Bonnie Andersen

Faculty Member

Bonnie Andersen

Biography

Prior to becoming faculty in the physics department at UVU, I obtained my PhD from the University of Utah. My dissertation was on high frequency thermoacoustic engines. Prior to graduate studies, I taught high school for a year. I had a pre-service teaching internship at NREL and studied organic photovoltaics. I obtained my BS in physics and secondary ed certification from BYU. While there, I did research in green lasers and had three summer internships at SNL doing research in solar concentrators.

Education

Ph D, University of Utah, 2008

Major: Experimental Physics

BS, Brigham Young University, 2004

Major: Physics

Teaching

PHYS 2010

College Physics I PP, Spring 2024

PHYS 2020

College Physics II PP, Spring 2024

PHYS 1700

Descriptive Acoustics PP, Spring 2024

Presentations

Sampson, Jacob (Presenter & Author), Patchett, Brian (Leader), Andersen, Bonnie (Leader), Amin, Masood (Leader), Intermountain-Engineering, Technology, & Computing (I-ETC), "Sound levels of the UVU pedestrian bridge", UVU, Brigham Young University Provo, UT. (May 12, 2023)
Andersen, Bonnie , Acoustical Society of America (ASA) Spring Meeting, "Engaging students with Team Based and open-ended response projects in a descriptive acoustics course", ASA, Chicago, IL. (May 9, 2023)
Wittwer, Janine (Presenter & Author), Andersen, Bonnie (Presenter & Author), Utah Women in Higher Education (UWHEN) Leadership Conference, "Recognizing and Fighting Impostor Syndrome in Yourself", UWHEN, Salt Lake City, UT. (April 7, 2023)
Andersen, Bonnie , Colloquium, "Impostor Syndrome and Physics", UVU Physics Department, Orem, UT. (March 28, 2023)
Gunyan, Veronica (Author Only), Miera, Benjamin (Presenter & Author), Amin, Masood (Leader), Andersen, Bonnie (Leader), American Physical Society Four Corners Section Meeting, "An Analysis of a Thermoacoustic Vocal Tract Model", University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM. (October, 2022)
Andersen, Bonnie , Andersen, B.J. , Symko, O.G. , Meeting of the Acoustical Society of America, "Effects of heat exchanger size on gain of thermoacoustic prime mover". (October, 2009)

Scholarly/Creative Works

Gunyan, Veronica , Miera, Benjamin , Amin, Abolfazl (Masood) , Andersen, Bonnie J, (2022) "A Thermoacoustically-driven Vocal Tract Model" . Orem: IEEE Xplore 2022 Intermountain Engineering, Technology, and Computing. 800 W University Pkwy Stop 179
Andersen, Bonnie , Symko, OG , (2009) "Helmholtz-like resonators for thermoacoustic prime movers" . The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America.

Awards

Scholarly Activities Committee Award

Utah Valley University

2009 and 2010

Grants from Center for Engaged Learning

Utah Valley University

2009 and 2010

Presidential Scholar Award

Utah Valley University

2009 and 2010

Phi Kappa Phi (National Honor Society)