Physics at Oregon State University

The physics department is actively engaged in the following research areas: Atomic, Molecular & Optical Physics, Computational Physics, Nuclear Physics, Physics Education, Science Accessibility, Solid State Physics, and several multidisciplinary research projects.

Events scheduled for today , Friday May 9 2008 There are no events scheduled today Future events May-12(16:00): Wngr 153 Colloquium: Prof. Ted K. A. Brekken, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, OSU The Promise of Wave Power [show/hide abstract] A significant untapped renewable energy source exists in the world's oceans: it is estimated that if 0.2% of the oceans' untapped energy could be harnessed, it could provide power sufficient for the entire world. This presentation discusses the opportunities for ocean wave power to become a new, reliable and clean source of affordable renewable energy. Wave energy research and developments at Oregon State University (OSU) will be presented, in addition to the developing opportunities for the State of Oregon to become a leader in wave power. May-14(16:00): Weniger 304 SSO Seminar: Hai Yue and the OSU Solar Vehicle Team OSU Solar Vehicle Team May-15(12:00): Weniger 305 PhD Defense: Zach Wiren TBA

Announcements 2008-May-02 Physics on the Barometer front page. See http://media.barometer.orst.edu/media/storage/paper854/news/2008/05/02/News/Etching.Tiny.Benny.Beaver-3362300.shtml for the story about work in Prof. Minot's lab. 2008-Apr-09 Our Paradigms in Physics program is presented in a very nice article in the latest Terra magazine, see http://oregonstate.edu/terra/departments/inquiry/thinking-like-physicist.php for the details! 2008-Mar-24 Congratulations to Prof. Corinne Manogue, who was selected as the 2008 winner of the American Association of Physics Teachers' Excellence in Undergraduate Physics Teaching Award. This Award recognizes outstanding achievements by an AAPT member in undergraduate physics teaching, in particular her significant work in the highly-regarded Paradigms Program. 2008-Mar-17 The College of Science is pleased to announce the reception of an very generous gift from Dr. Joan Suit towards constructing and outfitting a new class room in Weniger Hall, dedicated to education in our lower division service courses. This gift significantly extends funds for the project, and brings the project closer to reality. 2008-Feb-19 Congratulations to the SPS. The proposal "Developing reduced noise electronics for a gigahertz radio telescope and implementing a real time web interface," submitted by Daniel Schwartz, was selected as a 2007-2008 Undergraduate Research Award winner by the national SPS organization. 2008-Feb-05 The College of Science is pleased to announce the reception of an extremely generous gift from Mr. and Mrs. Greg Serrurier towards constructing and outfitting a new class room in Weniger Hall, dedicated to education in our lower division service courses. The class room will be built following the SCALE-UP model. This gift will help us to extend our successful Paradigms in Physics Program to lower division education. 2008-Feb-04 The Physics Department has received a generous gift of computing equipment from the HP Employee Product Gift Giving Program to support our radio telescope project. This gift will help to move the project forward rapidly and to enable our students to study the universe even in our cloudy environment. 2007-Dec-06 The College of Science is pleased to announce the inception of the Ben and Elaine Whiteley Endowed Fund in Materials Research, recently established by long-time friends, donors, and volunteers, Ben and Elaine Whiteley. Elaine's father was Dr. Edwin Yunker. Professor Yunker was a member of the OSU physics faculty from 1925 to 1968 and was department chair from 1949 to 1966. The Yunker lecture was established in his honor. Ben and Elaine live in Portland, and are delighted to have made this contribution in support of the materials science program, which has also been counted toward the challenge made by the Valley Foundation for the College of Science to raise $15 million in program support. 2007-Nov-30 The Department of Physics was established in 1908.........We will celebrate, see the special link on the navigation menu!!!!! 2007-Oct-09 Students who are interested in pursuing a minor in physics need to contact the head advisor or department chair to set up an approved program of study. For more information see the undergraduate programs page.