News at USF Physics

Upcoming Physics Department Colloquium: 4:10pm, September 5, PHY130

Dr. Beatriz Roldán Cuenya, Assistant Professor, Department of Physics, University of Central Florida, "Atomic Vibrations in Metal Nanostructures"  

Upcoming Meeting for the Society of Physics Students: 1:00pm, September 5, PHY211A

All are welcome to attend.

We would like to kick off the 2008-2009 school year with officer elections over lunch.  There will be free pizza.  In addition to elections, future events will be discussed.  These events include but are not limited to:

Participation in a ropes course at Riverfront Park.  The activity is reputed to promote teamwork and should provide an excellent opportunity for members to become acquainted or further acquainted with each other.

 

Design and production of t-shirts.  There were a lot of brilliant ideas for the design last year.  We are still open to new ideas as well.  We intend to see one creative idea in print and on a shirt this year.  Period.

 

Our Fall Halloween event, "Frighteningly Freaky Physics."  Like the t-shirt design, this is an area to show off your creativity.  Feeling inspired?  Be sure to speak up on Friday!

 

EXPO.  If there is one defining event for SPS, it is EXPO.  EXPO is a chance to display the ingenuity and practical applications of science and engineering to the public.  It is usually held in February on a Friday and a Saturday.  EXPO is a lot of fun to watch and participate in.  It's not something you would want to miss once you've seen it.

Hope to see everyone on Friday!  We have a lot of fun items to talk about.

SPS membership is open to all students with an interest in physics.  Membership applications can be obtained here. 

Further questions should be directed to SPS advisor, Dr. Criss at rcriss@cas.usf.edu.

 

Computational Scholarship Available for Undergraduates.  Apply for up to $40,000 over four years.  

Dr. Rabson is pleased to announce that the USF-NSF Scholarship in Computational Science is now open to all continuing undergraduate students majoring in chemistry, physics, or statistics.  The scholarship covers up to $10,000 per year, depending on financial need as determined by the financial-aid office.  You may still be eligible even if you already have a Bright-Futures or other scholarship.  Funds in the amount of $500,000 for the scholarship have been provided by the National Science Foundation.

In addition to the money, the scholarship provides the opportunity to learn high-performance-computing skills that will be useful in graduate school or employment.  No prior computing experience is required.

For more information and to print out an application, see http://rc.usf.edu/sstem

 

• TENURE-TRACK FACULTY POSITION IN PHYSICS

The Department of Physics invites applications for a nine month tenure-track faculty position at the Assistant Professor level to begin in August 2008, contingent upon final administrative approval and funding.  The areas of interest are theoretical or experimental materials physics, biomedical physics, and atomic, molecular, and optical physics.  All applications completed by February 8, 2008 will be given full consideration, although the search will continue until the position is filled.<more info> 

• DEPARTMENT ENGINEER POSITION

Design, construct, and repair laboratory equipment and facilities. Provide maintenance and operation of equipment in Physics Materials Diagnostics Facility. Maintain and repair instruction lab and lecture demo equipment. Assist with property inventory, building renovations and new laboratory set ups.<more info>