• Physics Open House April 8, 2016

    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!    

  • Introduction to General Relativity and the Physics of Compact Stars

    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…

  • Welcome New Faculty Dr. Kenneth Nollett

    Welcome New Faculty Dr. Kenneth Nollett

    The Department of Physics welcomes our newest faculty addition, Dr. Kenneth Nollett.  Dr. Nollett grew up in the Nebraska Sandhills, then studied physics at MIT and the University of Chicago. He has worked at Caltech and Argonne National Laboratory, among other places, and he came to SDSU from the University of South Carolina. He is…

  • SDSU Physics Undergrad Receives Undergraduate Fellowship

    SDSU Physics Undergrad Receives Undergraduate Fellowship

    Congratulations to SDSU undergraduate student Adam Christopher Pruneda who  has been awarded a 2015 DREAM Undergraduate Fellowship!  Adam will receive a $5000 stipend from the American Association of Physicists in Medicine.  Adam will be working with Professor Mauro Tambasco this summer in the areas of Medical Physics.   Other undergraduate students interested in doing summer research in Medical…

  • SDSU Student Wins NSF Graduate Fellowship Award

    SDSU Student Wins NSF Graduate Fellowship Award

    Congratulations to Priscilla Kelly on receiving a very prestigious NSF Graduate Research Fellowship (http://www.nsfgrfp.org/) this year! Priscilla is a first year grad student in Prof. Kuznetsova’s research group (http://www-rohan.sdsu.edu/~lyubett8/). NSF received over 16,000 applications for the 2015 competition, and made 2,000 fellowship award offers. This fellowship will allow Priscilla to continue her studies as a…