James Ensor
Class of 2017
Zoey Chittick
Class of 2016
Maxwell Wheeler
Class of 2018
SUMMER STUDENT RESEARCH SERIES Matt Iczkowski (Callaway Golf Company) For the past two months, rising junior Matt Iczkowski got to combine his passion for golf with the skills he learned in Dr. Fiser’s PHY 2001/2002 research class. He spent the summer in Massachusetts working for the well-known Callaway golf company. In particular, he worked on […]
What starting salary can you expect? The latest data compiled for the class of 2011 and 2012 has been released by AIP. You can read the full report. According to AIP, “After receiving their degrees, 43% of physics bachelor’s either accepted employment, continued in positions they held while an undergraduate, or were seeking employment.” Most […]
A team of students in the Department of Physics wrote a proposal for NASA to design and test the Chip ‘n’ Ship, a tool to chip and collect samples of rock from an asteroid. Their tool will be tested in the neutral buoyancy lab at Johnson Space Center in August, 2015. The team received financial […]
Our department and SPS begins and ends the school year with a picnic. In September, we welcome first-year students to the department. In April, we celebrate the year and say goodbye to our seniors. We often study projectile motion (football), angular momentum and torque (frisbee), Magnus effect (soccer ball launcher), and rotational and translational motion (ladder game). […]
The Department of Physics hosted its first annual HPUniverse Day. Dr. Brad Barlow led a team of physics students, alumni, faculty, and volunteers to create hands-on activities in astronomy. Over 1000 adults and children from the community came to campus and packed our classrooms, hallways, and the Promenade.
