Dr. Michael Bromley, Assistant Professor in Physics, received the 2008 Northrop Grumman Excellence in Teaching Award for the College of Sciences. Read more here

http://www.physics.sdsu.edu/news/2008/05_003.html

Ph.D. in Computational Science student Rodrigo Negreiros and MS in Physics student Martin Kandes represented SDSU in the 22nd annual CSU-wide Student Research Competition held May 2/3 at CSU, East Bay. Special congratulations to Rodrigo who won 1st place for his talk on "Structure and Thermal Evolution of Neutron Stars". Read more here

http://www.physics.sdsu.edu/news/2008/05_002.html

Friday's Joint Astronomy-Physics Colloquia is presented by the Physics Undergraduates: Joseph Chambers,Jason (Hau-Jian) Liu, Kristen Mecadon, Mark Mitry and Melinda Toth who will give their 498A/B thesis reports. Read their Abstracts here

http://www.physics.sdsu.edu/seminars/thesisabstracts/08spring.html

The end of the year party will be happening on Friday, May 9th at 12pm-1.30pm in PA-121. All staff and our students are invited! Permalink here

http://www.physics.sdsu.edu/seminars/news/2008/05_001.html

Friday's Joint Astronomy-Physics Colloquia is presented by Dr. Joseph Dolan, SDSU Dept. of Astronomy, who will talk on "Searching for Dying Pulse Trains in RXTE Observations of Cyg X-1". Read the Abstract here

http://www.physics.sdsu.edu/seminars/2008a/dolan.html .

The 2008 Doc Morris Public Lecture is on Thursday 8th May at 7pm in GMCS 333. Prof. George Fuller from the University of California, San Diego will regale us with "Neutrinos: Stealthy Agents of Destruction and Creation in the Cosmos". This is a public lecture, aimed at a general audience. Brought to you by the SDSU Dept. of Physics

Free Parking, Directions and info

http://www.physics.sdsu.edu/docmorris/2008/fuller.html

Friday's Joint Astronomy-Physics Colloquia is presented by Prof. Guillermo Miranda, Universidad Central de Venezuela, who will talk on "Light and Gravity: A theory of vector gravitational waves independent of Einstein's General Theory, developing earlier ideas of Lorentz, Compton and Wheeler, and introducing the new cosmogonic concept of trio-holes". Read the Abstract here

http://www.physics.sdsu.edu/seminars/2008a/miranda.html .

Some photos from Physics events are now posted: firstly, the SPS with Dr. Ellen Ochoa at the Explore SDSU: Open House, and secondly, from the SDSU Student Research Symposium. Permalink

http://www.physics.sdsu.edu/news/2008/03_007.html .

Friday's Joint Astronomy-Physics Colloquia is presented by Dr. Jeffrey E. McClintock, Harvard/Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, who will talk on "Measuring Black Hole Spin: Progress, Problems and Promise". Read the Abstract here

http://www.physics.sdsu.edu/seminars/2008a/mcclintock.html .

Physics is involved in 3 events at the Explore SDSU: Open House from 10am - 2pm this Saturday 15th March 2008. 11am - 12pm in P-148: Prof. Fridolin Weber presents a lecture 'From atoms to stars: a journey through the wonders of physics'. 11am - 12pm in AH-2108: Astronaut Dr. Ellen Ochoa, will give a special public lecture. 12.30pm - 1pm in P-148: Dr. Ochoa will say hello to the Society of Physics Students. Maps/Links

http://www.physics.sdsu.edu/news/2008/03_006.html .

Former SDSU Physics major and Astronaut, Dr. Ellen Ochoa, will be a special guest of the Alumni Association at the Explore SDSU: Open House, in the Family Village from 10am - 2pm this Saturday 15th March 2008. Go along and say hello! Permalink

http://www.physics.sdsu.edu/news/2008/03_005.html .

Congratulations to Jason (Hau-Jian) Liu, a Physics Undergraduate Research Student, who won a (College of Science) Dean's Award at the (first!) annual SDSU Student Research Symposium for his talk on 'Magnetic Field Comparison Between Helmholtz Coils and a Simulated Three-coil Array'. Some photos are now posted up. Permalink

http://www.physics.sdsu.edu/news/2008/03_004.html .

