New 3+2 (Double Degree) Program with NC State in Materials Science and Engineering!
Jul 22, 2015
The Department of Physics and Astronomy is delighted to announce the formal establishment of a 3+2 (Double Degree) Program with NC State in Mate...
Summer Happenings
Jun 25, 2015
Dr. Conrad and students Jason Baptiste, Christopher Manning, and Andrew Zeidell working in the lab with the tunneling electron telescope and the solar...
Student Alex Mandarino to Work at NIST as a Summer Undergraduate Research Fellow
Apr 28, 2015
Undergraduate student, Alex Mandario, will be working at the National Institute of Standards and Technology through their Summer Undergraduate Re...
Dr. Caton's Monthly Newspaper Column Published
Apr 21, 2015
Dr. Dan Caton writes a monthly column in the Charlotte Observer and Raleigh News & Observer. This's month's article came out yesterday where he wr...
Student to Intern at the Space Telescope Science Institute this Summer
Apr 21, 2015
Michael Tucker, an Applied Physics major, has been awarded an internship in the 2015 Space Astronomy Summer Program at the Space Telescope Science Ins...
ASU Physics Student to Spend Summer at Fermilab
Apr 17, 2015
Physics student Crystal Patteson has been selected for the Science Undergraduate Laboratory Internship program at Fermilab. She will spend this summer...
Dr. Rachel Smith receives NASA/NC Space Grant Informal Education and Public Outreach Program Award
Apr 17, 2015
Astronomy Professor, Dr. Rachel Smith, has received $2,500 from the North Carolina Space Grant Consortium for her project, "From Local Sky to Deep Spa...
Physics and Astronomy Club participates in Playhouse Buildfest at Parkway School
Apr 17, 2015
Dustin Roten, a senior Applied Physics major, demostrates propulsion using a fire extinguisher mounted to a skateboard at the annual Playhouse Buildfe...
Dr. Hester to Receive the Excellence in Student Advising and Mentoring Award
Apr 3, 2015
Dr. Brooke Hester has been selected as this year's co-recipient of the Excellence in Student Advising and Mentoring Award by the University Colle...
App State Physics Major to Help Select the Mars 2020 Landing Site
Apr 2, 2015
Appalachian State Physics Major Benjamin Migirditch has been selected in a national competition to participate in Caltech's Summer Undergraduate Resea...