Matthew Fleenor (mfleenor)

Professor and Program Coordinator-Physics

Jepson Science Center Room 465
mfleenor@umw.edu
540-654-5974

Matthew Fleenor in the News

UMW Physics ‘PING’ Program Inspires High Schoolers, Empowers Future Educators

Tristan Towle and Zubair Mohammadzai take turns lobbing colorful cotton balls at a black canvas hanging in a University of Mary Washington parking deck. The splatters they create with washable paint remind Towle, a junior at Brooke Point High School, of fireworks, but Mohammadzai has another theory. “We’ve been talking about Read more…

UMW Physics ‘PING’ Program Inspires High Schoolers, Empowers Future Educators

UMW’s Summer Enrichment Program Mixes College-Level Learning With Fredericksburg Fun

From mixing paint pigments to mixing music, high school students in UMW’s Summer Enrichment Program signed up for a week of college-level learning paired with outdoor activities in the Fredericksburg area. By day three in the week-long program, they had visited Ferry Farm and Kenmore, picked up litter along the Read more…

Field Trip Gets Elementary School Students Excited About STEM

Elephant toothpaste. The giant glob of sudsy foam created in a classroom experiment gave Battlefield Elementary School student Aidan Muller a thought: “Chemistry is cool!”The whimsical tooth wash – hydrogen peroxide mixed with dish soap and a healthy dose of imagination – was part of a fall field trip designed Read more…

Makhija Recognized Nationally for Student Mentoring

The Society of Physics Students (SPS) national office has recognized Varun Makhija as a nominee for its outstanding chapter advisor award. The Society recognizes the annual award as "the most prestigious SPS award." Of the hundreds of campus chapters nationally, less than a dozen chapter advisors receive nominee recognition yearly. Read more…

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