Friday's Joint Astronomy-Physics Colloquia is presented by Dr. William Welsh, SDSU Dept. of Astronomy, who will talk on "Using the Rossiter Effect to Detect Earth-size Planets". Read the Abstract here

http://www.physics.sdsu.edu/seminars/2008a/welsh.html .

Friday's CSRC Colloquia is presented at 3.30pm in GMCS 214 by Prof. Usha Sinha, Chair, Department of Physics, San Diego State University, who will talk on "Magnetic Resonance (MR) imaging and imaging informatics: from data to knowledge". Read the Abstract here

http://www.physics.sdsu.edu/news/2008/03_003.html .

Congratulations to two Physics Research Students won President's Awards at the (first!) annual SDSU Student Research Symposium. Rodrigo Negreiros won for his talk on 'Structure and Thermal Evolution of Neutron Stars' (PhD in Comp.Sci. with Weber), while Martin Kandes won for his talk on 'Multimode Interferometry of Bose-Einstein Condensates in a Circular Waveguide' (Masters Physics / PhD in Comp.Sci. with Bromley). They can now represent SDSU at the CSU-wide competition in May. Permalink

http://www.physics.sdsu.edu/news/2008/03_002.html .

Congratulations to Rita Philavanh, a Physics Major, who has been selected for a NIW (New Interdisciplinary Workforce) fellowship from the NIH, administered through the CSRC. She will be working with Prof. Baljon and study computationally the mechanical properties of temporary crosslinked networks. These studies will be compared with experimental data on the behavior of the F-actin cytoskeleton networks in cells. Permalink.

http://www.physics.sdsu.edu/news/2008/03_001.html

Our Computational Physics students are presenting their research on Monday March 3rd in Montezuma Hall (Aztec Center) at 3pm at a poster session as part of the 5th Computational Sciences ACSESS forum. Registration for the event is recommended. Read more Here.

http://www.physics.sdsu.edu/news/2008/02_003.html

The (first!) annual SDSU Student Research Symposium is on this Friday and Saturday (29th Feb/1st March). The opening ceremony is at 8.00 AM. The Physics and Computational Sciences Session begins on Friday at 8.45 AM in the 'Quetzalcoatl B' Room in the Aztec Center. More info and Schedule

http://www.physics.sdsu.edu/news/2008/02_001.html .

The GRE Physics Study Group will meet Mondays, 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm, PA216. First session is Monday, Feb 25. Hosted by Dr. Anderson and Dr. Dolan. . Permalink

http://www.physics.sdsu.edu/news/2008/02_002.html .

Friday's Joint Astronomy-Physics Colloquia is presented by Dr. Ionel Stetcu, Los Alamos National Lab, who will talk on "From nuclei to cold atoms and (eventually) back". Read the Abstract here

http://www.physics.sdsu.edu/seminars/2008a/stetcu.html .

Friday's Joint Astronomy-Physics Colloquia is presented by Dr. Richard J Drachman, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, who will talk on "Antimatter in space". Read the Abstract here

http://www.physics.sdsu.edu/seminars/2008a/drachman.html .

The spring Colloquia series kicks off with two 511 keV bangs via two lectures on antimatter. Friday's Joint Astronomy-Physics Colloquia is presented by Dr. Jim Mitroy, Charles Darwin University, Darwin, Australia, who will talk on "Bound state approaches to matter-antimatter scattering". Read the Abstract here

http://www.physics.sdsu.edu/seminars/2008a/mitroy.html .

(and next week's lecture will be on "Antimatter in space")

The Spring 2008 Physics info is online: Calendar, Physics Schedule, Natural Sciences Schedule, and even the Final exam timetable. Highlights this semester include the Science in Science Fiction elective. Permalink Here.

http://www.physics.sdsu.edu/news/2007/12_003.html .

