Alumni Spotlight: Miles Guzman
Mar 30, 2019
Read below about what one of our almuni is up to now! "My name is Miles Guzman, I was born and raised in Fayetteville, NC. I decided to go to App...
Summer Classes
Mar 25, 2019
Registration for 2019 summer and fall semesters is approaching. If you plan to stay in Boone for the summer, need more physics credit hours, or just l...
Dr. Gray receives Fulbright for travel to South Africa
Mar 24, 2019
Dr. Richard Gray, Professor in the Department of Physics and Astronomy at Appalachian State University has received a 2019-2020 Fulbright U.S. Scholar...
Physics Degree Pays Off
Mar 18, 2019
Have you ever wondered when you will really use physics in every day life? Physics students are taught to look past their textbook problems ...
Josh Gregory answers the call for needed high school physics teachers
Feb 6, 2019
BOONE, N.C. — A funny story about a U.S. Representative changed the course of Josh Gregory’s life.Gregory, a senior from Raleigh in the Physi...
CAS Associate Dean returns to Physics and Astronomy Department as Chair
May 10, 2018
The Physics and Astronomy department says a huge congratulations and good luck to the class of 2018! We are sad to see you leave our halls but so exci...
Chair steps down to join the ranks of faculty
May 3, 2018
On June 29, the Physics and Astronomy department will say goodbye to Dr. Michael Briley as department chair and welcome him full-time to the ranks of ...
Watauga SumoBot 2018
Apr 16, 2018
On Saturday, April 14 the Watauga SumBot competition was held in Appalachian State University's Holmes Convocation Center."Robotic sumo is a competiti...
Pre-Engineering Students Tour ASU Physical Plant
Nov 7, 2017
"The Inspired Engineer" pre-engineering first year seminar class was visited by Mike O'Connor, the director of the physical plant at ASU and learned a...
First Year Seminar Class Lends a Helping Hand
Oct 25, 2017
Carla Ramsdell's first year seminar class, "The Inspired Engineer," met and split wood for five hours as a service learning work day at the Hunger and...