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| − | Mark Shroyer is a | + | Mark Shroyer is a [[physics]] professor. He has been at [[Knox]] since 2005 and received his PhD from Oregon State University in 1999. He is also officially the most badass of the current physics faculty. He enjoys peppermint schnapps in hot chocolate. He is well known for his love of basketball and talking. Shroyer is a prized commodity in the Knox Physics Department. |
==Research== | ==Research== | ||
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==Courses== | ==Courses== | ||
| − | Although he has only been here | + | Although he has only been here since 2005, there are already several courses that Shroyer prefers teaching. These include |
* PHYS-110 Mechanics | * PHYS-110 Mechanics | ||
| − | * PHYS- | + | * PHYS-120 Heat, Waves and Light |
| − | * PHYS- | + | * PHYS-165 Physics of Sports |
| + | * PHYS-205 Modern Physics | ||
* PHYS-312 Classical Dynamics | * PHYS-312 Classical Dynamics | ||
| − | * PHYS- | + | * PHYS-316 Astrophysics |
* PHYS-346 Seminar in Theoretical Physics: Electrodynamics | * PHYS-346 Seminar in Theoretical Physics: Electrodynamics | ||
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Note: A group of physics majors named their soccer team "Big Show" and played in the Just-For-Fun league of IM Soccer in winter, 2007. | Note: A group of physics majors named their soccer team "Big Show" and played in the Just-For-Fun league of IM Soccer in winter, 2007. | ||
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| − | + | Shroyer is known for his fondness of class attendance. Once in his period five Introduction to Research class in spring of 2017, Shroyer was made aware of a student who had skipped class in favor of a nap. In his wisdom, Shroyer sought it necessary for the class to go to the student's room in the 4th floor of Post to wake him up. The whole class filed into the student's room, and proceeded to wake the student. The student never missed another class of Shroyer's. | |
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Latest revision as of 21:00, 1 May 2018
Mark Shroyer is a physics professor. He has been at Knox since 2005 and received his PhD from Oregon State University in 1999. He is also officially the most badass of the current physics faculty. He enjoys peppermint schnapps in hot chocolate. He is well known for his love of basketball and talking. Shroyer is a prized commodity in the Knox Physics Department.
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Research[edit]
Shroyer is in the process of building his Nuclear quadrupole double resonance apparatus in the basement of the physics wing.
Courses[edit]
Although he has only been here since 2005, there are already several courses that Shroyer prefers teaching. These include
- PHYS-110 Mechanics
- PHYS-120 Heat, Waves and Light
- PHYS-165 Physics of Sports
- PHYS-205 Modern Physics
- PHYS-312 Classical Dynamics
- PHYS-316 Astrophysics
- PHYS-346 Seminar in Theoretical Physics: Electrodynamics
Big Show[edit]
Shroyer, during a particularly vulnerable moment with his PHYS 313 class, told a sorrowful tale involving his childhood interactions with his younger brother. In his youth, Prof. Shroyer was somewhat of a would-be model rocket enthusiast, and so, one sunny day, he and his brother went out to a field, rockets in hand. Having meticulously set up the rocket on its wire launch pad, Shroyer pressed the electric ignition button only to have nothing happen. After some hours of failure, his brother just kept repeating to him, "Big show, Mark, big show."
Word of this story quickly spread beyond the 313 class and since then whenever he makes a particularly gruesome mistake, one can hear a soft "big show" from one of the students, which instantly catches his attention, hence forcing him to tell the story again, thus perpetuating the cycle.
Note: A group of physics majors named their soccer team "Big Show" and played in the Just-For-Fun league of IM Soccer in winter, 2007.
Go to Class[edit]
Shroyer is known for his fondness of class attendance. Once in his period five Introduction to Research class in spring of 2017, Shroyer was made aware of a student who had skipped class in favor of a nap. In his wisdom, Shroyer sought it necessary for the class to go to the student's room in the 4th floor of Post to wake him up. The whole class filed into the student's room, and proceeded to wake the student. The student never missed another class of Shroyer's.
