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Dr. Aaron Santos

@aaronsantos.bsky.social

Final project season is always fun. Great work by our student Corbin Truitt. #iTeachPhysics #SimpsonCollege

April 25, 2025 at 2:37 PM

Dr. Aaron Santos

@aaronsantos.bsky.social

Are you an innovative physicist interested in teaching at a small liberal arts college? My department at Simpson College is hiring! Check out the link below:

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Please share with anyone who might be interested!

#PhysicsJobs #Physics #iTeachPhysics #SimpsonCollege

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December 5, 2024 at 5:13 PM

Dr. Aaron Santos

@aaronsantos.bsky.social

What can you do with Physics+Engineering? Pretty much anything.

Our students are building everything from a mini-golf course to a vintage Millennium Falcon retrofitted with a working “radar” dish.

Learn more: aaronsantos.substack.com/p/invent-exp...

#SimpsonCollege #STEM #iTeachPhysics

Invent, Explore, and Discover

Why You Can Do Anything with Simpson Physics+Engineering at Simpson

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October 7, 2025 at 12:27 PM

Dr. Aaron Santos

@aaronsantos.bsky.social

Do you think AI art is spooky? In the spirit of Halloween season, I've been experimenting with Sora to see if I can make the long-dead creatures (giraffes polar bears, and more) in Simpson College's Carver Science Building come to life. Check it out:

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#SimpsonCollege #AI #AIArt

Night at the Museum at Carver Science Center

A Spooky Night at Carver

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October 30, 2025 at 3:57 PM

Nick Byrd, Ph.D.

@byrdnick.com

Allison Wolf (@SimpsonCollege, @Uniandes) asks #APPE2020, "Should historical immigration between Columbia and Venezuela inform their immigration policies?"

Why answer 'yes'?
- Care ethics
- Immigration justice

You can follow Dr. Wolf on @PhilPapers_CDP:...

November 8, 2024 at 8:57 AM

Dr. Aaron Santos

@aaronsantos.bsky.social

Today’s senior spotlight is Bella Dix, a physics major leveraged her creativity and physics+engineering knowledge to prototype an interactive mini golf course for her capstone project.

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#simpsoncollege #physics #engineering #stemeducation

Senior Spotlight: Bella Dix

Engineering Dreams, Gymnastics, and Creative Design

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May 12, 2026 at 12:25 PM

Paula W

@toomuchbrudders.bsky.social

💫 Do you have a celestial twin? Mine was an opera singer. Here’s his story: toomuchbrudders.com/2026/03/16/o... #IndianaUniversity #SingingHoosiers #poem #opera #SimpsonCollege

The opera singer | Too Much Brudders blog

I knew him in college, when he wanted a career as an opera singer. Sure enough, Matt Lau made a name for himself, for his voice.

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March 17, 2026 at 12:32 AM

Dr. Aaron Santos

@aaronsantos.bsky.social

Today’s senior spotlight is Kayla Jensen, a math and physics major who served as Physics Club co-president and completed a capstone project on self-organized criticality and the physics of the coin pusher arcade game.

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#physics #simpsoncollege #education

Senior Spotlight: Kayla Jensen

Finding Beauty in Math, Physics, and Messy Problems

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May 8, 2026 at 12:25 PM

Dr. Aaron Santos

@aaronsantos.bsky.social

Our last senior spotlight is Christopher Olds, a physics major from Louisiana who started as a history major before discovering a passion for physics.

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#Physics #STEM #HigherEd #SimpsonCollege

Senior Spotlight: Christopher Olds

From Going Swimming and Going Nuclear

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June 15, 2026 at 12:48 PM

Dr. Aaron Santos

@aaronsantos.bsky.social

Today’s senior spotlight is Chris Duane, a physics major and gymnast who explored aviation and airfoil analysis, skills he’ll carry into flight training.

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Congratulations, Chris!

#simpsoncollege #physics #engineering #stemeducation

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May 13, 2026 at 1:42 PM

Dr. Aaron Santos

@aaronsantos.bsky.social

Today’s senior spotlight is Noah King, who started in chemistry and added a physics degree along the way. He's off to pursue a PhD in Materials Science and Engineering at Iowa State.

Congratulations!

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#simpsoncollege #physics #engineering #stemeducation

Senior Spotlight: Noah King

From Lasers to Polymers and Material Science

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May 11, 2026 at 1:29 PM

Dr. Aaron Santos

@aaronsantos.bsky.social

Today’s senior spotlight is Ethan Sipos, a physics major with minors in math and data analytics. Learn more about Ethan and the physics of sonar and the Millenium Falcon here:

aaronsantos.substack.com/p/senior-spo...

#SimpsonCollege #Physics #Engineering