Marisa Petrusky

Marisa Petrusky

PhD Candidate and NSF GRFP Fellow, Smead Aerospace Engineering Sciences

Conference for Graduate Women and Gender Minorities in Physics

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I greatly enjoyed attending the Conference for Graduate Women and Gender Minorities in Physics, hosted by the American Physical Society in Washington D.C.!

Group photo at the 2025 Conference for Graduate Women and Gender Minorities in Physics

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APS DPP 2025: Incorporation of Dialogic Learning in STEM Classrooms

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I gave a talk during the Education, Public Engagement, and Workforce Development session at APS DPP 2025 in Long Beach, California, titled “Incorporation of Dialogic Learning in STEM Classrooms”. You can download a copy of the slides here.

APS DPP 2025: Student Day Tutorial Talk

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I was honored to give the tutorial talk at APS DPP 2025 Student Day, titled “Plasma Physics: From A-Z”. The event is designed for undergraduate and graduate students to familiarize themselves with the types of research they should expect to see at the conference. My tutorial talk covered terminology found in general plasma physics, experimental and computational plasma physics, fusion, low temperature plasmas, and astrophysical plasmas!

2025 Physics and Astronomy Congress (#SPSCon)

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I was honored to speak on the Engineering Graduate School Panel at the 2025 Physics and Astronomy Congress in Denver, Colorado, hosted by AIP and the Society of Physics Students/Sigma Pi Sigma Honor Society (SPS)! I would not be where I am today without my alma mater’s local SPS chapter, and it’s always a privledge to give back and de-mystify the not-so-scary journey from Physics to Engineering!