Why Physics Rmc 2009

Physics

F=maE=mc2

I=F∆T V=IR

Top 5 Reasons to Study Physics

5) Physics is way cooler than Biology, Chemistry, etc.

“In Science, there is only Physics; all the rest is stamp collecting”

~Rutherford

4) You will know why the sky is blue…

3) Big long words like Electromagnetostatics…

2) Understand how Schrödinger's cat is both

dead and alive…simultaneously.

1) There is a whole lot of math and…

we do some things that you math teachers told you never to do, we just never tell them!

1+i) (after all, physics is complex!)

Being a nerd is cool

What do these people have in common?

• Member of the TOMAHAWK Advanced Concepts Team at the Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division

• Baltimore County Police Department and member of the department's crash team investigation group

• Software Engineer • Working for the National Reconnaissance Agency • Defense contractor for Northrop-Grumman • Marketing Manager for Virginia Abrasives

Corporation • Industrial physicist and laboratory manager at

General Electric’s Global Research Center in Niskayuna, NY

• Consultant to the Office of Naval Research 351, Asymmetric Defense Project

• Worked with US National and International Weapons communities evaluating technology

• 1993-1998 served as President Clinton’s Assistant for Science and Technology and director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy

• Team member of Project Mercury and Project Viking for NASA – first human to see picture of Earth from Lunar Orbiter

• aerospace engineer

THEY WERE ALL PHYSICS MAJORS

AT R-MC!!!

WHY Physics @ RMC?TOP 5 REASONS!

#5) You Get GREAT Professors…

DR. FRANZ!!!!!

DR. WOOLARD!!!!

DR. SPAGNA!!!!

…& the RMC Physics Family…

John

JamesEdwin

Randy

Jen

Andrea

ChristianAndrew

#4) Small Classes = All about YOU!• The courageous students who major in

physics come few and far between~ so you always know who will be in your classes!

•Physics Professors will know you by name, face, and number of hours spent hanging out in their offices enjoying physics!

#3) CRAZY LABS!

#2) Learn everything you need!

-Physics classes teach you TONS of Other things- Physics classes can carry over into other majors or

minors, such as math, computer science, chemistry, environmental studies, biology, and philosophy! It also gives you a lot of research opportunity.

#1) Society of Physics Students! (office)

• Your home away from home!• EVERYTHING you need to EAT, SLEEP,

and Do PHYSICS!• Office Includes- cable TV, DVD

player, refrigerator, microwave, lots of computers, couches, tables, and all the physics books you could ever want! (and for a limited time only, a full collection of Schaum’s)

THIS COULD BE YOU!

I LOVE PHYSICS!

J-Lab