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The
Department of Physics and Engineering Physics offers programs both in
the College of Engineering, leading to a B.E. in Engineering Physics,
and in the College of Arts & Science, leading to a B. Sc. in
Physics. Combined programs with other disciplines and a minor in
astronomy are also offered.
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U of S Space Design Team
(USST) Wins First Place
in 2nd annual Elevator:2010 Competition
The
USST is a group of engineering students with an interest in space
science and technology. The team has just concluded its second year of
operation, in which they finished in first place at the NASA Centennial
Challenges Space Elevator Climber Competition in Las Cruces, New Mexico
in October 20-22 2006.
This competition was set up by NASA to encourage private and university
research
into solving the technical difficulties of a space elevator, a
fictional device
which could revolutionize space travel and transportation. The
competition this
year involved 12 teams from US, Canada, and Europe. Many of the teams
are
university-based teams: for example, Univ. of British Columbia, and MIT
(who
dropped out of the competition).
To win the competition (and the $150,000 US prize money), each team had
to build
an autonomous robotic climber that would use beam power (laser,
microwave, white light) to scale a 200 ft ribbon at a minimum speed of
1 m/s. USST's performance far outpaced any other team, but they missed
the minimum speed by a scant 0.04 m/s so were unable to claim the prize
money but finished in first place in the competition.
Many of the team's members are students in the Dept. of Physics and Engineering Physics. The Department is very proud of the achievement of its students:
Find out more about the USST's outstanding achievement from their website and by viewing a Discovery Channel video about the event.Edwin Zhang
Remko van den Hurk
James Pendrigh
Morgan Bradford
Rob Hewitt
David Chan
Greg Smythe