MSUM Physics Team takes first place in Quadcopter Challenge!: The MSUM team placed first in the 2020-2021 Minnesota Space Grant Consortium Exploration-Flying Quadcopter Challenge in a competition between 8 college and 1 high school team. Congratulations to team members Hiro, Lucas, Jacob, and Alex! (Posted May 11)
Would you like to be a Learning Assistant?: If you are contemplating being a Learning Assistant you need to apply. You can always turn down or modify an assignment. However if you do not apply you will not have this opportunity. So why should you take this opportunity? In addition to earning money ( = pizza) you also gain valuable experience. This is something you can put on a resume and it looks really good to future employers, graduate schools etc. Please click on this link for the application! (Posted March 31).
Our mission is to provide excellent
undergraduate instruction in physics and
astronomy. In lower division courses, faculty
use lecture demonstrations, cooperative
learning methods, hands-on activities, and
field trips to develop a broad working
knowledge of physics. In upper division
courses, in addition to the above methods,
students learn through cooperative projects,
research with faculty, and hands-on
instrumentation and computation projects.
About the Department of Physics and Astronomy
The MSUM Physics and Astronomy program is a
student-centered program. We provide students with
educational opportunities in the classroom and
outside it in order to improve their preparation for
a career using physics.
We have facilities including a nanotechnology and
robotics lab, a student-built NMR machine, and the
Paul P. Feder observatory.
Our faculty have high quality
research programs in
space physics, robotics, extragalactic, galactic,
and solar system astrophysics, and physics
education. Our undergraduate students participate in
these research programs and gain experience to
prepare them for careers in physics and related
fields.
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