Rebel Preview: UNLV Physics & Astronomy Department

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Sections

  1. Introduction

  1. Introduction

    1. Rebel Preview:
      1. First, tell the prospective Rebels what a great building BPB is. It's just a charming place and you can sing an aria in the atrium.
      2. Then elevator to the roof to see the telescope patio---stay on the walled-in area!!!! . You can see Las Vegas Strip and The Sphere and, on good night, 20 stars.
      3. Maybe 10 minutes on the roof.
      4. Then BPB-248 for on-screen presentation and demos.
    2. UNLV Physics & Astronomy Department
    3. Robert L. Bigelow Physics Building (BPB): Best physics building ever!!!!: our big windows, our palm trees, our flags, our aircraft carrier design, boulevard, and everyone can sing aria in the atrium. Opened in 1994: see Dedication of BPB, 1994 Dec01 which details the science built into the design: the sine curve and the expanding universe Though not so young anymore, BPB is still great.
    4. See Classrooms: BPB 102: the video, BPB 106: the video.
    5. Academics:
      1. Research: astronomy, Atomic, molecular, and optical physics (AMO), and condensed matter physics.
      2. Weekly colloquia: Undergraduates often do not attend, but if you are keen on undergraduate research you should. Glean what you can and dive into the ocean to mix metaphors.
      3. Funding for undergraduate research: Yes we have that. Physics majors have to be a pro-active and meet faculty and see what they are working on. But this is true of research in any major.
      4. Not all physics majors are interested in research careers, and so undergraduate research is not required.
      5. Career directions with a physics/astronomy B.Sc. degree: research career in academia, national laboratories, industry; health physics, medicine, law (e.g., patent law), teaching.
    6. Undergraduate Degree Requirements Bachelor of Science in Physics: Yours truly is strongly of the opinion that if you are physics/astronomy major you should dive into the physics courses in the first year, first semester: i.e., the Phys 180,181,182 sequence. In any science career, you need to be a keener and talk and think science.
    7. Undergraduate courses in Physics & Astronomy
    8. Ads for intro astronomy courses: full ad, TV ad.
    9. Faculty
    10. Astronomy research areas
    11. Physics research areas
    12. Video: Department of Physics and Astronomy at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas | 5:13: See also Video: Paul Laplant: Four Facts about the Universe from a UNLV Computer Science Professor | 2:10.
    13. Nevada Center for Astrophysics --- NCfA
    14. Introductory Astronomy Lectures (IAL): Contents
    15. Astro: An Encyclopedia of Captioned Figures and Other Information for Astronomy, Physics, Science, Technology, Etc.
    16. Demos with spectroscopes and/or telescopes. Below spectroscopes and telescopes are illustrated in the figures below (local link / general link: spectroscope.html; (local link / general link: telescope_schmidt_cassegrain.html).
    17. Roof viewing of the Las Vegas Strip and The Sphere. Stay on the walled-in patio!!!!