Wake Forest University Department of Physics

Welcome

Olin Physical Laboratory

Undergraduate Studies

A general guide for prospective physics majors. Information on course selections for different degree options, as well as for students planning to study medicine. The departmental honors program is described in detail. For class schedules, see Physics courses and times.

Graduate Studies

A description of our graduate program and how to apply. You may request a graduate school application and information or apply online for graduate study in physics

Research Facilities and Interests

A quick tour of our laboratories and research facilities, with a description of the research interests of the faculty.

Instructional Resources, Labs, Demos and Facilities

Instructional support areas including Lecture Links, Tutoring, Lab Info Pages for lab sections, demonstrations in the WFU Demo Guides and other resources, particularly the WFU Astronomy Home Page.

Seminars and Colloquia

Speakers and abstracts of seminars scheduled this semester.

Physics Faculty and Staff

Names, addresses, phone numbers, and occasionally a bit more.

Office: 100 Olin Physical Laboratory

Graduate Students

ICDIM96

Wake Forest University is pleased to host the Thirteenth International Conference on Defects in Insulating Materials.

Please send comments on the Department of Physics Web Pages to matthews@wfu.edu.

Off-Campus Web Pages of Interest to Physicists

News

• The 1995 Nobel Prize in Physics
• What's New news, commentary, and wit, by Bob Park
• AIP FYI Newsletter
• AIP Physics News Update.
• Physics World Digest
• High-Tc Update , a newsletter in high-temperature superconductivity

Physics Professional Organizations

• AIP home page
• The Physics Careers Bulletin Board
• AIP ftp archive
• APS home page
• APS ftp archive
• European Physical Society
• Institute of Physics (UK)
• Optical Society of America

Other resources

• The Net Advance of Physics, a collection of references on a variety of physics topics.
• McGill Physics, an extensive cross-reference to physics resources.
• XXX, the electronic preprint archive at Los Alamos
• Peer Instruction, new ideas for teaching concepts in introductory physics
• Diversity in the Sciences, an LSU project showing the faces of many different ethnicities among American scientists
• C3P, the Comprehensive Conceptual Curriculum for Physics
• The Virtual Prof, physics tutorial help, chat groups, bulletin boards, and materials for calculus-based introductory physics.

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