Info for McMurry Physics Students
For our
students:
· Cool Job-Seeking Info: The Career Services program of Student Affairs has put together a web page with information about what can be done with a variety of majors. The information about the physics major is a pdf document (http://www.mcm.edu/newsite/web/students/information/physics.pdf) that comments on 13 areas of Physics, who employs professionals in those areas and outlines some strategies for attaining getting a job in each area. They also provide a series of links related to employment in physics.
· APS: Career Services and Job Searches
· Government Jobs (Can search on physics or engineering... or anything else)
· The Graduate School Shopper
- Cool Webpage with Physics Info
- Formula Sheet of Advanced Math (pdf)
- Plotting with Log and Semi-Log Paper (pdf)
- Web site that solves certin types of mathematical equations
- Getting Involved in Science:
- How to Start a Local Chapter of the Society of Amateur Scientists
- Some Articles which may inspire research ideas:
- Scientific American
- Amateur Scientist Series
- March 2001: Geotropism, One Last Time
- Feburary 2001: Seeing Cosmic Rays
- January 2001: Canteen Cloud Chamber
- December 2000: Calibrating with Cold
- November 2000: Boids of a Feather Flock Together
- October 2000: Down among the Micrograms
- September 2000: Using a Kite as an Experimental Platform
- June 2000: Home Is Where the ECG Is
- April 2000: A Furnace in a Thermos
- March 2000: Monitor the Earth's magnetic field with An Automated Precision Magnometer
- Working Knowledge
- Aug 2000: Focusing in a Flash
- May 2000: Fill 'er Up
- March 2000: Electricity Meters
(We have two of these watt-meters
in the lab if you'd like to investigate.)
- January 2001: Flat Speakers
- March 2001: Radar Detectors
- Of Interest
Additional
Links of Interest:
Updates: 5/18/12 Removed table of current students. WK. 6/1/11 Updated current students and removed student interest link. WK. 1/6/10 Updated current students. WK. 9/30/08 Updated current students. WK. 5/16/08 Updated current students. WK. 2/18/08 Updated current students. WK. 9/18/07 Updated current students. WK. 8/17/07 Update format and links. WK. 2/10/04: Added Government Jobs by JC. 9/10/03: Updated Jed's email address by JC. 8/16/03: Updated incoming class by JC. 5/16/03: Updated post-graduation by JC. Created: 3/14/00 Page updated by Joseph Christensen.
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