There will be a Celebration of Life Service for John Ferguson, Friday, December 28, 2007 from 2:00-4:00 PM in the Faculty Staff Center. Free Parking has been arranged. If you do not have a faculty/staff permit, you may park in Parking Structure 1 on levels 5 or 6 without fear of a ticket. Permalink Here.

http://www.physics.sdsu.edu/news/2007/12_002.html .

Defense - Thursday December 20th at 10:00am in P-149 there will be a Masters Thesis Defense presented by Jawad Mohammad Ahmad who will talk about "A Dosimetric Comparison of Non-Linked and Linked LDR Brachytherapy of the Prostate" Read the Abstract here.

http://www.physics.sdsu.edu/seminars/thesisabstracts/07ahmad.html .

John B. Ferguson passed away on December 11 2007. Health problems forced John to retire in the middle of the Spring 2007 semester. Gordon has written an obituary, to which Doc Morris and Don Cottrell have added some recollections. The Department is establishing the The John B. Ferguson Memorial Fund to provides grants to upper division Physics majors to pay for their textbooks. The John B. Ferguson Fund will provide a lasting memory of John while helping our students. Read more Here.

http://www.physics.sdsu.edu/news/2007/12_001.html .

Defense - Thursday December 13th at 2:00pm in P-250 there will be a Masters Thesis Defense presented by Lee Harding who will talk about "A Dosimetric Comparison of Non-Linked and Linked LDR Brachytherapy of the Prostate" Read the Abstract here.

http://www.physics.sdsu.edu/seminars/thesisabstracts/07harding.html .

Friday's Joint Astronomy-Physics Colloquia is presented by the Physics Undergraduates: Daniel Flynn, Oliver Hamil, Joseph Hellmers and Omair Zubairi who will give their 498A/B thesis reports. Read their Abstracts here

http://www.physics.sdsu.edu/seminars/thesisabstracts/07fall.html

Friday's Joint Astronomy-Physics Colloquia is presented by Prof. Al Sweedler, Dept. of Physics, Center for Energy Studies, Environmental Sciences Program, SDSU who will talk on "Energy, security and the environment: from global to local to global". Read the Abstract here

http://www.physics.sdsu.edu/seminars/2007b/sweedler.html . Note that the location has been moved to the North Education 60 building.

For the second year in a row SDSU has been rated the #1 small research university in the nation (offering fewer than 15 PhD programs). Two of our programs have been named in the top 10 in the nation, the PhD in Computational Science was ranked #9, while the Math and Science Education was #2 in the Mathematics Education category. Read more here

http://www.physics.sdsu.edu/news/2007/11_003.html .

Congratulations to two of our Physics students in the PhD in Computational Science Program who have been awarded ARCS scholarships for 2007/2008. Ms. Hai Ah Nam is the Martins, Williams, Peabody Scholar. Mr. Martin Kandes is the Cymer Incorporated Scholar. Read more here

http://www.physics.sdsu.edu/news/2007/11_002.html .

The San Diego Fires resulted in mass mandatory evacuations of some of our faculty and students, but we can happily report that no-one lost their property. The Witch and Harris fires posed no threat to SDSU, but classes were cancelled for 4 days. Read the story here

http://www.physics.sdsu.edu/news/2007/11_001.html .

ALL classes at SDSU are now cancelled for the rest of the week. See the main SDSU webpages for the latest updates.

http://www.sdsu.edu/ .

all Monday classes at SDSU are now cancelled. See the main SDSU webpages for the latest updates.

http://www.sdsu.edu/ .

Many of our faculty are affected by the fires either due to Evacuations or Road Closures. The classes that have been cancelled today (Monday) can be seen here Read the constantly updated

http://www.physics.sdsu.edu/news/2007/10_002.html .

Today's Joint Astronomy-Physics Colloquia is presented by Prof. Elizabeth Barton, University of California, Irvine who will talk on "Galaxy Evolution in the Lowest-Density Environments". Read the Abstract here

http://www.physics.sdsu.edu/seminars/2007b/barton.html .

The lead story in the current issue of Analog Science Fiction magazine is by our very own Professor Calvin W. Johnson of the SDSU Department of Physics. Professor Johnson will be teaching a course on Science and Science Fiction (Natural Science 310) in Spring 2008. For more information (and where to buy Analog!) go here

http://www.physics.sdsu.edu/news/2007/10_001.html .

