Sonoma State University

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
Judith Goldhaber University of California Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory Telling About Science
Dr. Ignatius Y. Chan Chevron Research Company Analytical Electron Microscopy In Materials Science
Dr. Allan Sandage Mount Wilson and Las Campanas Observatories The Age Of The Universe
Dr. John E. M. Goldsmith Sandia National Laboratories Shedding New Light On Flames With Lasers
Dr. John A. Jaros Stanford Linear Accelerator Center Radioactivity, Fleeting Beauty, And The Search For Truth
Dr. John A. Jungerman University of California, Davis Nuclear Weapons And Nuclear Arms Control
Dr. William A. Little Stanford University Micro-Miniature Refrigerators
Dr. Palmer Dyal NASA Ames Research Center Infrared Astronomy In The Eighties
Dr. Duncan E. Poland Sonoma State University The New Transistors
Holly Wallace Sonoma State University Computer Aided Design Of Microwave Circuits
Dr. Anthony V. Nero, Jr. Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory Indoor Radiation Exposures: Potential Increases From Conserving Energy In Buildings
Dr. Richard H. Bube Stanford University Fundamentals Of Solar Cells
Dr. Alan M. Portis University of California, Berkeley Routes To Chaos
Dr. Johan de Kleer Xerox Palo Alto Research Center Artificial Intelligence: A Personal Perspective
Dr. Marvin L. Cohen University of California, Berkeley Predicting Properties Of Solids
Dr. Robert A. Eldred University of California, Davis Pixe: From Air Pollution To The Gutenberg Bible
Dr. Robert L. White Stanford University The Stanford Artificial Ear Project
Dr. Donald C. Backer University of California, Berkeley The Millisecond Pulsar
Dr. Lee S. Schroeder Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory Creating New States Of Matter
Dr. Narinder Kapany Kaptron, Inc. and the Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurial Development, University of California, Santa Cruz Three Decades In Fiber Optics