Department News
Meghan Numrich receives Wisconsin Space Grant scholarship
Meghan Numrich, a Geology major and Astronomy minor, received a Wisconsin Space Grant Consortium Undergraduate Scholarship award.
Olivia Mativi participates in the 2022 UWO Celebration of Scholarship
Physics major Olivia Mativi recently presented a research poster at the Spring 2022 UW Oshkosh Celebration of Scholarship, on Fully Leptonic Charmonium Decays using the PANDA Detector at FAIR.
Dr. John Beaver to give workshops at the 3rd annual Experimental Photography Festival in Barcelona
Dr. John Beaver will lead four workshops and participate in two forums at the 3rd annual Experimental Photography Festival in Barcelona (July 20-24), on photographic topics related to his books and art-science connections, including two experimental photographic processes that he developed over the past several years.
Matt Frisch and Em Garvey participate in the Fall 2021 McNair Scholars Showcase
Congratulations to physics majors Matt Frisch and Em Garvey who recently presented research posters at the Fall 2021 McNair Scholars Showcase. Matt Frisch, an engineering and physics major from Rio, with Dr. Nenad Stojilovic. Poster: Discovering the Origin of...
Annual Physics Open House
Please join us for our Annual Physics Open House! Location: Halsey Science 345 Date: February 20, 2020 Time: 11-1 pm
Pace and Baker headed to UW-Milwaukee graduate school
Heather Pace (2020) and Timothy Baker (2017) have been accepted to graduate school in physics at the University of Wisconsin Milwaukee. Pace (2020) and Baker (2017) accepted to UW Milwaukee (Spring 2019) Please congratulate Heather Pace (2020) and Timothy Baker (2017)...
UW departments of physics/astronomy merge!
The Departments of Physics/Astronomy of UW Oshkosh, UW-Fox Valley, and UW-Fond du Lac have merged. Please visit our faculty webpage for a complete list of all faculty of the newly combined Department. The Departments of Physics/Astronomy of UW Oshkosh, UW-Fox Valley,...
Ripon high school physics instructor participates in NASA research program
CAPP Physics Instructor, Nick Goeldi (Ripon High School), recently particpated in the NASA IPAC Teacher Archive Research (NITARP) program. The program consists of teachers and students from across the country working with astrophysicists at NASA to study infrared...
Heather Pace ’19 attends Hadron Physics School in Julich, Germany
In Fall 2019, Heather Pace (Class of 2019) attended the Hadron Physics Summer School (HPSS) in Julich, Germany. Heather and other students learned from 20-30 theoretical and experimental physicists working and teaching in the field of particle physics. Lecturers...
Physics class on space exploration launches rockets
The students in the Space Exploration and Science course (PHYS 115) recently built and launched model rockets as part of learning how they work. Students not only learned about the various parts of a rocket. They also learned the physics behind such things as...
Dr. Anthony Kuchera ’08 joins Davidson College as tenure-track assistant professor
Dr. Anthony Kuchera (UW Oshkosh physics graduate, 2008) joins Davidson College as Tenure-Track Assistant Professor July 1, 2018. His research focuses on the study of nuclear structure and nuclear reactions. Most recently, he conducted research at the National...
Students Present Their Research at the UW System Symposium
This year, six physics students presented their research projects and results at the 12th Annual University of Wisconsin System Symposium for Undergraduate Research and Creative Activity held at the University of Wisconsin-Parkside on April 27, 2012....
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Department Chair
Dr. Nadia Kaltcheva
Room 337B
kaltchev@uwosh.edu