By American Association of Physics Teachers® College Park, MD, August 21, 2024—Fred Goldberg has been named as the 2025 recipient of the prestigious Hans Christian […]
The Society of Physics Students, with the support of Steve Leduc, SPS Advisor Dr. Anderson, and the Integration Bee Committee, hosted the 2nd Annual Integration […]
Kathan Desai has earned the prestigious Kennedy Reed Award for Best Theoretical Research by a Graduate Student.
Congratulations to Mary Becker, who has been selected to receive the highly competitive Tom Ragan Memorial Endowed Fellowship. This fellowship provides support for students majoring […]
Physics is the foundation of life and everything in the universe. In addition to learning fundamental principles, our students acquire extensive programming skills as well as expertise in math, modeling and data analysis. We offer a variety of specialized electives in quantum nano-materials, biological physics, astrophysics and more.
Earning a degree in physics opens doors into career options as diverse as the field itself: research and development; management or administration in industrial laboratories or government agencies; secondary teaching; technical sales; electronic design; and laser instrument research. Graduates can expect roles such as data scientist, software developer, sound engineer, equipment technician, theorist and instructor, just to name a few.
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By American Association of Physics Teachers® College Park, MD, August 21, 2024—Fred Goldberg has been named as the 2025 recipient of the prestigious Hans Christian […]
Professor emeritus Fred Goldberg recounts how an early love for explaining things led to a long career creating physics education materials in an interview for the American Institute of Physics.
Congratulations to physics professor Matt Anderson on surpassing 150,000 subscribers and 13 million views on his YouTube channel. He unboxed his silver creator award from […]
The UC Irvine – San Diego State University joint doctoral program in Computational Science is open for applications for PhD students. Learn more about the […]
Join the Department of Physics for the 2022 Doc Morris Public Lecture. When: Friday April 22nd at 6:30 PM Where: GMCS 333 or via Zoom […]