physics

International doctoral student makes FSU history as first black female graduate in nuclear physics

Published: August 1, 2019 | 2:54 pm | Posted in: University News

Kalisa Villafana will make history when she is hooded in front of thousands Friday evening during the first of two summer commencement ceremonies at Florida State University. Villafana will be FSU’s first black female graduate to earn a doctoral degree in nuclear physics and only the 96th black woman in the country with a Ph.D. […]

Physics team nets $4.5M NSF grant to further nuclear physics research

Published: September 21, 2017 | 2:12 pm | Posted in: Science & Technology

Back row: Professors Samuel Tabor, Mark Riley, Paul Cottle, research faculty Anthony Frawley and Professor Emeritus Kirby Kemper. Front: Professor Ingo Wiedenhoever and Assistant Professor Sergio Almaraz-Calderon.

A team of Florida State University physicists has won a $4.5 million grant from the National Science Foundation to probe deeper into the world of nuclear physics and nuclear astrophysics. Physics Professors Ingo Wiedenhoever, Paul Cottle, Mark Riley, Samuel Tabor, Assistant Professor Sergio Almaraz-Calderon and research faculty Anthony Frawley operate the John D. Fox Superconducting […]

FSU physics highlighted in national physics education report

Published: October 21, 2016 | 1:38 pm | Posted in: Science & Technology

FSU's undergraduate physics program is a model for other institutions around the nation.

A new joint report from the American Physical Society and the American Association of Physics Teachers puts the spotlight on Florida State University’s physics program as a model for other institutions around the nation. The report, which was funded by the National Science Foundation, examines what skills and knowledge the next generation of physicists should […]

FSU donates $40K of lab equipment to boost physics enrollment in Bay County high schools

Published: September 22, 2016 | 12:24 pm | Posted in: Science & Technology

From left to right: Barbara Reyes, the Physics Department's Associate in Teaching and Laboratory Coordinator at FSU; Sean O’Donnell, teacher at Mosley High School; Rachel Morris, teacher at Rutherford High School; Dr. Paul Cottle, Physics Professor at FSU.

Florida State University has purchased $40,000 worth of physics lab equipment that will be loaned to Bay County high schools to enhance teaching capabilities. The goal is to raise physics course enrollment levels and instill a passion for science in students. Students from three high schools in Bay County will be able to use the […]

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