Today's Joint Astronomy-Physics Colloquia is presented by Prof. Mark A.E. Williams, Communication Studies Dept., California State University, Sacramento who will talk on "Looking Through the Aether: Science, Rhetoric, Magic and Clear Thinking in the Mediaeval and Modern Mind". Read the Abstract here

http://www.physics.sdsu.edu/seminars/2007b/williams.html .

The Physics Department at San Diego State University invites applications for a tenure-track position in experimental studies of the interaction of radiation with matter. Of particular interest are candidates whose research will support our medical physics program http://www.physics.sdsu.edu/research/mhp/ . The position begins the fall of 2008. You can click here for more information

http://www.physics.sdsu.edu/jobs/2008faculty.html

Today's Joint Astronomy-Physics Colloquia is presented by Prof. Fridolin Weber, Dept. of Physics, SDSU who will talk on "The Enigmatic Innards of Neutron Stars". Read the Abstract here

http://www.physics.sdsu.edu/seminars/2007b/weber.html .

Today's Joint Astronomy-Physics Colloquia is presented by Prof. Calvin Johnson, Dept. of Physics, SDSU, who will talk on "How to Read the Universe: Science Fiction and Science". Read the Abstract here

http://www.physics.sdsu.edu/seminars/2007b/johnson.html .

Today's Joint Astronomy-Physics Colloquia is presented by Dr. Werner Becker, Max-Planck Institut fuer extraterrestrische Physik, who will talk on "Future optical and X-ray observatories for neutron star and pulsar studies". Read the Abstract here

http://www.physics.sdsu.edu/seminars/2007b/becker.html .

Defense - Thursday August 16th at 2:00pm in P-250 there will be a Masters Thesis Defense presented by Mary Ann Polityka who will talk about "Use of Small Field Dosimeters to Develop a Treatment Delivery Unit QA for Stereotactic Radiation Therapy on the Helical TomoTherapy System" Read the Abstract here.

http://www.physics.sdsu.edu/seminars/thesisabstracts/07polityka.html .

Defense - Monday August 6th at 1:00pm in P-250 there will be a Masters Thesis Defense presented by Scott Young who will talk about "CI-Kohn Method of Positron-Atom Scattering" Read the Abstract here.

http://www.physics.sdsu.edu/seminars/thesisabstracts/07young.html .

Defense - Tuesday July 31st at 1:00pm in P-250 there will be a Masters Thesis Defense presented by Brian Slovick who will talk about "Encoding Amplitude and Phase Information at the Nyquist Frequency Onto a Phase-Only Spatial Light Modulator" Read the Abstract here.

http://www.physics.sdsu.edu/seminars/thesisabstracts/07slovick.html .

Defense - Wednesday May 9th 2:00pm in P-149 there will be a Masters Thesis Defense presented by Ivan Hromada who will talk about "Thermal Evolution of Neutron Stars" Read the Abstract here.

http://www.physics.sdsu.edu/seminars/thesisabstracts/07hromada.html .

Defense - Monday 7th May at 11.15am in P-250 there will be a Masters Thesis Defense presented by Nicolas Cusnir who will talk about "Propagation of Femtosecond Optical Vortices in beta Barium Borate", Read the Abstract here.

http://www.physics.sdsu.edu/seminars/thesisabstracts/07cusnir.html .

We offer summer classes for: PHYS 180A and 180B (Fundamentals of Physics), PHYS 182A and 182B (Physical Measurements), NSCI 412 (Processes and Inquiry in the Physical Sciences), Click on the above to links to see the summer schedules. You can Read More Here

http://www.physics.sdsu.edu/news/2007/05_001.html .

