Physics is the science of how things work. Physicists study everything from subatomic particles, to the properties of materials used to construct electronic devices, to the laws that govern the universe on the largest scales. These endeavors require a combination of ‘hands on’ experiments, theory based on mathematical laws and models, and computation often used to bring the theory and experiment together. The boundaries between disciplines such and chemistry, physics and biology are inherently fuzzy and interdisciplinary fields such as biophysics, geophysics and chemical physics are at the forefront of much of today’s research.
The Department of Physics offers Bachelor of Science degrees in physics, pre-engineering, pre-health physics and liberal arts physics. Upper level courses have small class sizes where students can get individual attention. In addition to course work, students are encouraged to get involved in research with our faculty.
William Walker (Physics) and Whitney Radosti (Physics minor) presented a poster on “Low Speed Gaseous Flow Effects on Nanoscale Metal Films” and William Duhe (Physics) presented a poster on “Cosmology with p-adic Strings” at the LaSPACE annual meeting on November 5, 2011.
Carl Brans, Emeritus Professor of Physics, has been elected to a Fellowship in the American Physical Society for his outstanding contributions to physics, in particular "for developing the Brans-Dicke scalar-tensor gravitational theory alternative to Einstein's general relativity".
Warner Sevin (Physics'11) has been accepted to a PhD program in Physics at UNO.
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