Oral presentation is a vital component of any physics education and required by specific courses in the curriculum, notably Physics Seminar (PHY 495) and Honors Work in Physics (PHY 499). Links to some past presentations are provided here to illustrate expectations in these categories.

Physics Seminar
Cancer Therapy with Particle Beams (Glenn Shivar, 2005)
Mechanics of Surfing (Mike Grissom, 2006)
Optical Computers (Erin Raphael, 2006)
Relativity and the Global Positioning System (Theresa Rowland, 2006)
Space Weather and its Effects on Spacecraft (Bill Zinicola, 2006)
Gravitational Lensing (Diana Streng, 2006)
Mechanics of Tropical Cyclones (Nicholas Woods, 2006)

Honors Work in Physics

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