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18 August 2017 Physics Department Tenure-Track Faculty Positions Available The Department of Physics of Harvey Mudd College has openings for tenure-track appointments at the assistant professor level, beginning September 2018. We have thirteen full-time members; we graduate about … |
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12 May 2017 HMC Physics Students, Alumni Win Prestigious Graduate Fellowships Several students and alumni of the Harvey Mudd physics program have won national fellowships for graduate study this year. Jonas Kaufman (’17) and Helen Fitzmaurice (’10) have been offered National Science … |
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3 July 2016 Prof. Jack Waggoner passes away after a long illness Retired Professor Jack Holmes Waggoner died on the morning of 2 July 2016, according to a nurse at Pilgrim Place, where Waggoner resided following the 2013 death of his beloved wife Anne. He is survived … …more news |
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Why study physics at HMC? Critical mass, for one thing. We have a large enough department to support a variety of research projects and enough majors to give you great odds of connecting with an excellent group of study buddies. |
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Can I participate in research? Definitely! With 13 full-time faculty members, research activities in the department investigate quantum information, defects in colloids, laser-based fusion, thin-film magnetic systems, plant biomechanics, … |
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Where do our students go? Somewhat more than half of physics majors head immediately to graduate school for PhDs in physics or related disciplines. The others find jobs as engineers, software developers, research assistants, data … |
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What can you do with a physics degree? What’s a physics degree from HMC good for? Plenty. But don’t just take our word for it. Listen to what our alumni say. |
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What about the physics curriculum? By design, the physics curriculum is lean enough to give physics majors an unconstrained elective each semester. With nine options, including astrophysics, biophysics, chemical physics, education, geophysics, … |
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What physics is in the HMC Core? Core physics begins with Special Relativity, which beautifully illustrates how careful reasoning from simple premises can teach you an incredible amount about how the world actually works—even if it isn’t … |
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| 8 July 2012 | Rising-junior Sheena Patel presents her prize-winning poster at the 19th International Conference on Magnetism in Busan, South Korea (July 2012). |
