Department of Physics — Physics Majors' Best Kept Secrets
Things you should know, but might not know to ask:
- You can do a Senior Honors Thesis without being in the Honors Program
- The Physics Department has two awards (The Lutz Prize and Weaver Prize) which are given when exceptional potential is seen in a student. The award descriptions are:
- Lutz Prize: The Arthur L. Lutz Prize is awarded to a student showing potential for a career in secondary physics teaching.
- Weaver Prize: The Weaver Prize in physics is awarded to the junior physics major who shows the greatest potential for a career in physics.
- You can get paid for working on a summer research project
- See faculty about projects they are working on
- Write a proposal for funding a summer project from the Faculty Research Fund Board (details: search page for "student projects")
- Search for a summer Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) site in physics, astronomy, engineering or other fields.
