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The B.S. in Physics Returns to Sonoma State University!

Sonoma State University is proud to re-launch its Bachelor of Science in Physics, featuring a redesigned, student-centered curriculum available beginning Fall 2026. The revised program offers a rigorous physics foundation, small class sizes, close faculty mentorship, and flexible pathways that support timely graduation. Please see our degree programs page for more information.

What Physicists Do - Archive

Date Speaker Speaker Affiliation Lecture Title
Dr. Douglas R. Martin Sonoma State University What Do Physicists Do, Anyway? The Copernican Case
Dr. Darrel W. Smith University of California, Riverside the Discovery of the W and Z Particles
Dr. Alexander L. Fetter Stanford University Superfluid Physics
Dr. Richard Karas Sonoma State University Microcomputing in China
Dr. Lynn R. Cominsky University of California, Berkeley Extreme Ultraviolet Astronomy
Dr. John Billingham NASA-AMES Research Center Life in the Universe
Dr. Joe Tenn Sonoma State University the Hugginses, the Drapers, and the Beginnings of Astrophysics
Dr. David E. Coope SRI International Frequency Modulation Spectroscopy
Dr. Neville Connell Xerox Palo Alto Research Center Erasable Optical Storage: A Revolution in Recording Technology
Dr. W. B. Herrmannsfeldt Stanford Linear Accelerator Center Heavy Ion Accelerators for Inertial Confinement Fusion
Eric Reiter Computer Continuum Interfacing Computers to Physics Experiments
Dr. Kenneth Manes Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory High-Powered Lasers
Dr. Jerome Swalen IBM Research Laboratories Optical Properties of Thin Films
Dr. Thomas Barnebey Sonoma State University Computer-Aided Acoustical Measurements
Dr. Lawrence B. Coleman University of California, Davis Why Saran Wraps
Ms. Helen V. Michel Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory, University of California the Asteroid and the Dinosaur
Dr. Richard Packard University of California, Berkeley Experiments on Rotating Superfluid 3he: What's New Near Absolute Zero?
Dr. Jill Tarter University of California, Berkeley Seti: Plans and Preparations for the Microwave Observing Program
Dr. David Erskine University of California, Berkeley Duper and Super-Duper Fast Relaxation of Carriers in Gaas and Related Semiconductors
Dr. John Carr University of Colorado, Boulder Left-Handed Forces and Particles