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Welcome Incoming Freshmen

 If you are in the honors program or are planning to major in physics or one of the physical sciences (such as chemistry), we recommend that you enroll in PHY 211 General Physics (any section) and PHY 191 Frontiers in Physics. Please see the for more information.

Please also contact a faculty member in the physics department for general advice in choosing classes.
 
To start, you can send email to Dr. Seger (jseger@creighton.edu) or Nichols (mnichols@creighton.edu).
 
Also, when you get to campus, please stop by the department and introduce yourself ! We'll also add you to our student email listserve so you can get information about departmental activities, scholarships, research opportunities, etc.
 
Thanks and Welcome to Creighton!

 

Physics Club: Life of Brian

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Location: 
Humanities 301
Date of Event: 
10/09/2008 - 18:00
Contact info: 
Mark Pepin, Physics Club President

Alumni Award Celebration

Please join us Thursday October 9th at 12:30 for a celebration as we announce the winner of the Alumni Scholarship. Cake and refreshments will be served. Everyone is invited.

Location: 
Hixson Lied G09
Date of Event: 
10/09/2008 - 12:30
Contact info: 
Dr. Gabel

10-03-2008 Physics Seminar - Joey Butterworth

Modeling Ultra Peripheral Collisions

Joey Butterworth

Physics Department, Creighton University

Through the use of Monte Carlo methods, we are able to simulate electromagnetic interactions of nuclei that traveling by one another--Also known as ultra peripheral collisions. This presentation will give a brief look into Monte Carlo methods and how they are applied to the simulation of ultra peripheral collisions.

Location: 
Hixson Lied G59
Date of Event: 
10/03/2008 - 12:30
Contact info: 
Dr. Patricia Soto
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10-03-2008 Physics Seminar - Lauren Dwyer

The Nuclear Science Merit Badge

Lauren Dwyer

Physics Department, Creighton University

Each March, Creighton University hosts a workshop for local Boy Scouts to learn the uses, applications, and basics of nuclear science. As part of outreach efforts, a webpage has been created that serves as a comprehensive resource for the Nuclear Science Merit Badge for all scouts nationally. The webpage has several features that help a scout complete the badge.

Location: 
Hixson Lied G59
Date of Event: 
10/03/2008 - 12:30
Contact info: 
Dr. Patricia Soto
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Physnic 2009

PHYSNIC
     [fiz-nik] -noun
     1. an annual Physics Department excursion involving Panera Bread
     2. Saturday, September 26, 2009 12:30pm
     3. the park at 38th & Lafayette Avenue
         
Please sign-up on the sheet outside the Physics Club room. On the sheet, write whether you need or can provide a ride to the Physnic. See you there!
Location: 
38th & Lafayette Ave
Date of Event: 
09/26/2009 - 12:30
Contact info: 
Anya Burkart, Physics Club President

Physics Seminar 04-24-2009

Study of Solar Cells and Their Capabilities

Joseph Brewer

Solar energy is one of the best sources of renewable energy available. In the very near future, Creighton University will be investing $1.2 million dollars to install solar panels. Our group was responsible for looking into some background information about the possible solar panel technologies. We looked at possible losses in efficiency due to both the angle of the incident photons and the temperature of the cell. We then created an experimental setup where we could measure both current and voltage coming out of these cells. Using our proposed experimental setup, we hope to ascertain which one of the three major types of solar cell technologies (monocrystalline, polycrystalline, and amorphous thin-film) will prove to be the best technology for us here at Creighton.

Location: 
Hixson Lied G59
Date of Event: 
04/24/2009 - 17:30
Contact info: 
Dr. Patricia Soto
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Habitat for Humanity

What: Habitat for Humanity Outreach
Who: Physics Club
When: Saturday April 25 8:15am - noon
Where: meet at Deglman Circle
What to bring: a filled out waiver (attached), a car for carpooling (if you have one), and clothes you don't mind getting dirty
 
Location: 
Deglman Circle
Date of Event: 
04/25/2009 - 13:15
Contact info: 
Anya Burkart
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Physics Seminar 04-03-09

A Spitzer Space Telescope Infrared Spectral Study of Quasar Outflows

by Allison Showalter

  and

Digital Holographic Microscopy

by Semere Woldemariam

 

Everyone is Invited!

Location: 
Hixson Lied G59
Date of Event: 
04/03/2009 - 15:30
Contact info: 
Dr. Patricia Soto

Field Day Champions

This year we had a great turn out with 15 teams fielded from Gross Catholic, Papillion, Abraham Lincoln, Mount Michael, St. Albert, Central Academy and Burke High School.  Teams competed in seven events: Death Star Laser Aiming, Boat Building, Chalk Talk (Space physics portrayed in film), Quiz Bowl, Circuit Building, and Toothpick Bridge Building (The complete program can be found here.

And the winners of the 35th Annual CU Physics Field Day are...

First Place: Central Academy (Team 1)

Second Place: Gross Catholic (Team 5)

Third Place: Central Academy (Team 2)

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