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Physics & Astronomy Culture, Professionalism & Careers

Physics & Astronomy Culture, Professionalism & Careers. Phys 695. On-line journals and magazines: • Research and Development: http://www.rdmag.com/scripts/default.asp • Solid State Technology: http://sst.pennnet.com/home.cfm

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Physics & Astronomy Culture, Professionalism & Careers

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  1. Physics & AstronomyCulture, Professionalism & Careers Phys 695

  2. On-line journals and magazines: • • Research and Development: http://www.rdmag.com/scripts/default.asp • • Solid State Technology: http://sst.pennnet.com/home.cfm • • Semiconductor International: http://www.reed-electronics.com/semiconductor/ • • The Industrial Physicist: http://www.aip.org/tip/ • • Physics Today: http://www.aip.org/pt/ • • Scientific American: http://www.sciam.com/ • • Science Magazine (AAAS): http://www.scienceonline.org/ • • Sky and Telescope: http://skyandtelescope.com/ • • Science News: http://www.sciencenews.org/ • • New Scientist: http://www.newscientist.com/ • • Popular Science: http://www.popsci.com/ • • American Scientist (Sigma Xi): http://www.americanscientist.org//amsci.html • • Astronomy Magazine: http://www.astronomy.com/ • The Physics Teacher

  3. IEEE/OSA Physics-Related Journals • IEEE Transactions on • Electron Devices • Instrumentation & Measurement • Magnetics • Nuclear Science • Superconductivity • OSA • Journal of the Optical Society of America A, BApplied Optics Optics Letters Optics Express Journal of Optical NetworkingAdvances in Optics and Photonics Virtual Journal of Biomedical Optics Journal of Lightwave Technology Journal of Optical Technology Journal of Display Technology Chinese Optics LettersApplied Spectroscopy • Journal of Acoustical Society of America

  4. Professional Societies • American Physical Society (APS) • Society of Physics Students (SPS) • American Association of Physics Teachers (AAPT) • American Astronomical Society • Optical Society of America • Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) • Society of Photo-Optical Instrumentation Engineers (SPIE) • Acoustical Society of America (ASA; asa.aip.org )

  5. Conferences • APS National Meetings • “March” meeting - condensed matter physics • “April” meeting - everything else • APS Sectional (California Section, etc.) • Fall 2011 meeting will be at SLAC • AAPT National Meetings • “Winter” meeting • Summer meeting • AAPT Sectional (N. California / Nevada): www.ncnaapt.org • OSA Meetings • Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO) • International Quantum Electronics Conference (IQEC) • IEEE Applied Superconductivity Conference • IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium And Medical Imaging Conference

  6. Physics Career Paths

  7. Careers of SFSU Physics & Astronomy Graduates • Technical staff in industry: • Computer and instrument companies: • Hewlett-Packard / Agilent, Varian, .. • Semiconductor device and equip. manufacturers • National Semiconductor, Novellus, Applied Materials • Biomedical equipment manufacturers • Laser and laser optics companies • Aerospace companies • Lockheed-Martin, Loral Space

  8. Careers (continued) • Technical/professional staff at national labs: • NASA Ames, SLAC, FermiLab, LBL, Observatories • Science education: • High School, Community College teaching • Science Centers - Exploratorium, etc. • Planetarium staff • Multimedia production for science • Graduate programs (SFSU, MIT, Harvard, UC Berkeley, UC Davis; Engineering MS/Ph.D.)

  9. Other Example Career Paths • M.H.S in environmental health sciences • Ph.D. program in Physics at the University of Colorado at Boulder • Masters degree in mechanical engineering at Cornell University • Staff member, UCSD Center for Microscopy and Imaging Research • Working at MIT Lincoln Laboratory • Master's program in Science Writing • PhD program at MIT Dept. Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sci. • Research Asst., Macroeconomics Dept., Fed. Reserve Bank • Research Analyst at ATLANTIC-ACM, • Ph.D. program in Astrophysical Sciences • Analyst, Envision Consulting, Unit of IMS Health • Working at NIST in Maryland • Credential program for high school teaching • Community college physics instructor

  10. Job Application

  11. Graduate Fellowships Article from Chronicle of Higher Ed. "How to Win Graduate Fellowship: http://chronicle.com/jobs/news/2006/05/2006051101c/careers.html Department of Defense - National Defense Science and Engineering Graduate Fellowshipwww.asee.org/ndseg. Deadline Jan., 2012 Department of Defense - Science, Mathematics & Research for Transformation (SMART) Defense Scholarship for Service Deadline Dec., 2011. http://www.asee.org/smart. The Department of Energy Computational Science Graduate Fellowship (DOE CSGF) DL Jan., 2012. www.krellinst.org/csgf. The Department of Energy National Nuclear Security Administration Stewardship Science Graduate Fellowship (SSGF) students pursuing a Ph.D. in areas such as high-energy density physics, low-energy nuclear science or properties of materials under extreme conditions. www.krellinst.org/ssgf.

  12. Fannie and John Hertz Foundation Graduate Fellowships for innovators in applied Physical Sciences. DL Oct., 2011. http://www.hertzfoundation.org . National Physical Science Consortium fellowships with emphasis on recruiting historically underrepresented minority and women students in physical sciences and related engineering fields. http://www.npsc.org. The NSF Integrative Graduate Education and Research Traineeship http://www.igert.org/index.asp The NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program www.fastlane.nsf.gov/grfp/. Smithsonian Institution fellowships for research and study in many fields including astrophysics and astronomy and materials research. DL Jan. 2011. http://www.si.edu/research+study. Knowles Science Teaching Fellowship (KTSF) for those who recently earned a bachelor's degree in a physical science and want to become licensed to teach high school physics, physical science. DL Jan., 2012. www.asee.org/ndseg.kstf.org

  13. Physicist’s Bookshelf • Introductory • Lea & Burke, Physics (Alt. - Halliday & Resnick) • Feynman, Lectures on Physics • Berkeley Physics Series (some volumes out of print) • Modern (Atomic, Basic QM, Nuclear) • Eisberg - Quantum Physics- Atoms,.. Nuclei, & Particles • Classical Mechanics • Symon - Mechanics • Taylor - Classical Mechanics • Thornton & Marion, Classical Dynamics of Particles & Systems • E&M • Griffiths (Alt -Corson & Lorrain, Electromagnetic Fields & Waves) • Thermal/Stat. Mech • Schroeder, Thermal Physics; • Reif, Fundamentals of Statistical and Thermal Physics • QM • J. Greensite QM (Alt. - Griffiths)

  14. Lab Methods/Data Analysis • J. Lockhart, Mod. Data Acq. & Analysis (Alt. - Bevington) • Electronics • Horowitz & Hill, Art of Electronics • Mathematical Methods • S. Lea, Math. for Physicists • Solid State • C. Kittel, Solid State Physics (Alt. - Omar) • Optics • Hecht, Optics (Alt. - Jenkins & White)

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