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The Unofficial Guide to Life as a Physics Major: How to Survive and Thrive at TCNJ
Mentored Undergraduate Summer Experience (MUSE)
MUSE is an excellent program that pays you generously and provides housing at TCNJ to do research with a professor over the summer for eight weeks (June and July). MUSE is a great way to get to know professors and other physics majors. You should talk to a professor about MUSE sometime before the end of the fall semester because MUSE applications are typically do the first week in February, and we return from winter break in late January.
Physics professors that have done MUSE in the past include but are not limited to:
Dr. Magee, Dr. Nguyen, Dr. McGee, and Dr. Capece
Even if the professor with whom you would like to do research is not on the above list, talk to him/her about MUSE anyway!
MUSE is an opportunity that is literally open to all physics majors, and as long as you have an interest to work with a professor on his/her research, you should be able to do MUSE.
More information about MUSE including past projects can be found here:
http://fscollab.pages.tcnj.edu/muse/
Physics professors that have done MUSE in the past include but are not limited to:
Dr. Magee, Dr. Nguyen, Dr. McGee, and Dr. Capece
Even if the professor with whom you would like to do research is not on the above list, talk to him/her about MUSE anyway!
MUSE is an opportunity that is literally open to all physics majors, and as long as you have an interest to work with a professor on his/her research, you should be able to do MUSE.
More information about MUSE including past projects can be found here:
http://fscollab.pages.tcnj.edu/muse/
Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REUs)
Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REUs) are great yet competitive opportunities to do extensive research at another institution in the US during the summer in an area in which you are interested. You are given a stipend, your travel is covered, and your housing/food may be covered and subsidized. REUs are also an excellent chance to research in areas of physics in which TCNJ may be lacking.
Generally, juniors will apply for multiple REUs for the summer before their senior year. However, sophomores have had success in attaining REUs for the summer going into their senior year. You will want to apply to A LOT of REUs because they are incredibly competitive.
Below are links to REUs sponsored in a variety of areas in physics:
General: http://www.nsf.gov/crssprgm/reu/list_result.cfm?unitid=69
Geophysics: http://www.nsf.gov/crssprgm/reu/list_result.cfm?unitid=5050
American Institute of Physics: http://www.compadre.org/student/research/index.cfm
For additional information regarding REUs, internships, and testimonials, please visit the following link:
Dr. Ochoa's website: http://www.tcnj.edu/~ochoa/reu-internships.htm#REUs sites
Generally, juniors will apply for multiple REUs for the summer before their senior year. However, sophomores have had success in attaining REUs for the summer going into their senior year. You will want to apply to A LOT of REUs because they are incredibly competitive.
Below are links to REUs sponsored in a variety of areas in physics:
General: http://www.nsf.gov/crssprgm/reu/list_result.cfm?unitid=69
Geophysics: http://www.nsf.gov/crssprgm/reu/list_result.cfm?unitid=5050
American Institute of Physics: http://www.compadre.org/student/research/index.cfm
For additional information regarding REUs, internships, and testimonials, please visit the following link:
Dr. Ochoa's website: http://www.tcnj.edu/~ochoa/reu-internships.htm#REUs sites
Helpful hints from Dr. Ochoa
For information about graduate schools, TCNJ alumni testimonials, and advice on being a physics major, please visit the following links:
Physics Blog: http://tcnjphysics.wordpress.com/
Dr. Ochoa's website: http://www.tcnj.edu/~ochoa/
Physics Blog: http://tcnjphysics.wordpress.com/
Dr. Ochoa's website: http://www.tcnj.edu/~ochoa/