Paul Cottle

FSU teams up with Panhandle teachers to host online nuclear science camp

Published: July 17, 2020 | 1:05 pm | Posted in: Science & Technology

From her home on a laptop, a camper controls a gamma-ray spectrometer located in a classroom on the FSU-PC campus. That feat of technology involved a surprisingly large number of IT staff at both the Panama City and Tallahassee campuses and took advantage of FSU's Virtual Lab technology.

Florida State University Physics Professor Paul Cottle is a devoted advocate of the need for physics education in K-12 schools. That’s why he’s been teaming up with science teachers over the past three summers to organize the Nuclear Medicine and Science Camp (NMSC) for middle and high school students from Panhandle counties. But how do […]

FSU nuclear physics lab to receive $1.7M for nuclear science workforce development

Published: July 19, 2017 | 9:10 am | Posted in: Science & Technology

Back row: Professors Samuel Tabor, Mark Riley, Paul Cottle, research faculty Anthony Frawley and Professor Emeritus Kirby Kemper. Front: Professor Ingo Wiedenhoever and Assistant Professor Sergio Almaraz-Calderon.

A team of Florida State University physicists will receive $1.7 million from the National Nuclear Security Administration over the next five years to help boost the nation’s nuclear science workforce. Physics Professors Ingo Wiedenhoever, Paul Cottle, Mark Riley, Samuel Tabor, Assistant Professor Sergio Almaraz-Calderon and research faculty Anthony Frawley operate the John D. Fox Superconducting […]

Faculty and Staff Briefs: November 2016

Published: November 8, 2016 | 9:35 am | Posted in: Faculty/Staff Briefs

HONORABLE AND NOTABLE Ken Brummel-Smith, M.D. (Medicine) has announced plans to retire in 2017. Brummel-Smith served as a founding chair of the Department of Geriatrics from 2003-2015. Before arriving at FSU, Brummel-Smith served as the medical director to the PACE Elderplace program in Portland, Ore., and as the Bain Chair of the Providence Center on […]

FSU physics highlighted in national physics education report

Published: October 21, 2016 | 1:38 pm | Posted in: Science & Technology

FSU's undergraduate physics program is a model for other institutions around the nation.

A new joint report from the American Physical Society and the American Association of Physics Teachers puts the spotlight on Florida State University’s physics program as a model for other institutions around the nation. The report, which was funded by the National Science Foundation, examines what skills and knowledge the next generation of physicists should […]

FSU donates $40K of lab equipment to boost physics enrollment in Bay County high schools

Published: September 22, 2016 | 12:24 pm | Posted in: Science & Technology

From left to right: Barbara Reyes, the Physics Department's Associate in Teaching and Laboratory Coordinator at FSU; Sean O’Donnell, teacher at Mosley High School; Rachel Morris, teacher at Rutherford High School; Dr. Paul Cottle, Physics Professor at FSU.

Florida State University has purchased $40,000 worth of physics lab equipment that will be loaned to Bay County high schools to enhance teaching capabilities. The goal is to raise physics course enrollment levels and instill a passion for science in students. Students from three high schools in Bay County will be able to use the […]

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