Oral presentation is a vital component of any physics education and required by specific courses in the curriculum, notably Physics Seminar (PHY 495) and Honors Work in Physics (PHY 499). Links to some past presentations are provided here to illustrate expectations in these categories.

Physics Seminar
Quantum Cryptography (Camilo Alvarez, 2005)
Cancer Therapy with Particle Beams (Glenn Shivar, 2005)
Mechanics of Surfing (Mike Grissom, 2006)
Optical Computers (Erin Raphael, 2006)
Relativity and the Global Positioning System (Theresa Rowland, 2006)
Space Weather and its Effects on Spacecraft (Bill Zinicola, 2006)
Gravitational Lensing (Diana Streng, 2006)
Mechanics of Tropical Cyclones (Nicholas Woods, 2006)
El Nino and its Effects on the Galapagos (Letisha McLaughlin, 2007)
Relativity, Laser Interferometry, and the Search for Gravitational Waves
(Colin Kreutzer, 2008)
Beam Test Result for a Prototype PbWO4 Calorimeter (Matthew Reece, 2008)
The Physics in Psychology (Jonathan Flynn, 2009)
From Here to Eternity and Back: Are Traversable Wormholes Possible?
(Mary Margaret McEachern, 2009)
Three Pictures of Quantum Mechanics (Thomas Shafer, 2009)

Honors Work in Physics

Collapse and Revival in the Jaynes-Cummings-Paul Model (Thomas Shafer, 2009)

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