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Archival as AuthorArchival as SubjectPublished as AuthorUniversity of Washington. Department of Physics
Dates
unknown – present
Authorized Form of Name
University of Washington. Department of Physics
Additional Forms of Names
University of Washington. College of Arts and Sciences. Department of Physics
University of Washington. Dept. of Physics
Institutional History
Abstract
The University of Washington's Department of Physics educates students at all levels and encourages the involvement of undergraduates in research. Areas of research have included astrophysics, atomic physics, biophysics, condensed matter theory, elementary particle theory, nuclear physics, particle theory, physics education, and quantum computing.
Important Dates
1946 – 1988Seth Neddermeyer was on faculty.
1954 – presentErnest Henley has been on faculty.
1955 – presentHans Dehmelt has been on faculty.
1960 – 2010J. Gregory Dash was on faculty.
1963 – presentE. Norval Fortson has been on faculty.
1970 – 1975David Wineland was on faculty.
1971 – presentEric Adelberger has been on faculty.
1976 – presentJames Bardeen has been on faculty.
1978 – 1987Gerald Gabrielse was on faculty.
1980 – presentDavid Thouless has been on faculty.
1984 – 2009Wick Haxton was on faculty.
1994 – 2003Christopher Stubbs was on faculty.
1994 – presentR. G. Hamish Robertson has been on faculty.
1994 – presentAnn E. Nelson has been on faculty.
Places
Headquarters
Subjects
Physics -- Study and teaching.
Citations
Departmental information from University of Washington Department of Physics About Us webpage (https://sharepoint.washington.edu/phys/Documents/About_Us.pdf).
Relationships
People
Employees & Officers
Assistant Professor of Physics, Associate Professor of Physics, Professor of Physics, Emeritus Professor of Physics.
Professor of Physics and Emeritus Professor of Physics.
Professor of Physics.
Bethe, Hans A. (Hans Albrecht), 1906-2005
Visiting Professor.
Acting Associate Professor of Physics; Associate Professor of Physics; Professor of Physics; and Emeritus Professor of Physics.
Visiting Assistant Professor to Associate Professor; Professor of Physics; and Professor Emeritus of Physics.
Research Assistant; Assistant Professor to Associate Professor of Physics; Professor of Physics; and Professor Emeritus of Physics.
Walker-Ames Professor of Physics.
Research Associate; Research Assistant Professor; Assistant Professor of Physics; and Associate Professor of Physics.
Associate Professor of Physics and Professor of Physics.
Assistant Professor of Physics; Associate Professor of Physics; Professor of Physics; and Emeritus Professor of Physics.
Lee, P. A. (Patrick A.), 1946-
Assistant Professor of Physics.
Walker-Ames Professor.
Visiting Professor.
Neddermeyer, Seth H. (Seth Henry), 1907-1988
Associate Professor to Professor and Emeritus Professor.
Nelson, Ann E. (Ann Elizabeth)
Associate Professor of Physics and Professor of Physics.
Robertson, R. G. Hamish, 1943-
Professor of Physics.
Received PhD (1988). Associate Professor of Physics and Professor of Physics.
Professor of Physics and Emeritus Professor of Physics.
Research Associate.
PhD Students
Received PhD (1939).
Received PhD (1967).
Associates & Members
Bindschadler, R. A. (Robert A.)
Blair, John S. (John Sanborn), 1923-1982
Bodansky, David
Brakel, Henry Louis, 1876-
Caughlan, Georgeanne Robertson, 1916-1994
Received MS (1968).
Dunn, G. H. (Gordon H.), 1932-
Received BS and PhD in Physics (1961).
Geballe, Ronald, 1918-
Glockler, George, 1890-1969
Kikuchi, Chihiro, 1914-
Loughridge, Donald Holt, 1899-
Received BS.
Manley, John Henry, 1907-
Peierls, Rudolf E. (Rudolf Ernst), 1907-1995
Robertson, H. P. (Howard Percy), 1903-1961
Received BS (1922) and MS (1923).
Roebuck, John R. (John Ransom), 1876-1965
Wilson, Kenneth G. (Kenneth Geddes), 1936-2013
Institutions
Institutional Hierarchy
University of Washington
Associates
American Institute of Physics. Center for History of Physics
Participated in the study of multi-institutional collaborations.
Resources
Archival Resources
Author
E632 collaboration meeting records, 1980-1997.
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
University of Washington closed circuit television physics lecture series [motion picture], circa 1967.
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
University of Washington department of physics records, 1924-1999.
University Archives
University of Washington
Mailstop #0-10. Seattle, WA 98195, USA
Subject
Chihiro Kikuchi papers, 1941-1989.
University Archives
University of Washington
Mailstop #0-10. Seattle, WA 98195, USA
David Bodansky papers, 1955-2001.
University Archives
University of Washington
Mailstop #0-10. Seattle, WA 98195, USA
Donald H. Loughridge autobiography, circa 1945.
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
George Glockler scientific publications, volume 5, 1951-1964.
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
Georgeanne Caughlan response to 1988 History of Nuclear Physics Survey, 1988.
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
Hans G. Dehmelt papers, 1989-1990.
University Archives
University of Washington
Mailstop #0-10. Seattle, WA 98195, USA
Henry Louis Brakel papers, 1965.
University Archives
University of Washington
Mailstop #0-10. Seattle, WA 98195, USA
John R. Roebuck biographical information, 1963.
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
John S. Blair papers, 1923-1982.
University Archives
University of Washington
Mailstop #0-10. Seattle, WA 98195, USA
Oral history interview with Henry Louis Brakel, 1965 November 10.
Niels Bohr Library & Archivesr
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
Oral history interview with John Henry Manley, 1976 July 9 and 11.
The Bancroft Library
University of California, Berkeley
Berkeley, CA, 94720-6000, USA
Oral history interview with Kenneth G. Wilson, 1991 December 10.
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
Oral history interview with Robert Bindschadler, 2009 June 8.
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
Ronald Geballe papers, 1950-1998.
University Archives
University of Washington
Mailstop #0-10. Seattle, WA 98195, USA
Sir Rudolf Ernst Peierls papers and correspondence, 1898-1996.
Bodleian Library. Department of Western Manuscripts
University of Oxford
Oxford, England, UK
University of Washington Nuclear Physics Laboratory records, 1949-1995.
University Archives
University of Washington
Mailstop #0-10. Seattle, WA 98195, USA