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Hana Krechel’s achievements on the field and in the classroom at LVC led her to incredible opportunities as an engineer at Boeing Philadelphia after graduation.
According to a 2017 careers report by the American Institute of Physics, 49% of graduating physics majors nationwide are attending graduate school, and 47% enter the workforce directly after college. LVC’s physics program has successfully prepared students for both pathways. Some current alumni highlights are given below.
Collin Barker ’19 used the flexibility of LVC's physics program to add a minor in chemistry and conduct research with faculty, two items that helped prepare him for a Ph.D. program.
LVC alumnus Nate Wilson ’14 is serving as a First Lieutenant in the United States Space Force, where he works as a training flight commander for the 22nd Space Operations Squadron.
| Student | Grad Year | Position/Company/Location |
| 2017 | II-VI Optical Systems, Inc. Philadelphia, Pa. | |
| 2016 | System Operations/PPL Corporation/Allentown, Pa. | |
| 2016 | Agricultural Commodity Grader, USDA-Agricultural Marketing Services, Ephrata, Pa. | |
| Hannah Pell | 2016 | Editorial Coordinator for AAAS Science Advances Team, Washington D.C. |
| Terese Sweitzer | 2016 | Staff Research Analyst II Applied Research Associates, Arlington, Va. |
| 2015 | ||
| 2015 | Primrose Schools/Teacher/Franklin, Tenn. | |
| Kathryn White | 2015 | Gwangju Foreign School/Teacher/Gwangju, South Korea |
| 2014 | Software Engineer/PrecisionLender/Cary, N.C. | |
| 2014 | Senior Metrologist/Eurofins Laboratories/Lancaster, Pa. | |
| 2014 | Sales Engineer/MHz Marketing Inc./Glenwood, Md. | |
| 2014 | Project Manager/Progressive Services Inc./Dover, Pa. | |
| 2014 | ||
| 2013 | CAT Analyst/Chubb/Philadelphia, Pa. | |
| 2013 | Engineer/Atr Corporation/Mount Airy, Md. | |
| 2013 | Metrologist/Eurofins Laboratories/Lancaster, Pa. | |
| 2013 | Structural Analysis Engineer/Boeing/Philadelphia, Pa. | |
| 2011 | Software Developer/Computer Aid Inc./Lancaster, Pa. |
| Student | LVC Grad Year | University/Degree/Field of Study |
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Collin Barker |
2019 |
Lehigh University/Ph.D./ |
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Justin Cammarota |
2019 |
College of William and Mary/Ph.D./ |
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Rebecca Campbell |
2019 |
Temple University/Ph.D./Electrical Engineering |
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Gerald Boddie |
2018 |
Penn State University/Ph.D./ |
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Nate Gibbons |
2018 |
University of Virginia/Ph.D./Aerospace Engineering |
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Nick Pollak |
2018 |
University of New Hampshire/Ph.D./Physical Chemistry |
|
Carly Showalter |
2018 |
Hofstra University/M.S./Medical Physics |
|
2018 |
College of William and Mary/Ph.D. |
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Hannah Pell |
2016 |
M.A., Music Theory, University of Oregon |
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Terese Sweitzer |
2016 |
Georgia Institute of Technology/M.S./Nuclear Security, Public Policy |
|
Jeff Dickens |
2015 |
Virginia Commonwealth University/M.S. |
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Nick Durofchalk |
2015 |
Georgia Institute of Technology/Ph.D./Mechanical Engineering |
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Anthony Hoover |
2014 |
Lehigh University/Ph.D./String Theory, Condensed |
|
Shane Jacobeen |
2014 |
Georgia Institute of Technology/Ph.D./ |
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Hana Krechel |
2013 |
Penn State University/M.S./Engineering Science |
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Andrew Suprock |
2013 |
Penn State University/M.S./Engineering Science |
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Ian Younker |
2012 |
Penn State University/Ph.D./Nuclear Engineering |
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Adam Hansell |
2011 |
Ph.D., Physics, Temple University |
| Student | Completed LVC | University/Field of Study |
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Eric Alleman |
2018 |
Penn State University/Engineering Science |
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Leah Boyer |
2018 |
Penn State University/Engineering Science |
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Marcus Brown-Dulan |
2018 |
Penn State University/Engineering Science |
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Michael Farber |
2018 |
Penn State University/Energy Engineering |
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Drice Bahajak |
2017 |
Penn State University/Electrical Engineering |
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Nathanial Ginder |
2016 |
Case Western Reserve University/Chemical Engineering |
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Jack Sassany |
2016 |
Penn State University/Nuclear Engineering |
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William Powanda |
2015 |
Penn State University/Engineering Science |
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Connor Smith |
2015 |
Penn State University/Engineering Science and Mechanics |
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Cedrick McDonald |
2014 |
York College/Electrical Engineering |
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Ian Bond |
2013 |
Penn State University/Electrical Engineering |
