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Science and Mathematics
2012-2013 California State University, Fresno General Catalog 417
College of Science and Mathematics
Department of Physics
Douglas Singleton, Chair
Nancy Wright, Administrative Support
Coordinator
McLane Hall, Room 173
559.278.2371
FAX: 559.278.7741
http://physics.csufresno.edu/
B.S. in Physics
B.S. in Biomedical Physics
B.A. in Natural Science
Teaching Credential
Option: Physics
M.S. in Physics
Minor in Astronomy
Minor in Medical Physics
Minor in Physics
Minor in Physical Science
Preprofessional advising in
• Premedical
• Preoptomentry
Physics Laboratory, and the Astrophysics
Laboratory. The High Energy Laboratory
develops and constructs state-of-the-art
solid-state charged particle detectors for
use in the D0 Project at Fermi National
Laboratory (Fermilab). Our HEP program
has joined the ATLAS experiment of the
Large Hadron Collider (LHC) at the Eu-ropean
Organization for Nuclear Research
(CERN) near Geneva, Switzerland. LHC
started operation in 2009 and will remain
the energy frontier for the next 15 years
or longer. We are the only CSU school on
ATLAS or CMS, the two fl agship LHC
experiments designed to search for new
physics. Our ATLAS program is supported
by a base/core grant from National Science
Foundation (NSF) Elementary Particle
Physics (EPP) program. Our students have
the opportunity to work on ATLAS projects
at CERN every year.
The Condensed Matter Physics Laboratory
is well equipped with both teaching and
student research equipment, such as a pulsed
NMR spectrometer, X-ray diffractometer,
Our classes are small; our upper-division and
graduate classes usually have 10-15 students
or less. Physics majors get to know each
other very well. They develop friendships
with peers, faculty, and staff, which extend
well beyond graduation.
The Department of Physics has an active
theoretical physics program that focuses on
gravitational physics and fi eld theory. We
have ongoing collaborations with several
international research groups including the
Institute of Applied Physics of the Academy
of Sciences of Moldova, Kyrgyz-Russian
Slavic University, the Center for Gravitation
and Fundamental Metrology (VNIIMS) at
the Peoples’ Friendship University of Russia,
and the Universidad de Costa Rica. Our
students in this area regularly attend na-tional
and international conferences to give
talks, and they are active in publishing their
research work in refereed journals. Several
international researchers have visited our
department and engaged in collaborative
research, colloquia, and seminars.
The department has well-equipped research
laboratories with a fume hood, evaporative
and ion beam sputtering machine, and high
temperature ovens for thin fi lm research.
We have two medium-power lasers, which
enhance our capabilities in modern optical
studies, including Raman spectroscopy and
nonlinear optics.
Four new research laboratories are also part
of our current experimental efforts: the
Radiation Measurements and Instrumenta-tion
Laboratory, the High Energy Physics
(HEP) Laboratory, the Condensed Matter
Physics
The fascination of physics is that it is so
fundamental: the continuing attempt to
understand how things work. It combines
observational and experimental grappling
with nature to get the facts of behavior,
with the crea tive synthesis of these facts into
theories and laws of nature, often beautiful
in their simplicity and universality.
Albert Einstein said, “They [the laws of
theoretical physics] should form the basis
from which a picture of all processes of na-ture
can be derived by thoughtful deduction
— and these include also the processes of
life.” He also said, “The deeper we search,
the more we fi nd there is to know, and as
long as human life exists, I believe it will
always be so.”
More specifi cally, physics includes the study
of the fundamental particles that make up
all matter, of electro mag netic, gravitational,
atomic and nuclear forces, of energy, of light
and heat, of electronics and the structure
and properties of materials, of the interiors
of the Earth and the stars.
Faculty and Facilities
Our faculty members are here to teach and
to do research. Several faculty members have
research projects involving students. Two of
our faculty members do theoretical work in
particle physics and fi eld theory while others
are involved with numerous different experi-mental
research fi elds; some of our faculty
are involved in physics pedagogy.
