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Welcome to the Department of Physics at Augustana College. The Department provides outstanding scientific and technical instruction as well as undergraduate research opportunities, all within the context of a broad liberal arts education. Our goal is a program that prepares our students for lives of intellectual growth and service.
Prospective Students may find more information here. What have our recent alumni done? Check out the list.
Departmental News
Read about what 2003 graduate Brad Hartman has been doing lately.
Russ Averin presents work to the FermiLab D0 Di-Boson Physics Group.
Summer Research 2007 - Six physics majors are among the over fifty Augustana students engaged in scientific research projects this summer.
Student Research Highlighted at National Meeting - Work done by Augustana students Laura Doshier and Amy Lueking, in collaboration with undergraduates at Kansas State University, was the subject of an invited talk at the 2007 DAMOP meeting . The Augustana/KSU collaboration is one of five selected for this honor. Augustana's Jamie Kapplinger was selected in 2006.
Grant Award - Augie's Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics group receives NSF-RUI award, providing funds for undergraduate research through 2010.
Deep Underground Lab - NSF selects Homestake site.
National Science Foundation Award - The Augustana phyiscs and chemistry departments receive an NSF award to add laser spectroscopy experiments to undergraduate lab courses. An update on the project progress may be found here.
Alumni Article Published - 2002 Alumni David Baker helps explain how your DVD-RAM works in this article from Physical Review Letters. Recent Student Publications - Augustana undergraduates have co-authored three recent publications in Physical Review. Follow the links for details: 1, 2, 3.
NPURC - The physics department is part of the National Science Foundation funded Northern Plains Undergraduate Research Collaboration.
For other recent events of interest around the physics department, check out the 2005 alumni newsletter or visit the department news archive.
Announcements
Tentative future course rotations are listed here.
An honors physics track, leading to graduation with distinction in physics, has been approved.
Contact
Department of Physics
Augustana College
2001 S Summit Ave
Sioux Falls, SD 57197
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