College of Science and Liberal ArtsDepartment of Physics
News from the Dept. of Physics BlogFebruary 28th, 2012
Friday, March 2, 2012 11:30 am 408 FMH Dr. Bin Liu Brown University Abstract: Many bacteria swim by rotating helical flagella. In Nature, these cells often live in a complex fluid environment, such as suspensions of polymers and other micro-scale structures. To explore the physics on how such... read more!
January 31st, 2012
The Department of Physics at the New Jersey Institute of Technology invites applications for a full-time, tenure-track position. The NJIT administration has broadened a search that is in progress for a junior position in theoretical biophysics to include applicants for whom a senior position would... read more!
January 4th, 2012
Research groups in the physics department offer a number of research positions during the summer for physics majors. The Jean Thomas Memorial Fund has just offered additional awards of full financial support to women for this type of enriching experience in a physics lab of the student’s choice.... read more!
September 23rd, 2011
Wednesday, September 28, 2011 2:30 pm to 4 pm Room 406 Tiernan Hall Parag Borgaonkar, CSM Instruments Inc., Needham MA CSM Instruments has for over 30 years been developing state-of-the-art instruments for surface mechanical properties characterization. Based on such experience we have evolved our... read more!
September 1st, 2011
WHY STUDY BIOPHYSICS? Biophysics is a new, exciting interdisciplinary area with expanding career opportunities. The past 20 years have witnessed a revolution in biophysical sciences. Biology studies life in its variety and complexity. It describes how organisms go about getting food,... read more!
July 7th, 2011
The 2011 Acta Materialia Gold Medal Symposium and Reception (honoring Professor Jagdish (Jay) Narayan, Winner of 2011 Gold Medal and Prize) MS&T 2011 Meeting in Columbus, Ohio, USA, October 16-20, 2011 (1) Acta Materialia Gold Medal and NC State Alumni Reception: October 17, 2011... read more!
April 18th, 2011
Monday, April 18, 2011 11:30 am to 1:00 pm Faculty Memorial Hall room 408 Slawomir S. Piatek Senior University Lecturer NJIT, Physics Department Over the past several years, my research group has been measuring proper motions for nearby dwarf satellite galaxies using data taken with the Hubble... read more!
