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Announcing the revised B.S. in Physics starting Fall 2026!

Sonoma State University is proud to launch its revised Bachelor of Science in Physics, featuring a redesigned, student-centered curriculum available beginning Fall 2026. The revised program offers a rigorous physics foundation, small class sizes, close faculty mentorship, and flexible pathways that support timely graduation. Please see our degree programs page for more information.

What Physicists Do - Archive

Date Speaker Speaker Affiliation Lecture Title
Dr. Robert Bray Hewlett-Packard Microwave Technology Division Dc to Daylight
Dr. James W. Seeser Optical Coating Laboratory, Inc. Making Solar Cells Work in Space
Dr. Lea Mason PG&E Technical Writing as a Career
Dr. Frances A. Houle IBM Almaden Research Center How Laser Beams Change Surfaces
Dr. Geraldine J. Peters University of Southern California Mass Loss and Photospheric Activity in Hot Stars
Dr. Paul Doherty Exploratorium Building Science Exhibits for the Public
Dr. Manuel F. Morales University of California at San Francisco How Muscle Works
Dr. François Bouchet University of California at Berkeley Cosmic Strings and Large Scale Structures in the Universe
Dr. Aharon Kapitulnik Stanford University Science and Technology of High Temperature Superconductors
Dr. Saeid Rahimi Sonoma State University Negative Capacitance?
Paul Robinson Edison-Computech High School, Fresno Physics First
Dr. Paul E. Boynton University of Washington Experimental Search for a Fifth Force
Dr. Gordon G. Spear Sonoma State University Cepheids Are Not Just Standard Candles
Dr. Donald E. Osterbrock Lick Observatory, University of California, Santa Cruz Lick Observatory: The First Century
Dr. Robert E. Steele Motion Engineering, Santa Barbara Problems in Robot Design
Dr. Ling-Lie Chau University of California, Davis Frontiers in Particle Physics
Dr. Vahé Petrosian Stanford University Giant Luminous Arcs as Gravitational Mirages
Dr. Roger Bland San Francisco State University in Quest of the Free Quark
Dr. Donald A. Glaser University of California, Berkeley the Human Visual System: Should You Believe What You See?
Kenneth A. Ritley Sonoma State University Madelung, Ewald, and 1-2-3