High school students are invited to join us for this interactive STEM experience. Design, solve problems, connect with others, and challenge your students by providing them the opportunity to participate in lab activities with teammates. SciFEST 2021 will be online, remote and recommended for Junior and Senior high school students, although any high school student is welcome to attend.

More details: andrews.edu/scifest

Registration deadline is Friday, Oct. 8, 2021.

Andrews University’s STEM Division presents their annual STEM Show. Join us for a family fun experience, learn about STEM career possibilities, and meet Andrews University faculty. This is a free live-streamed event designed for students in elementary, middle and high school. Parents and grandparents are also invited to join the fun. Watch live on Sunday, Oct. 3, at 7 p.m. EDT: andrews.edu/livestream.

Jonathan Wheeler is the speaker for this week's eigen* colloquium series, held on Friday, October 1, at 12:30 EDT in Haughey Hall 133.

Fiber optic gyroscopes (FOGs) are a well-established widely deployed sensor used to measure rotation rates. They are typically found in high-performance vehicles including aircraft, submarines, and spacecraft (including the Mars Rover). Conventional FOGs require highly incoherent optical sources (such as erbium-doped fiber sources) to achieve high levels of accuracy, but the erbium-doped fiber sources used in most FOGs have fundamental physical limits that limit the SNR and stability of a device. My PhD studies ways to overcome these limits by using a new type of optical source, namely a stable laser whose temporal coherence we intentionally destroy with high-speed random phase modulation.

Jonathan Wheeler attended Andrews University from 2011-2016, where he earned a BS in Physics and Mathematical Studies, and a BSE in Engineering. He is currently working towards a PhD in Electrical Engineering at Stanford University. He is married to Mateja Wheeler, and they are expecting a baby boy mid October.