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Open House for the Department of Physics!
On April 7, 2017, the Department of Physics will be hosting its annual open house for prospective students. 9:15-10:00am : Welcome by Dr. Sinha, Chair, room Physics 145. 10-10:45 am: “Why SDSU is a great choice to study physics” Dr. Oseroff, professor emeritus, P-145. 10:45-noon: pizza and drinks in P-145A 12-3pm: Tour of labs (see…
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Fridolin Weber is 2017 Albert W. Johnson Lecturer and Distinguished Professor
Professor Fridolin Weber of the Department of Physics will be the 2017 Albert W. Johnson University Research Lecturer and Distinguished Professor of Physics. This accolade honors Professor Weber’s leadership in the field of compact objects in astrophysics, and in particular the possibility of “quark stars.” Professor Weber will give a lecture on Friday, April…
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Science Education grant for Professor Fred Goldberg
Professor Fred Goldberg is a co-PI on a new grant from the National Science Foundation’s Improving Undergraduate Science Education program to establish a faculty online learning community (FOLC) of instructors using the Next Generation Physical Science and Everyday Thinking (Next Gen PET) curriculum. Next Gen PET had been developed over the previous two years (with…
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Physics Open House April 8, 2016
The Department of Physics held an open house on April 8, 2016. Some 45 prospective students of all levels attended talks, ate pizza, visited labs, and spoke with faculty and current students. It was a great success!
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Introduction to General Relativity and the Physics of Compact Stars
SDSU Physics Professor Fridolin Weber has published a book on General Relativity and the Physics of Compact Stars. The book, published in Portuguese, is based on a graduate course that he gave at the Brazilian Center for Physics (CBPF) in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. It will serve as a most valuable reference for researchers and…
