Teaching, Research, and Citizenship Highlights
A glimpse at some of the great things being done in the department
News and Events
Dr. Kent Gee has been named the recipient of the Karl G. Maeser Distinguished Faculty Lecturer Award
The APS Global Physics Summit 2025 was an international event that brought together physicists, students, educators, and professionals from all over the world to talk about the latest research and ideas in physics.
BYU Physics and Astronomy Professors Dr. Davis and Dr. Vanfleet recently received the 2024 award for outstanding achievement in technology transfer from the BYU Technology Transfer Office.
This past January, undergraduate women attended the Conference for Undergraduate Women * in Physics
After 3 years of being offered as 513R, elementary particle physics is finally an official course and accepted for credit in the physics major!
The BYU Physics & Astronomy department recently introduced the Applied Physics: Acoustics degree.
Dr. Michael Ware hopes to help students develop the skills to navigate discussion of science and religion
Dr. Powers initiated the effort to update BYU’s physics undergraduate lab curriculum in 2015. The revamped curriculum, aimed at teaching students how to construct knowledge from experiments.
21 women student attend conference at Montana State University, where students engaged in keynote speeches, panels, and research presentations.
Dr. Stephens participated in a research project at the University of Arizona focused on studying brown dwarfs using the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST).