Spotlight

In the Spotlight: Jan. 23, 2015

Kudos to these faculty, staff and students

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NAU installed its fourth on-campus wind turbine next to the Hotel and Restaurant Management building. The 2.4 kW SkyStream 3.7 turbine is approximately 45 feet high and can produce about as much energy as would be needed to power a home. The wind turbine is part of NAU’s continuous efforts to decrease fossil fuel use. Read more at www2.nau.edu/green-p/.
NAU installed its fourth on-campus wind turbine next to the Hotel and Restaurant Management building. The 2.4 kW SkyStream 3.7 turbine is approximately 45 feet high and can produce about as much energy needed to power a home. Click on the photo to read more.
  • Brooke Whitworth, assistant professor in the Center for Science Teaching and Learning, contributed to a literature review on the missing link of leadership in the current professional development models for the Journal of Science Teacher Education. The review, “Professional Development and Teacher Change: The Missing Leadership Link,” explores professional development in science education and identifies school and district science leaders as a critical factor missing from current models.
  • Physics and Astronomy professor David Trilling’s research using the Dark Energy Camera in the Chilean Andes was featured in Symmetry. Trilling and his colleagues spent three nights in 2014 looking through the telescope for centaurs, objects with characteristics of both asteroids and comets, and plan to report their findings later this year.