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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. Walter Knight University of California, Berkeley Metal Clusters: A New Periodic System
Mr. Richard Montgomery University of California, Berkeley Chaos in Superfluid Helium and at Los Alamos
Dr. Fau Ching Wang Hewlett-Packard Semi-Insulating Gaas Material: Physics in Application
Mr. Randy Victora University of California, Berkeley Electronic and Magnetic Properties of Transition Metal Alloys, Surfaces, and Overlayers
Dr. Dennis Matthews Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory Soft X-Ray Laser Experiment
Dr. Steven S. University of California, Santa Cruz Doppler Imaging the Surfaces of Stars
Dr. Gerald P. Kiernan Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory the Strategic Defense Initiative
Dr. Charles Schwartz University of California, Berkeley Nuclear Weapons: Offensive, Defensive, or None-of-the-Above
Dr. Robert Kraft Lick Observatory The University Of California 10-Meter Telescope Project
Dr. Lewis Epstein San Francisco City College Steamboat Waves
Dr. David Abraham University of California, Berkeley Scanning Tunneling Microscopy
Dr. Alex Zettl University of California, Berkeley Novel Electronic Conduction In Low Dimensional Systems
Dr. Bernardo A. Huberman Xerox Palo Alto Research Center Collective Computation And Self Repair
Dr. Catherine Pilachowski Kitt Peak National Observatory Globular Clusters: The Oldest Stars
Nancy Gorglione California Arts Council Holography And The Laser Arts
Dr. Nathan Cheung University of California, Berkeley Ion Beam Analysis Of Silicon Interface Structures
Dr. Orlando Alvarez University of California, Berkeley New Ideas In Elementary Particle Physics
Dr. John Reynolds University of California, Berkeley A Physicist In Yellowstone With A Mass Spectrometer
Dr. Eicke Weber University of California, Berkeley Deep Level Defects In Semiconductors
Dr. Michael Werner NASA-Ames Research Center The Infrared Universe: Iras Discoveries And The Promise Of Sirtf