Department of Physics
Department of Physics
The Department of Physics at Colorado School of Mines is dedicated to high-quality physics education for undergraduate and graduate students and advancing the world’s knowledge in the areas of condensed matter physics, applied optics, quantum physics, and subatomic physics.
Education and Research
Our faculty and students at all levels conduct more than $6 million in externally funded research every year, with many projects associated with Mines’ pioneering research centers.
Research centers with strong connections to Physics include the Renewable Energy Materials Research Science and Engineering Center (REMRSEC), the Golden Energy Computing Organization (GECO), the Microintegrated Optics for Advanced Bioimaging and Control Center (MOABC), and the Nuclear Science and Engineering Center (NuSEC).
Our faculty are consistently recognized for both their research and their teaching, while our graduate and undergraduate students are often the recipients of awards and grants.
Physics is also heavily involved with Mines’ interdisciplinary graduate programs in Materials Science and Nuclear Engineering.
Watch the video below to learn more about the varied and exciting physics research taking place at Mines.
News
- The 2019 NobelPrize in Physics has been awarded with one half to James Peebles “for theoretical discoveries in physical cosmology” and the other half jointly to Michel Mayor and Didier Queloz “for the discovery of an exoplanet orbiting a solar-type star.”
- W.M. Keck Foundation grants Mines, DU physicists $1M for quantum computing research
Colorado School of Mines and the University of Denver have received a highly prestigious $1 million grant from the W.M. Keck Foundation in support of an inter-university research project that could po … - Mines team, led by our Physics E-Day Engineer Katie Schneider and mentored by professor Tim Ohno, competed in 2019 Solar Decathlon Africa and won 1st place. See final standings here. CBS News report. Morocco World News.
- Wendy Adams elected fellow of American Physical Society
Wendy Adams, research associate professor of physics at Colorado School of Mines, has been elected a fellow of the American Physical Society. Fellowship in APS recognizes members who have made except … - Brianne Treffner, a senior majoring in engineering physics, is one of two Mines students named 2019-2020 Astronaut Scholars
- Toberer honored with Presidential Early Career Award
The PECASE is the highest honor bestowed by the U.S. government to scientists and engineers who are early in their careers as researchers and show leadership promise in fields of science and technolog …
Dorian, Moon, and Earth images, NASA