Fri, Aug 01, 2025

The Department of Physics at Oklahoma State University recently added new equipment to its Cowboy Microfabrication Corral, which provides industry-grade tools and resources for faculty and students across OSU campus. Formally known as the Crystal Growth Lab — which had been around for decades — the Cowboy Microfabrication Corral needed a rebrand after receiving an “influx of new equipment that was not specific to crystal growth,” said OSU physics assistant professor Derrick Meyers. “The CMC is run by the physics department but is set up as a user facility for anyone to be able to utilize.”

Fri, Apr 04, 2025

In a recent theory-experiment collaboration, two Oklahoma State University Department of Physics groups demonstrated the generation of quantum many-body scars, or QMBSs.

Tue, Oct 08, 2024

During the April 8 solar eclipse, Oklahoma State University’s chapter of the Society for the Advancement of Chicanos/Hispanics and Native Americans in Science (SACNAS) ventured to Arkansas to measure the sun’s corona. As part of a Citizen Continental-America Telescope Eclipse project — or Citizen CATE — to capture the sun’s totality across the United States, Dr. Mario Borunda took a group of volunteers to Arkansas for their segment of the data collection.

Thu, Sep 12, 2024

All 24 College of Arts and Sciences departments are working to advance Oklahoma State University’s land-grant mission in their teaching, research and extension efforts.

Wed, Aug 07, 2024

Dr. Derek Meyers, an assistant professor in the Oklahoma State University Department of Physics, has been awarded an NSF CAREER award totaling $740,000 to fund his research on synthesizing and analyzing artificial crystal structures with behaviors called topological orders.

Tue, Mar 19, 2024

Dr. Sudip Jana, an Oklahoma State University Department of Physics alumnus, has published new research exploring supernova explosions. A 2019 Ph.D. graduate, Jana is pursuing research at the Max Planck Institute for Nuclear Physics in Germany.

Tue, Feb 20, 2024

The Oklahoma State University Department of Physics team emerged victorious at the U.S. Physics Tournament in December, defeating the University of Arizona in the finals.