The close student-faculty collaboration that is at the heart of Hamilton's physics program means that every major completes at least one substantial research project before graduation – with opportunities for many more. Student projects often lead to papers that are presented at professional conferences and/or published in scholarly journals. Recent student-faculty collaborations have been published in Physical Review, New Journal of Physics and Classical and Quantum Gravity.
Hamilton regularly offers research options in such fields as theoretical quantum gravity, general relativity, nuclear physics, laser spectroscopy, nonlinear dynamics and astronomy. Faculty members maintain active research programs in such fields as materials science, laser spectroscopy, atomic physics, theoretical physics and computational chemical physics. In addition, students may arrange independent study projects based on topics of interest not offered in the regular curriculum.
Instrumentation includes a laser lab, a solar classroom, high-resolution optical spectroscopy, a 500 MHz variable-temperature multinuclear nuclear magnetic resonance spectrometer, nuclear counting equipment and an advanced computer lab.
Hamilton also is home to the solar-heated C.H.F. Peters Astronomical Observatory, which houses an 11 ¼" Maksutov telescope and several smaller telescopes. The observatory has been recently upgraded and features computer control of the telescope mount and CCD readout for collecting images.
Hamilton's Quantitative & Symbolic Reasoning Center offers tutoring in courses that include a mathematics/quantitative component. Students may drop in to review topics as needed or to use computers or the video library. The center also offers a review for the mathematics section of the Graduate Record Exam and workshops to accompany specific courses. Tutors at the center are top students who have been recommended by faculty members and trained to assist other students.
The Physics Department makes its home in Hamilton's Science Center. The $56 million facility provides an array of modern equipment, including supercomputers, a cutting-edge laser lab and a 500 MHz NMR spectrometer.
Each senior physics major undertakes independent research with a faculty member that culminates in a senior thesis. This remarkable opportunity to do — and often to publish — professional laboratory work in collaboration with a distinguished working scholar is reserved at many schools for graduate students.
Many physics students also opt to join summer research projects on campus — yet another opportunity to work with, and publish journal articles with, faculty members. In a typical year, more than 70 students receive grants to do scientific research at Hamilton during the summer.
Hamilton's C.H.F. Peters Astronomical Observatory houses a number of telescopes for student research and occasional public use, and also includes facilities for solar energy research.
The Physics Department makes its home in Hamilton's Science Center. The $56 million facility provides an array of modern equipment, including supercomputers, a cutting-edge laser lab and a 500 MHz NMR spectrometer.
Each senior physics major undertakes independent research with a faculty member that culminates in a senior thesis. This remarkable opportunity to do — and often to publish — professional laboratory work in collaboration with a distinguished working scholar is reserved at many schools for graduate students.
Many physics students also opt to join summer research projects on campus — yet another opportunity to work with, and publish journal articles with, faculty members. In a typical year, more than 70 students receive grants to do scientific research at Hamilton during the summer.
Hamilton's C.H.F. Peters Astronomical Observatory houses a number of telescopes for student research and occasional public use, and also includes facilities for solar energy research.
The Physics Department makes its home in Hamilton's Science Center. The $56 million facility provides an array of modern equipment, including supercomputers, a cutting-edge laser lab and a 500 MHz NMR spectrometer.
Each senior physics major undertakes independent research with a faculty member that culminates in a senior thesis. This remarkable opportunity to do — and often to publish — professional laboratory work in collaboration with a distinguished working scholar is reserved at many schools for graduate students.
Many physics students also opt to join summer research projects on campus — yet another opportunity to work with, and publish journal articles with, faculty members. In a typical year, more than 70 students receive grants to do scientific research at Hamilton during the summer.
Hamilton's C.H.F. Peters Astronomical Observatory houses a number of telescopes for student research and occasional public use, and also includes facilities for solar energy research.
The Physics Department makes its home in Hamilton's Science Center. The $56 million facility provides an array of modern equipment, including supercomputers, a cutting-edge laser lab and a 500 MHz NMR spectrometer.
Each senior physics major undertakes independent research with a faculty member that culminates in a senior thesis. This remarkable opportunity to do — and often to publish — professional laboratory work in collaboration with a distinguished working scholar is reserved at many schools for graduate students.
Many physics students also opt to join summer research projects on campus — yet another opportunity to work with, and publish journal articles with, faculty members. In a typical year, more than 70 students receive grants to do scientific research at Hamilton during the summer.
Hamilton's C.H.F. Peters Astronomical Observatory houses a number of telescopes for student research and occasional public use, and also includes facilities for solar energy research.
