room hours:** Wednesdays 2:00pm-3:00pm or by appointment (email me) & Sunday Piazza Discussion Forum Manager: 
  
 **Email**: hallstei@msu.edu **Email**: hallstei@msu.edu
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