This summer, the Physics program is offering PHYS 115 to give students a jump start on programs in the physical, natural, or health sciences. The course is designed for students who haven't completed Physics 12 in high school, which is required for taking PHYS 100/101 and PHYS 110/111 at UNBC. By completing the PHYS 115 course during July and August, students will be on the right sequence for the timely completion of their degree program. Contact the program for more information.
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Physics is the study of nature at its most fundamental level. As such, it is the science upon which all other sciences and technologies are based. Because it is so basic, a major in physics is ideal preparation, not only for further study in physics, but also for advanced study in such diverse fields as biophysics, medicine, astrophysics, chemical physics, engineering, meteorology, and computer science.
Winter 2010 Seminars
The Physics Program is sponsoring a series of Seminars this winter term highlighting speakers from both outside and inside UNBC. The next seminar is scheduled for:
Date: Thursday, February 11
Time: 2:30 P.M. to 3:30 P.M.
Room: 5-174 (Library Building)
Speaker: Dr. Patricia Mooney, Physics Department, Simon Fraser University
Title: Materials and Nanostructures for New Semiconductor Technologies
Please click here to view the schedule for Physics Seminars for 2010.
Ultra-cold Neutrons Professor Elie Korkmaz (5th from left in above photo) of the UNBC physics program is part of a newly established research collaboration aimed at building the world's most intense source of ultra cold neutrons (UCN) at the TRIUMF laboratory in Vancouver, BC. This facility will allow scientists to perform to very high precision key experimental studies aimed at sharpening our understanding of nature by exploring new physics that goes beyond the standard model of particle physics. The collaboration involves scientists from a number of Canadian and Japanese institutions and will build on experience gained with the UCN facility currently in operation at the RCNP laboratory in Osaka, Japan. The photo shown was taken during a recent UCN collaboration meeting that took place at TRIUMF in January 2010.
Fictional Physics What it means to be human in the face of scientifically improbable circumstances is the theme being explored in Remembering the Future, a work of science fiction written by first-time literary author and UNBC Physics professor Mark Shegelski (right). The recently released work is a collection of fourteen science fiction stories that explore many universes, time travel, and seemingly impossible situations. This work of fiction is Dr. Shegelski's 60th publication. Click here to view the press release.
Innovative Professor UNBC professor Matt Reid (right) won the John Humphrey's Memorial
Forest Innovator Award at the Northern BC Business and Technology
Awards for his research into the application of terahertz technology in the forest industry. He also received the Collaborative
Research Award. More . . .
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