Dr. Ken Caviness Dr. Caviness graduated from SAU (Then SC) with majors in Physics, Mathematics, and German. He earned his PhD at the University of Lowell on "Acceleration in the Theory of Relativity." He found many phenomena that can be treated with special relativity, phenomena that are commonly thought to be explainable only with general relativity. Then he taught Physics and Mathematics at the college level at the French-speaking Adventist University in Rwanda (now closed down due to war). He served six years at Southwestern Adventist University (Then Southwestern Adventist College), teaching Mathematics and occasionally Physics. Dr. Caviness joined the Physics Department at Southern in June, 1996. He serves as the chair of the department. High on his list of hobbies is the study of languages; he supervises an e-mail course in Esperanto and is also learning Russian. His professional interests include computer applications, methods of teaching, and of course relativity. His wife Claryce is an adjunct French professor at Southern, and they have two children. The object behind Dr. Caviness is a Geochron.

Dr. Chris Hansen Dr. Hansen graduated from SAU (Then SC) with majors in Physics and Mathematics. He served one summer in Bolivia (helping ADRA with its computers) and one year in Iceland (as dean of boys at a school). Also while at SAU, he participated in the research on molecular periodicity by computing molecular structure data with ChemCad, an interactive computer program. He earned his PhD at Colorado State University, where he used laser-based mass spectometry to detect single noble gas atoms. Dr. Hansen then applied mass spectrometric techniques to surface analysis of various metals while holding a post-doctoral position at Argonne National Laboratory. He and his wife Gaylene arrived at Southern in December of 1996. Since that time, Abby and MIcah have joined the family. During the summer of 1997, Dr. Hansen carried on research at Los Alamos National Laboratory. In the spring of 1999, he began consulting on a project with the Physics Division at Oak Ridge National Lab. The project exists to build a test facility for ion beam evelopment.

Dr. Ray Hefferlin Dr. Hefferlin retired from teaching on December 31, 1997, but has helped with some General Physics class lectures and works with the Scientific Writing students. He now devotes his SAU time to research, specifically to the analysis and prediction of molecular data; the predictions were done with least- squares analysis and with neural networks. The work involves SAU students and has cooperation from colleagues in several countries. Mrs. Hefferlin was office administrator for the Collegedale church but has now also "retired." She works for Hefferlin + Kronenberg, the architectural firm of one of their daughters and sons-in-law, part time. The families of the Hefferlin children live close by.

Dr. Henry Kuhlman Dr. Kuhlman devotes a great deal of time to mechanical and electrical aspects of the Hickman Science Center and of the Foucault pendulum. He designed the beautiful sundial that graces the Campus mall facing University drive. Dr. Kuhlman's teaching schedule usually includes Astronomy, General Physics, two or three General Physics Laboratories, and the Statics-Dynamics sequence. The Kuhlman children are all involved in the professional world. In this photo, Dr. Kuhlman is helping 1999 Physics graduate Myla Thomas Matus use one of the Department's GoTo telescopes.

Dr. Jim Engel Dr. Engel graduated with a BA in Chemistry and minors in Physics, Math and Secondary Education in 1951 from Columbia Union College, Takoma Park, MD. He also earned an MS in Analytical Chemistry and a PhD in Electroanalytical Chemistry from the University of Maryland. His research and thesis studied a method of correcting chronopotentiometric methods for non-Faradayic currents by using a second blank cell. He has taught College Chemistry classes full-time for over 25 years at both SDA and state schools. Dr. Engel currently teaches Earth Science as an adjunct professor at SAU. He also enjoys camping with his family and traveling over much of the United States.