Friday's Joint Astronomy-Physics Colloquia is presented by a raft of our Physics undergraduates: Parker Burrola "Hyperons and Neutron Star Matter", Daniel Emmons "1-D Ultrafast Phase Only Pulse Shaping", Derek Padilla "Secular Behavior of Nuclear Energy Density", Kyle Rollin "Investigation of Helium using Configuration Interaction". All of our physics majors must undertake and present a senior research thesis under supervision by our Faculty. Read the Abstracts here

http://www.physics.sdsu.edu/seminars/thesisabstracts/07spring.html

Congratulations to Daniel Emmons II, a Physics undergrad, who won first prize for his oral presentation at SDSU's Annual Undergraduate Research Symposium. His talk was on "1-D Ultrafast Phase Only Pulse Shaping", and covered his research in the Ultrafast Laser Lab. You can Read More Here

http://www.physics.sdsu.edu/news/2007/04_007.html

Congratulations to Omair Zubairi, a Physics undergrad, who won second place for his poster at SDSU's Annual Undergraduate Research Symposium. His poster was on "The Cosmological Constant and Compact Stars", and covered his research with Prof. Fridolin Weber. You can Read More Here

http://www.physics.sdsu.edu/news/2007/04_006.html

"A New Puzzle" in nuclear physics has been published this week. The paper, by Professor Calvin Johnson and Computational Science PhD student Hai Ah Nam, appears in Physical Review C. You can Read More Here

http://www.physics.sdsu.edu/news/2007/04_005.html

Three papers spanning a range of atomic physics research have been published this week by Dr. Michael Bromley on a new method of computing Quantum Mechanical scattering in Physical Review Letters, calculations demonstrating new anti-matter and matter bound states in Physical Review A, and the ultracold interactions between excited states of Lithium atoms in Physical Review A. You can Read More Here

http://www.physics.sdsu.edu/news/2007/04_004.html

Today's Joint Astronomy-Physics Colloquia is presented by Dr. Kailash Sahu, Space Telescope Science Institute, who will talk on "Worlds in Transit". Read the Abstract here

http://www.physics.sdsu.edu/seminars/2007a/sahu.html .

News - Friday sees a number of presentations of our Physics students at the 2007 SDSU Undergraduate Research Symposium. 9:00 am - 10:15 am (in the Aztec Center, Quetzalcoatl room) Daniel Emmons will talk on "1-D Ultrafast Phase Only Pulse Shaping". 11:15 am - 1:00 pm has the poster session featuring: Parker Burrola "Hyperons and Neutron Star Matter", Danny Flynn "Mitochondrial Stereology from the Statistics of Sections" and Omair Zubairi "Compact Stars and the Cosmological Constant". Kristen Mecadon (our SPS president) has her poster in the biology section on "Shadow structures to standarize google ranks between disconnected components". You can Read More Here

http://www.physics.sdsu.edu/news/2007/04_003.html

Prof. Al Sweedler appeared Tuesday morning on KPBS radio's special series "A Matter of Degrees: Climate Change in San Diego" You can listen online to an archive of the broadcast here

http://www.kpbs.org/news/local?id=8009

Or download the mp3.

Today's Joint Astronomy-Physics Colloquia is presented by Prof. Ronald Walsworth, Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics who will talk on "Multidisciplinary Applications of State-Selected Atoms", Read the Abstract here

http://www.physics.sdsu.edu/seminars/2007a/walsworth.html .

The SDSU Department of Physics has named it's annual public lecture the 'Doc Morris Public Lecture Series' in honor of it's most senior Faculty Member Prof. Richard H. Morris who joined the SDSU Physics faculty 50 years ago (in 1957). You can Read More Here

http://www.physics.sdsu.edu/news/2007/04_002.html

The 2007 Doc Morris Public Lecture is on Thursday 12th April at 7pm in GMCS 333. Prof. Ronald Walsworth from the Harvard - Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics will delight us with "The Story of Stopped Light". Brought to you by the APS Division of Laser Science's Distinguished Lecturer Program, and the SDSU Dept. of Physics.

Free on-campus parking available.

You can Read More Here

http://www.physics.sdsu.edu/seminars/public/walsworth.html

Today's Joint Astronomy-Physics Colloquia is presented by Prof. Donald Rehfuss, Dept. of Physics, SDSU who will talk on "The Nature of 107 and of 333", Read the Abstract here

http://www.physics.sdsu.edu/seminars/2007a/rehfuss.html .

