Undergraduate Physics and Astronomy
Department of Physics and Astronomy
Stony Brook University

 

Undergraduate Research Opportunities

There are numerous opportunities for undergraduate physics and astronomy students to participate in research, to apply for financial support, and to present or publish their work. In addition to opportunities here at Stony Brook, many organizations, including universities, national laboratories, and companies, sponsor research opportunities for undergraduates each summer. Interested students are encouraged to consult the web pages below and to follow links to the sources.

 

Research opportunities within the Physics & Astronomy Department

• Accelerator design with Prof. Paul Grannis
• Apparatus development with Prof. Erlend Graf
• Computational astrophysics with Prof. Doug Swesty
• Experimental high-energy and cosmic-ray physics with Prof. Michael Rijssenbeek
• Experimental solid-state physics with Prof. Emilio Mendez
• Experimental optics in the Laser Teaching Center
• Experimental atomic/molecular/optical physics with Prof. Tom Weinacht
• Experimental or theoretical atomic/optical physics with Prof. Harold Metcalf
• Experimental nuclear structure physics with Prof. Norbert Pietralla
• Nanoelectronic device physics with Prof. Konstantin Likharev
• Nuclear astrophysics with Prof. James Lattimer
• Nucleon-decay and neutrino physics with Prof. Chang-Kee Jung
• Neutrino physics with Prof. Prof. Maria Concepcion Gonzalez-Garcia
• Observational astronomy with Prof. Aaron Evans
• Observational astronomy with Prof. Ken Lanzetta
• Observational astronomy with Prof. Michal Simon
• Observational astronomy with Prof. Fred Walter
• Relativistic nuclear physics with Prof. Ralf Averbeck
• Relativistic nuclear physics with Prof. Barbara Jacak
• Theoretical solid-state physics with Prof. Phil Allen
• Theoretical physics with Prof. Alfred Goldhaber
• Theoretical physics with Prof. Martin Rocek
• Theoretical physics with Prof. Madappa Prakash
• Theoretical physics with Prof. Robert Shrock
• Theoretical physics with Prof. Warren Siegel
• X-ray spectromicroscopy with Prof. Chris Jacobsen

Research opportunities elsewhere at Stony Brook

• Materials science with Prof. Gary Halada
• Medical physics with Prof. Larry Reinstein
• Medical physics with Prof. Wei Zhao

Summer research or internship opportunities outside Stony Brook

• See the Guide to the Undergraduate Program for a listing of summer programs and fellowships, and information on internships.

Find support/funding for your research

• Stony Brook's URECA program (travel grants & fellowships)
• Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) Fellowships
• AGEP Fellowships for Minority Students
• Sigma Xi student research grants

Present or publish your research!

• Stony Brook's Undergraduate Research Celebration (April 2004)
• Undergraduate Research Symposium, OSA/DLS Optics Conference
• National Council on Undergraduate Research
• Conference Experience for Undergraduates
• Rochester Symposium for Physics Students (RSPS)
• Argonne Symposium for Undergraduates
• Journal of Undergraduate Research in Physics (now online!)
• Journal of Undergraduate Sciences (JUS)
• Preparing a Perfect Poster Presentation (from NC State Physics)

 

Please send comments, additions, and corrections to John Noé.
Last updated: 2-December-2003.