Physics and Astronomy

Student Opportunities

Research Opportunities

MicrogravityIsa Fritz, '10, works with physics professor Kevin Crosby aboard NASA's Weightless Wonder.

Carthage physics students have the opportunity to work with Carthage faculty on forefront research in international collaborations around the world. Student research efforts include interdisciplinary projects in computer science, chemistry and physics. Students have flown aboard NASA's zero-gravity aircraft with Prof. Kevin Crosby; studied diffuse interstellar bands with Prof. Julie Dahlstrom; and worked with data in the cutting edge Sloan Digital Sky Survey with Prof. Jean Quashnock. Learn more about the many research opportunities afforded to physics students.

Outreach

At Carthage, students are both encouraged and inspired to serve the community. The Society of Physics Students performs outreach for Kenosha schools, teaching elementary, middle and high school students about science and physics. Learn more about outreach efforts.

J-Term

J-Term is a month-long period of study at Carthage in which students focus on one subject in an innovative course or study tour. The Physics and Astronomy Department has been extremely active in J-Term, offering courses to both majors and non-majors that display physics in many different, concrete ways. J-Term courses have included Science of Good Vibrations, in which students studied the science of music, from acoustics to hearing loss, and Planet Quest, which focused on the search for new planets and extraterrestrial life in the universe. Other courses have focused on climate change, global warming and making telescopes.

Student Work in the Physics Department

Students looking for work as lab assistants, Supplemental Instructors or Department Fellows should contact the department chair. The department regularly hires supplemental instructors for introductory physics courses, and lab assistants.

 

Academics at Carthage

Prospective Students

Research Opportunities

Carthage students have access to some of the world's largest observatories. Read more.


Summer Undergraduate Research Experience leads to real world success. Read more.

Weightless Wonder

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Physics students fly high in NASA Microgravity Program.