The department offers the B.S. degree in Physics, and is one of the largest in the California State University system, serving about 100 Physics majors and a much larger number of other students through its service and general education courses. The department currently has 12 tenure track faculty with interests in a variety of areas of Physics and Astronomy.
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| Dr. Hui Cao, Professor of Physics and Applied Physics at Yale University will be visiting Cal Poly Pomona on May 3-4, 2012 as a Distinguished Traveling Lecturer of the American Physical Society’s Division of Laser Science. Dr. Cao will give a seminar on Thursday, May 3, 4-5 pm, and a public lecture on Friday, May 4, 6:30-7:30 pm at Bronco Student Center. | Matt Povich has accepted an offer to join the Department of Physics and Astronomy at Cal Poly Pomona as an Assistant Professor. Matt is currently an NSF Astronomy and Astrophysics Postdoctoral Fellow in the Department of Astronomy & Astrophysics at Penn State University. Along with Alex Rudolph, Matt will support the strong and growing Astronomy Program within the department. Read more... | Professors in the Cal Poly Pomona science, math and education departments including Dr. Homeyra Sadaghiani of Dept. of Physics and Astronomy are coming together to train middle school teachers with the help of a $1.4 million grant funded by the NSF Noyce Master Teacher Fellows Program. |
| PHYSICS and ASTRONOMY SEMINARS: Seminars are currently held on select Thursdays, 11 am, at 8-241 (unless indicated otherwise). Please check schedule of seminars for titles, speaker information, and abstracts of the upcoming talks. | ||
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