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Physics

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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, optical physics, quantum physics, renewable energy 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 Mines/NREL Nexus, CyberInfrastructure and Advanced Research Computing (CIARC), 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 ScienceNuclear Engineering, and Quantum Engineering.

Watch the following video to learn more about the varied and exciting physics research taking place at Mines.

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Spotlight on Physics Field Session

Spotlight on Physics Field Session

The physics field session aims to provide an immersive hands-on, experiential learning environment on multiple subjects and topics that give students the skills needed to be a successful engineering physicist.

Students work through six modules: electronics and implementation, vacuum and materials science, computing, optics, machining, and professional development and careers.

Just a few of the many activities the students completed throughout the session: Optical alignment techniques for precision measurement (images 1-2) and using the machining tools in the Labriola InnoHub to build and engrave circle-drawing compasses (images 3-4).

Recent News

subatomic-particle-hideout
Colorado School of Mines is developing a quantum research lab inside a literal mine
CURIE – short for Colorado Underground Research Institute – will allow researchers to test quantum sensors and more in very low background environment
Mines team awarded $2.5M to help build a NASA balloon experiment to investigate high energy cosmic rays, neutrinos
Mines team awarded $2.5M to help build a NASA balloon experiment to investigate high energy cosmic rays, neutrinos
Mines researchers working on equipment design, construction, balloon launch
PhD student Sam Saiter works in the Quantum Clean Room on the Colorado School of Mines campus. Students in the quantum engineering program at Mines get access to advanced equipment, such as a quantum entanglement demonstrator, a 4.2-Kelvin cryostat and a diamond NV microscope.
Building the future of quantum engineering at Colorado School of Mines
One of the nation’s first quantum engineering programs is preparing students for challenges of working in quantum industry
subatomic-particle-hideout
Colorado School of Mines is developing a quantum research lab inside a literal mine
CURIE – short for Colorado Underground Research Institute – will allow researchers to test quantum sensors and more in very low background environment
Mines team awarded $2.5M to help build a NASA balloon experiment to investigate high energy cosmic rays, neutrinos
Mines team awarded $2.5M to help build a NASA balloon experiment to investigate high energy cosmic rays, neutrinos
Mines researchers working on equipment design, construction, balloon launch
PhD student Sam Saiter works in the Quantum Clean Room on the Colorado School of Mines campus. Students in the quantum engineering program at Mines get access to advanced equipment, such as a quantum entanglement demonstrator, a 4.2-Kelvin cryostat and a diamond NV microscope.
Building the future of quantum engineering at Colorado School of Mines
One of the nation’s first quantum engineering programs is preparing students for challenges of working in quantum industry
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