Two papers have just been published by Professor Calvin Johnson, including one co-authored by one of the Department's most outstanding recent undergraduates, Van Nguyen, who is now working on a PhD in physics at Columbia University, supported by a full NSF fellowship. You can Read More Here

http://www.physics.sdsu.edu/news/2007/04_001.html

Open position for Chair of the Department of Physics. Position closes April 13, 2007. You can click here for more information

http://www.physics.sdsu.edu/jobs/2007chair.html

Today's Joint Astronomy-Physics Colloquia is presented by Dr. Michael Bromley, Dept. of Physics, SDSU who will talk on "Fun with quantum numbers, matter and antimatter", Read the Abstract here

http://www.physics.sdsu.edu/seminars/2007a/bromley.html .

Today's Joint Astronomy-Physics Colloquia is presented by Dr. J. F. Dolan, Dept. of Astronomy, SDSU and NASA Goddard Space Flight Center who will talk on "A Far UV Luminosity Component In SS433", Read the Abstract here

http://www.physics.sdsu.edu/seminars/2007a/dolan.html .

Computational Science (and Computational Physics) students are presenting their research today in Montezuma Hall (Aztec Center) at 3pm at a poster session as part of the Computational Sciences ACSESS forum. Read more Here.

http://www.physics.sdsu.edu/news/2007/03_001.html

Today's Joint Astronomy-Physics Colloquia is presented by a candidate for the physics faculty position. Dr. Usha Sinha, Department of Radiology, UCLA will talk on "Magnetic Resonance (MR) Imaging and Imaging Informatics: From Data to Knowledge", Read the Abstract here

http://www.physics.sdsu.edu/seminars/2007a/sinha.html .

Today's Joint Astronomy-Physics Colloquia is presented by a candidate for the physics faculty position. Dr. Mauro Tambasco, Department of Oncology, University of Calgary will talk on "Quantitative Assessment of Tumor Malignancy Using Fractal Analysis", Read the Abstract here

http://www.physics.sdsu.edu/seminars/2007a/tambasco.html .

Prof. Fridolin Weber features in the latest issue of New Scientist. You can Read more Here.

http://www.physics.sdsu.edu/news/2007/02_004.html

Computational Sciences PhD student Rodrigo P. Negreiros received 2nd prize in the Charles Kittel Award for Best Theoretical Research for his presentation on "Charged Strange Stars" at the Fall 2006 meeting of the Calfifornia Section American Physical Society. You can Read More Here

http://www.physics.sdsu.edu/news/2007/02_003.html

Today's Joint Astronomy-Physics Colloquia is presented by a candidate for the physics faculty position. Dr. Steven Goetsch, San Diego Gamma Knife Center will talk on "The Role of the Medical Physicist in Gamma Knife Radiosurgery of the Brain", Read the Abstract here

http://www.physics.sdsu.edu/seminars/2007a/goetsch.html .

Today's Joint Astronomy-Physics Colloquia is presented by a candidate for the physics faculty position. Dr. Jacqueline A. Johnson, Argonne National Laboratory will talk on "Glass Ceramics and Imaging", Read the Abstract here

http://www.physics.sdsu.edu/seminars/2007a/johnson.html .

Today's Joint Astronomy-Physics Colloquia is presented by Professor Mike DeMarco of Buffalo State University. The talk is on "99Ru Mossbauer Spectroscopy: The Physicist Gamma Ray Microscope used to view the Coexistence of Superconductivity and Magnetism in GdSr2RuCu2O8", Read the Abstract here

http://www.physics.sdsu.edu/seminars/2007a/demarco.html .

Research demonstrating a new class of matter and antimatter bound states has just been published today by Dr. Michael Bromley in the journal Physical Review Letters. You can Read More Here

http://www.physics.sdsu.edu/news/2007/02_002.html

Less of a launch, more of a continental drift.

The Launch of the SDSU Physics RSS feed, that collates and announces the following Physics

• Grants
• Papers
• JAPC and other seminars
• all other news

For more info on RSS/XML newsfeeding see the bottom of the NewsPage

http://www.physics.sdsu.edu/news/2007/02_001.html