Object Description
| Title | 2012-13 General Catalog |
| Creator | California State University, Fresno |
| Format | PDF Document |
| Date of publication | 2012-05 |
| Subjects | California State University, Fresno. Curricula. Catalogs |
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| Location | Fresno, California |
| Language | eng |
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| Title | Page 417 |
| Full Text Search | Physics Science and Mathematics 2012-2013 California State University, Fresno General Catalog 417 College of Science and Mathematics Department of Physics Douglas Singleton, Chair Nancy Wright, Administrative Support Coordinator McLane Hall, Room 173 559.278.2371 FAX: 559.278.7741 http://physics.csufresno.edu/ B.S. in Physics B.S. in Biomedical Physics B.A. in Natural Science Teaching Credential Option: Physics M.S. in Physics Minor in Astronomy Minor in Medical Physics Minor in Physics Minor in Physical Science Preprofessional advising in • Premedical • Preoptomentry Physics Laboratory, and the Astrophysics Laboratory. The High Energy Laboratory develops and constructs state-of-the-art solid-state charged particle detectors for use in the D0 Project at Fermi National Laboratory (Fermilab). Our HEP program has joined the ATLAS experiment of the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) at the Eu-ropean Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) near Geneva, Switzerland. LHC started operation in 2009 and will remain the energy frontier for the next 15 years or longer. We are the only CSU school on ATLAS or CMS, the two fl agship LHC experiments designed to search for new physics. Our ATLAS program is supported by a base/core grant from National Science Foundation (NSF) Elementary Particle Physics (EPP) program. Our students have the opportunity to work on ATLAS projects at CERN every year. The Condensed Matter Physics Laboratory is well equipped with both teaching and student research equipment, such as a pulsed NMR spectrometer, X-ray diffractometer, Our classes are small; our upper-division and graduate classes usually have 10-15 students or less. Physics majors get to know each other very well. They develop friendships with peers, faculty, and staff, which extend well beyond graduation. The Department of Physics has an active theoretical physics program that focuses on gravitational physics and fi eld theory. We have ongoing collaborations with several international research groups including the Institute of Applied Physics of the Academy of Sciences of Moldova, Kyrgyz-Russian Slavic University, the Center for Gravitation and Fundamental Metrology (VNIIMS) at the Peoples’ Friendship University of Russia, and the Universidad de Costa Rica. Our students in this area regularly attend na-tional and international conferences to give talks, and they are active in publishing their research work in refereed journals. Several international researchers have visited our department and engaged in collaborative research, colloquia, and seminars. The department has well-equipped research laboratories with a fume hood, evaporative and ion beam sputtering machine, and high temperature ovens for thin fi lm research. We have two medium-power lasers, which enhance our capabilities in modern optical studies, including Raman spectroscopy and nonlinear optics. Four new research laboratories are also part of our current experimental efforts: the Radiation Measurements and Instrumenta-tion Laboratory, the High Energy Physics (HEP) Laboratory, the Condensed Matter Physics The fascination of physics is that it is so fundamental: the continuing attempt to understand how things work. It combines observational and experimental grappling with nature to get the facts of behavior, with the crea tive synthesis of these facts into theories and laws of nature, often beautiful in their simplicity and universality. Albert Einstein said, “They [the laws of theoretical physics] should form the basis from which a picture of all processes of na-ture can be derived by thoughtful deduction — and these include also the processes of life.” He also said, “The deeper we search, the more we fi nd there is to know, and as long as human life exists, I believe it will always be so.” More specifi cally, physics includes the study of the fundamental particles that make up all matter, of electro mag netic, gravitational, atomic and nuclear forces, of energy, of light and heat, of electronics and the structure and properties of materials, of the interiors of the Earth and the stars. Faculty and Facilities Our faculty members are here to teach and to do research. Several faculty members have research projects involving students. Two of our faculty members do theoretical work in particle physics and fi eld theory while others are involved with numerous different experi-mental research fi elds; some of our faculty are involved in physics pedagogy. |
