Physics
Department of Physics at Bryn Mawr College strive to put forth an exciting and vigorous program in physics.In recent years Bryn Mawr College has averaged 9 physics majors per year, approximately 3% of the graduating class. This is nearly 50 times the national average for women graduating with undergraduate physics degrees in the United States. In September 1998 the Department of Physics was awarded The Presidential Award for Excellence in Science, Mathematics, and Engineering Mentoring in "recognition of the department's excellence in mentoring underrepresented students and encouraging their achievement in science, mathematics, and engineering." In 2003 the National Task Force on Undergraduate Physics choose Bryn Mawr as one of 21 schools that exemplify best practices in creating thriving physics departments.
News and Events
Jessie Rosenberg ’04 named one of Forbes’ “30 under 30 Innovators in Science”
Our former student Jessie Rosenberg has just been named to Forbes magazine’s list of “30 under 30 Innovators in Science.” Jessie graduated from our department in 2007 at the age of 17. She is now a Research Staff Member in the Silicon Photonics Team of IBM TJ Watson Research Center. She uses optical technology [...]
Physics Star Party
A very special “thank you” to Estella de Souza and Michael Noel for a spectacular star party Saturday night on Nov. 12, 2011. Physics students, friends, faculty members and their families saw Jupiter with its bands of clouds . We also saw several Galilean moons, the Pleiades (Seven Sisters), a red giant-blue binary star [...]
Physics Pumpkin Carving Party
The physics department successfully hosted a pumpkin carving party on October 26, 2011. More than 20 students and faculty members participated in this wonderful traditional events.
Drs. Xuemei Cheng and Michael Noel receive an NSF MRI grant
A multidisciplinary team from Bryn Mawr College, Haverford College and Villanova University has received an MRI grant for the proposal “MRI: Acquisition of a UHV multi-source sputtering system for multidisciplinary material research” from the National Science Foundation starting October 2011. The Major Research Instrumentation Program (MRI) serves to increase access to shared scientific and [...]
Bryn Mawr at DAMOP
There was a strong Bryn Mawr presence at the APS, DAMOP meeting this year in Atlanta, GA. In addition to those in the photo, Anne Goodsell ’02, a new faculty member at Middlebury College, Mary Lyon ’06, a PhD candidate at Brigham Young University, and Bonnie Schmittberger ’10, a PhD candidate at Duke University, were [...]
Assistant Professor Xuemei Cheng receives NSF CAREER award
Assistant Professor Xuemei Cheng has received a CAREER award for her proposal “Magnetic Bubble Dynamics in Nanodisks with Perpendicular Magnetic Anisotropy ” from the National Science Foundation starting June 01, 2011. The Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Program offers the National Science Foundation’s most prestigious awards in support of junior faculty who exemplify the role [...]
Evan Schneider ’10 Wins NSF Graduate Research Fellowship for Study of Astrophysics
Our own Evan Schneider ’10, of Lynchburg, Va., is one of five Bryn Mawr graduates and alumnae who have been awarded a 2011 Graduate Research Fellowship from the National Science Foundation. Now a graduate student in astrophysics at the University of Arizona, Evan plans research into an improved method for detecting black holes that serve [...]