Physics students Julia Kamenetzky ('08) and Lucas Jorgensen ('08) built and tested organic photovoltaic devices during the summer (2006) at Cornell College. (Read more)
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Studying Physics at Cornell College
In physics courses at Cornell College, physics professors guide students in studying physical phenomena by asking them to make observations, take measurements, apply mathematical models, and make predictions about the phenomena based on those models.
Because Cornell College has small class sizes, the students in any physics class get individual attention from their professor, whether they are taking a class as a major or for a general science requirement.
Undergraduates at Cornell have the opportunity to do an independent research project, in an advanced lab course, as an independent project, or over the summer. In addition, there are many opportunities to spend the summer doing research at another institution. Our undergraduates have done summer research at Big 10 universities, and other institutions, including CERN (the premier European particle physics lab) and Bucknell University.
Physics Major awarded NSF Graduate Fellowship
Julia Kamenetzky, a Cornell College junior from Bettendorf who intends to pursue a doctorate in astrophysics, has received a National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship. Last summer she conducted research at Cornell University
in their Research Experience for Undergraduates program. She worked in the Submillimeter Astrophysics group, examining data which reveals the chemical makeup and other physical properties of the Carina Nebula.
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