Research

Departmental faculty have a variety of research interests:

High-Energy Particle Astrophysics— Gran, Habig Computational Particle Physics— Hiller Foundations of Quantum Mechanics— Jordan Experimental Condensed-Matter Physics— Maps, Sydor Atomic absorption and emission in trace elements — Sorensen, Sydor Environmental Optics — Sydor Physical Oceanography— Austin, Katsev

Research Opportunities and Resources

• UROP - Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program
• Olson and Hanson Scholarships for support of undergraduates or high school students working on a research project supervised by a Physics faculty member.
• Research facilities at UMD
• Other research facilities used by faculty:
  • Large Lakes Observatory
  • Minnesota Supercomputing Institute
  • MINOS and the Soudan Underground Laboratory
  • Super-Kamiokande
• CUR - Council on Undergraduate Research
• NCUR - Conferences on Undergraduate Research