Spotlights

Michael Burns '80

Michael Burns '80

Employer
Independent/Researcher

LinkedIn Profile
https://www.linkedin.com/in/michael-burns-2a7541112/

1. Tell us about your journey since graduation.
There was work at software design and IT, while still allowing much time for studying science news, and working on the foundational ideas of physics.

2. Share a favorite Grand Valley memory.
The GVSC mainframe computer was kept fairly busy for a while with my test runs of a computational physics problem.

3. What's the best piece of advice you've ever received?
Implicitly: Go learn your way.

4. List three words you would use to describe your Grand Valley experience.
Social, Open, and Inquisitive

5. What difference would you like to make in the world?
I want to see reforms in the teaching of physics.

August 2023

Interest Area(s)
Mathematics, Physics

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