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Student Paper To Be Published In Physics Journal
For immediate release May 2, 2005

GREENVILLE, PA - A paper co-authored by Thiel College student Do Dai Nguyen has been accepted for publication in the peer reviewed journal "The European Journal of Physics."

"The European Journal of Physics" is the premier physics teaching journal published by the Institute of Physics in the United Kingdom.

The paper, "Real World Damping of a Physical Pendulum," resulted from some work Nguyen did in his experimental physics course during the fall 2004 semester. Thiel College Professor of Physics Dr. Michael Bacon co-authored the paper.

Nguyen is a senior physics major from Orlando, Fla.