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Welcome to the Physics Department at Hendrix College We are committed to providing an excellent education in both theoretical and experimental physics. Our students are able to experience physics in the classroom, in the lab, and in the research lab.  The Physics Department is pleased to welcome two new faculty m …

Welcome to our research labs To explore the universe, to find something new, to understand what we did not understand before. That is the nature of physics, that is the nature of research.       Dr. Richard Rolleigh is currently developing theoretical models in two very … is developing a 51 meter ring laser gyroscope to measure seismic waves and related phenomena. Though these effects are …

COURSES FOR THE NON-MAJOR The Department offers a number of courses for those students who would like to know more about the physical world but do not wish to pursue a physics major. These are introductory courses and do not have any pre-requisites. PHYS 110: Concepts of Space, Time, and Reality (NS-L) P … To provide science and non-science students with an introduction to …

 Students at Hendrix College learn by doing physics. With small class sizes, each student gets individual attention and the opportunity to really get to know the faculty. … Physics majors are encouraged to participate in the Society … Our students regularly give presentations at national conferences, such as National Conference on Undergraduate Research (NCUR) and American Physical Society. (APS) …

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Class of 2008Back Row (left to right)   Bryan Rodgers, Abram Harder, Neil Kopper Front Row (left to right)   Alex Ragula, Josh Wilson, Jamie Jennings (Chemical Physics), Christina von Reyn …

On 6 March 2008 several members of the Hendrix physics department traveled to the  Clinton School of Public Service in Little Rock, AR to attend a lunch lecture by Nobel laureate William Phillips .  Dr. Phillips shared the 1997 Nobel Prize in Physics with Steven Chu and Claude Cohen-Tannoudji "for development of … There was some time to interact with Dr. Phillips after his lecture. …

 A pair of Hendrix physics majors gave presentations on their research at the April Meeting of the American Physical Society.  Josh Wilson '08 presented a talk entitled "Six degree of freedom thrust sensor for hybrid rocket" based on research conducted … The American Physical Society (APS) is the preeminent professional society for physicists in academia, government, and industry; it is …

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American Physical Society meeting, March 2006. Baltimore, MD. … Laser Assisted Cancer Immunotherapy: Mapping of the Necrosis Zone … Interstitial Laser Irradiation of Solid Tumors in Laser Assisted Cancer Immunotherapy … March Meeting of the American Physical Society, March 2011. Dallas, TX … Magnetic field dependence on neutrino-induced electron-positron creation rates  … Fall Meeting of the APS Division of …