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News and Announcements for Current Physics Students

Important dates, available research positions, and other items are announced in the student RSS feed, which you need to subscribe to and monitor regularly. (This feed also contains information for graduate students.) The latest items in the feed are also posted below.

UAH Physics Students

UAH Physics Students

Announcements for current students (both undergraduate and graduate) in the Physics Department

10/20/2009 Summer 2010 in India
8 week research experience in astronomy/astrophysics. Expenses covered, plus stipend.
10/20/2009 New Course for Spring 2010
PH 689 Atmospheric Electricity. Topics include physics of a thunderstorm, E&M of a lightning flash, charge structure and currents in a thunderstorm, remote sensing. Instructor: Dr. Monte Bateman, ATS. Email: monte.bateman@nasa.gov
09/28/2009 Thesis and Dissertation Preparation Workshop
Presented by the Office of Graduate Studies. Wednesday, October 14, 5:30 - 7:30pm, Tech Hall S105. All graduate students welcome. Attendence a must for those graduating soon.
09/28/2009 Computational Nuclear Fusion
Offered in Spring 2010. (PH 799 section, crosslisted with MAE 795).
09/23/2009 Goldwater Scholarship
Purpose: To support the education of students planning careers as scientists, mathematicians, or engineers.
Award: 300 awards (6 in Alabama) of up to $7,500 per year for the junior and/or senior years.
Contact: Contact faculty representative by October 21, 2009:
Professor Harry Delugach, Director of the Honors Program
Morton Hall 336, UAH
824-6451; delugach@uah.edu
09/23/2009 College of Science Picnic
October 1st, 11:30am - 2:00pm, Shelby Center Courtyard. All science majors and grad students invited!
09/15/2009 NSF East Asia and Pacific Summer Institutes
The National Science Foundation (NSF) East Asia and Pacific Summer Institutes for U.S. Graduate Students (EAPSI) is a flagship international fellowship program for developing the next generation of globally-engaged U.S. scientists and engineers knowledgeable about the Asian and Pacific regions. The Summer Institutes are hosted by foreign counterparts committed to increasing opportunities for young U.S. researchers to work in research facilities and with host mentors abroad. Fellows are supported to participate in eight-week research experiences at host laboratories in Australia, China, Japan (10 weeks), Korea, New Zealand, Singapore and Taiwan from June to August. The application is now open and will close December 8, 2009.
09/09/2009 Conference for Undergraduate Women in Physics
This three-day conference will be held Friday, October 30 - Sunday, November 1, 2009 on the campus of the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. All local expenses, such as accommodations in Lincoln's Downtown Holiday Inn, conference registration fee, and all meals are covered by our sponsors. A limited number of travel scholarships are also available upon request.
09/03/2009 Carl K. Seyfert Fellowship
Physics undergraduates who are currently sophomores or juniors are invited to apply for this Fellowship to Case Western Reserve University, to study galaxy formation of the course of the summer.
09/03/2009 NRC Positions
The National Research Council of the National Academies sponsors a number of awards for graduate, postdoctoral and senior researchers at federal laboratories and affiliated institutions. These awards provide generous stipends ($30,000 - $35,000 for graduate students, $42,000 - $75,000 per year for recent Ph.D. recipients and higher for additional experience), and the opportunity to do independent research in some of the best-equipped and staffed laboratories in the U.S. Research opportunities are open to U.S. citizens, permanent residents, and for some of the laboratories, foreign nationals.