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The physics department of the American University of Beirut is almost as old as the university itself, although in the beginning there was no separate physics department, it was then considered a part of a course in natural philosophy. In 1908, Julius Arthur Brown was appointed the first Professor of physics. Currently, the department offers an undergraduate program leading to the degree of Bachelor of Science B.S. and more advanced training leading to the degree Master of Science M.S. Furthermore, the Ph.D. program was launched in 2008.
A question often asked: Why study physics?
One may answer that physics is the most fundamental of all natural sciences, and advances in physics underlies most of the spectacular technological achievements in the 19th and 20th centuries. |
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NEWS
Dr. Seshadri Sridhar (Raman Research Institute, Astronomy and Astrophysics Dept., Bangalore - India), a URB Visitng Scholar, gave a few lectures in the field of Stellar Dynamics (Turbulence, Magnetohydrydynamic Turbulence and Astrophysical Dynamos) in the Physics Dept. from April 6-20, 2011. More
CONFERENCES
Dr. Ali Chamseddine participated, as an Invited Lecturer, in "Desy Theory Workshop, Cosmology Meets Particle Physics: Ideas & Measurements" in Desy, Hamburg, Germany, from September 27-30, 2011.
Dr. Mounib El-Eid participated, as an Invited Lecturer, in "The 6th Summer School on Experimental Nuclear Astrophysics" in Sicily - Santa Tecla, Italy, from September 18-27, 2011.
Dr. Samih Isber participated in "Moscow International Symposium on Magnetism, MISM '11" in Moscow, Russia, from August 21-25, 2011.
TALKS
Dr. Samar Safi-Harb (Canada Research Chair & Associate Professor of Physics & Astronomy, University of Manitoba, Canada) gave a talk entitled "The Diversity of Neutron Stars Assocaited with Supernova Remnants: Highlights from Recent X-ray Discoveries" on July 27, 2011
Dr. Owen Gingerich - AUB PhD Honorary Recipient 2011 (Professor Emeritus - Harvard Univ., & Senior Astronomer Emeritus - Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory) gave a talk entitled "Galelio's Telescope and the Birth of Modern Astronomy" on June 23, 2011.
THESES
Mr. Wassim Kassem will defend his thesis entitled "Pulsed Laser Deposition of Tungsten Thin Films: Theoretical and Experimental Aspects" on October 14, 2011.
Miss Abeer Al Mohtar defended her thesis entitled "Synthesis of Tungsten Trioxide by Microwave Plasma Assisted Oxidation" on September 20, 2011.
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