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The Physics Department is taking learning out of the lab and into the field. Physics 100/200 and Physics 190 classes have been experimenting with launching pressure rockets behind the campus athletic fields. Faculty members Kristen Burson, Viva Horowitz, and Seth Major, and Director of Laboratories/Head Technician Adam Lark are making the most of this outdoor lab to teach the concepts of pressure and distance.

Assistant Professor of Physics Kate Brown sat down with Rebekah Fowler '21 to talk about her favorite course to teach, why she chose Hamilton, and how to succeed in her classes.

After a successful weather balloon launch and retrieval in December, the Hamilton Society of Physics students gave it another try on Sept. 21.

Catherine Ryczek ’21 spent her summer in Germany working with Assistant Professor of Physics Kristen Burson and a team of physicists from around the world at the Fritz-Haber Institute of the Max Planck Society in Berlin. During her internship, Ryczek collected and analyzed low energy electron diffraction (LEED) data, a process which enabled her and her fellow researchers to learn more about the structure of materials. She also worked to design and assemble a new ultra-high vacuum (UHV) system to allow for the closer study of thin films.

Adri Cruz ’21 and Andrew Projansky ’21 have spent much of their summer immersed in theoretical physics research, collecting data and coding, modeling, testing, and debugging a program they created.

Catherine Ryczek '21 has been named a Barry M. Goldwater Scholar for the 2019-20 academic year. She is among 496 undergraduate sophomores and juniors from across the U.S. to receive the Goldwater, the premier national undergraduate award in the fields of mathematics, the natural sciences and engineering.

Catherine Ryczek '21 has been named a Barry M. Goldwater Scholar for the 2019-20 academic year. She is among 496 undergraduate sophomores and juniors from across the U.S. to receive the Goldwater, the premier national undergraduate award in the fields of mathematics, the natural sciences and engineering.

Four Hamilton researchers were among the presenters at the American Physical Society (APS) March Meeting that recently took place in Boston.

Michael Hosek ’19 presented a poster at the 99th American Meteorological Society Annual Meeting held in Phoenix from Jan. 6 to 10.

After months of hard work, physics students launched their high altitude weather balloon, along with camera equipment to record the flight into the stratosphere and a parachute to bring it back down to Earth.