Physics Department

For more detailed information on careers in physics and engineering try the following links:

• American Institute of Physics Careers.
• www.aps.org/careers/physicists/index.cfm.
• U.S. Department of Labor Engineering.

Information about Physics, Engineering, and a Neat Astronomy Site

• Resources for women in physics and engineering: https://www.elevators.com/women-in-engineering-and-technology/
• National Society of Black Physicists: https://nsbp.org/
• The American Institute of Physics Center for the History of Physics is an online museum of the history of physics over the last 75 years. Visit them at http://www.aip.org/history/.
• American Physical Society Student Guidance Page will give you some insight into what physicists do and who they are http://www.aps.org/careers/index.cfm.
• Want to know more about engineers and engineering? Then TryEngineering.org is the site for you. You can read about people currently working as engineers, and even play a few engineering games (design a parachute or a bridge and some other things). It’s all at http://www.tryengineering.org/home.php.
• Just for fun, visit the Hayden Planetarium website and enjoy the universe at http://www.amnh.org/our-research/hayden-planetarium.

The Northcountry Planetarium at State University of New York College at Plattsburgh, established in 1964, is committed to promoting and providing quality astronomy education and space science awareness for our campus students, local area schools as well as the surrounding community.

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