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Colin McKenna |
2012 |
Penn State University/Materials Science and Engineering |
| Student | Year(s) | Position/Company or Institution |
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Ben Gordon |
2020 |
Research Assistant/LVC - Dr. Pitonyak |
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Jacob Franklin |
2020 |
Research Assistant/Lehigh University REU Program |
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Jacob Layton |
2020 |
Research Assistant/LVC Research First Program - Dr. Veenhuizen |
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Michel Malda |
2020 |
Research Assistant/LVC - Dr. Pitonyak |
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Joshua Miller |
2020 |
Research Assistant/Thomas Jefferson National Lab SULI Program |
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Adam Rilatt |
2020 |
Research Assistant/LVC Research First Program - Dr. Pitonyak |
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Mark Wittemann |
2020 |
Research Assistant/LVC - Dr. Veenhuizen |
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Eric Alleman |
2019 |
Research Assistant/Underseas Systems Office |
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Leah Boyer |
2017, |
Research Assistant/University of South Florida REU Program Research Assistant/Underseas Systems Office |
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Marcus Brown-Dulan |
2018 |
Research Assistant/Underseas Systems Office |
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Joshua Miller |
2018, |
Research Assistant/LVC-Dr. Veenhuizen |
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Jacob Franklin |
2019 |
Research Assistant/LVC Research First Program-Dr. Veenhuizen |
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Lauren Hagy |
2019 |
Research Assistant/LVC-Dr. Veenhuizen |
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Samantha Smith |
2019 |
Research Assistant/LVC-Dr. Veenhuizen |
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Collin Barker |
2018 |
Research Assistant/LVC-Dr. Veenhuizen |
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Justin |
2015- |
Research Assistant/LVC Research First Program-Dr. Marsh |
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Alex Heilman |
2017- |
Research Assistant/LVC-Dr. Lyons & Dr. Walck |
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Nate Gibbons |
2015, |
Research Assistant/LVC-Dr. Lyons & Dr. Walck |
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Gerald Boddie |
2017 |
Research Assistant/Penn State University |
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Ezekiel Wertz |
2016- |
Research Assistant/LVC-Dr. Lyons & Dr. Walck |
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Kathryn White |
2016 |
Mechanical Engineering Intern/Ames Laboratory, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa |
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Daniel Upchurch |
2014- |
Research Assistant/LVC-Dr. Lyons & Dr. Walck |
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Adam Rosier |
2013 |
Research Assistant/LVC-Dr. Lyons & Dr. Walck |
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Anthony Hoover |
2012- |
Research Assistant/LVC-Dr. Lyons & Dr. Walck |
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Ian Bond |
2012 |
Research Assistant/LVC-Dr. Lyons & Dr. Walck |
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Oliver Lyons |
2012 |
Research Assistant/LVC-Dr. Lyons & Dr. Walck |
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Hana Krechel |
2011- |
Mechanical Engineering Intern/Exelon Nuclear |
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Ian Younker |
2010 |
Research Assistant/LVC-Dr. Lyons & Dr. Walck |
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Adam Hansell |
2009- |
Research Assistant/LVC-Dr. Lyons & Dr. Walck |
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Laura Snyder |
2009- |
Research Assistant/LVC-Dr. Lyons & Dr. Walck |
Hana Krechel’s achievements on the field and in the classroom at LVC led her to incredible opportunities as an engineer at Boeing Philadelphia after graduation.
Marcus is pursuing the second phase of LVC’s 3+2 engineering program at Penn State University and leaning toward a career in nanotechnology. He was also an intern at the Underseas Systems Office, an Applied Research Lab at the University, in summer 2019.
LVC alumnus Nate Wilson ’14 is serving as a First Lieutenant in the United States Space Force, where he works as a training flight commander for the 22nd Space Operations Squadron.
Justin is pursuing his Ph.D. in High Energy Physics at the College of William and Mary. He had several research experiences during his time at LVC to help prepare him for graduate school: the Research First program (2015), Drs. Lyons and Walck’s Mathematical Physics Research Group (2016), the Fermilab SULI program (2017), and the University of Michigan REU program at CERN (2018).
Nate Gibbons is pursuing his Ph.D. in Aerospace Engineering at the University of Virginia. He had two research experiences during his time at LVC to help prepare him for graduate school: Drs. Lyons and Walck’s Mathematical Physics Research Group (2015) and the National Institute of Standards and Technology SURF program (2017).
Hannah is a Fulbright Scholar pursuing her Ph.D. in Music Theory in Austria.
Assistant professor of computational and data sciences, fondly remembers the nonscientific experiences he had at LVC.
