Students Attend Women in Physics Conference

NMU physics majors, Cassy Hastings and Kylee Branning, attended the sixth annual Midwest Conference for Undergraduate Women in Physics held last month at the University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign.   Pictured  (left to right) are Cassy Hastings; Arlene Modeste Knowles, Career and Diversity Program Administrator - American Physical Society; Catherine Mader, REU Coordinator from Hope College; and Kylee Branning.  Learn more

 

 

Hastings Selected for Optics REU in France

NMU Physics major, Cassy Hastings, was one of 13 undergraduate junior level students selected in the U.S. to participate in the "Optics in the City of Light" REU experience.  Hastings will travel to France for two months where she will have the opportunity to work in a variety of laboratories in Paris performing research with various ultrafast lasers.  Read more

 

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Physics Club Winter 2013 Outreach Events

  • Outreach programs include interactions between Physics Club members and students at Sandy Knoll Elementary School. 
  • Science Olympiad consists of many competitions in math and science and is open to middle and high school students. 
  • Project Kaleidoscope brings Elementary school students and teachers to NMU to participate in astronomical activities.

 

Professor researches Lorentz-symmetry

Dr. Neil Russell is working on a project to compile and analyze Lorentz-symmetry data to test the accuracy of the theory of relativity. These data have been found in a variety of high-precision experiments conducted in labs throughout the world. Dr.Russell's research will lead to his second sabbatical leave this coming academic year.

 

New Equipment Enhances Opportunities 

The NMU Physics Department during the summer of 2012 purchased two Diode Laser Spectroscopy setups from TeachSpin, Inc. The uniqueness of TeachSpin is that their equipment cuts the fine line between research grade and more advanced physics laboratories. This gives the NMU Physics student exposure to more advanced techniques and topics used in physics. 

 

 

Get Involved
  • The Physics Club is a student organization for anyone who thinks physics is "phun."  Students majoring or minoring in physics are encouraged to join.        

Physics Club Travels to Mackinac Bridge

  • Physics Club students traveled to the Mackinac Bridge in October to learn more about the structure.  Two lucky students were taken to the top of one of the bridge towers.  The rest of the students viewed the bridge from the anchor piers. 
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Learn More About the Physics Department at NMU

   physics video

Interested in majoring or minoring in physics at NMU but not sure what to expect? Check out this video made by the physics department to see and hear what the physics department is all about.

 

 

Physics Career Options

What can you do with a career in physics?  Click here for a PowerPoint presentation. Also click here for a PowerPoint presentation about major and minor combinations incorporating physics. The opportunities are almost too numerous to mention. Click here for some examples of physics-related careers provided by the American Institute of Physics.

 

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