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Physics at Oregon State University

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The physics department is actively engaged in the following research areas: Computational Physics, Materials Physics, Physics Education, Optical Physics, and several multidisciplinary research projects

Events scheduled for today

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Next three scheduled events

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Date-Timesort icon Location Type Speaker Title
2012-05-21 16:00 Weniger 153 Colloquium Prof. Richard Taylor, UO Physics Fractal vision: using retinal implants to restore vision to the blind
2012-05-23 16:00 Weniger 304 SSO Seminar Bill Cowell (OSU EECS) Evaluation of Fowler-Nordheim Tunneling in Metal-Insulator-Metal (MIM) Diodes with Lower Amorphous Metal Electrodes
2012-05-24 08:00 Weniger 305 General Event Graduate Program Review

Announcements

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2012 May 16

Congratulations to Prof. Oksana Ostroverkhova, who was selected as a College of Science Scholar for the 2012/2013 Academic year!

2012 May 15

Congratulations to Prof. David Roundy, who received NSF funding for his project "Developing a Computational Physics Lab Integrated with Upper-division Physics Content."

2012 May 15

Congratulations to Maxwell Atkins, who received URISC funding for his project "Radio Telescope Development and Galactic Hydrogen Cloud Observations" under the supervision of Prof. Bill Hetherington.

2012 May 3

Congratulations to Prof. Oksana Ostroverkhova, who received NSF funding for her research project "Designing Intermolecular Interactions for High-Performance Small-Molecule Bulk Heterojunctions."

2012 Apr 27

Congratulations to Prof. Dedra Demaree, who was selected for a University Honors College HerStory Professor Award!

2012 Apr 10

Congratulations to Dedra Demaree, who received an L.L. Stewart Faculty Development Award for conducing peer mentoring with multiple departments to help large lecture courses implement best practices with the use of clicker questions.

2012 Apr 3

Congratulations to Dave Bannon and Dedra Demaree, who received an L.L. Stewart Faculty Development Award to develop an online forum of critical course content, course notes, and a database of critical problems for the introductory physics sequence.

2012 Mar 19

Congratulations to Prof. Ethan Minot, whose work on nanotube sensors was featured in the R and D magazine in the article "Nanotube sensors to reduce test time from days to minutes".

2012 Mar 11

Saturday, March 11th, Oregon State University hosted the 185th meeting of the Oregon chapter of the American Association of Physics Teachers. Over 40 4-yr, 2-yr and HS teachers from across the state were in attendance for talks and workshops. For more information see http://www.oraapt.org/