Jonathan Hammel, a physics student at Cleveland State University, spotted waterspouts that were over Lake Erie near Cleveland on Thursday. Jonathan recorded the phenomenon, which is common in the area

 This summer I had the opportunity to attend Michigan State University's Nuclear Science Summer School. We spent a week at the Facility for Rare Isotope Beams (FRiB) getting hands-on experience l

 Each year since early 2000s, CSU sets aside a big chuck of money (~$250k) to support summer undergraduate research on campus. The money is distributed on a competitive basis through Undergraduat

 On April 9, 2025, CSU held its 2025 Faculty Excellence Award Celebration. Jearl Walker, who has been teaching at CSU for 52 years, was awarded the Distinguished Professorship at this ceremony. T

 At the Faculty Excellence Award Celebration on April 9, 2025, Associate Professor in Physics, Dr.  Thijs Heus was recognized as CSU’s Distinguished Faculty in Research. Thijs is leading r

 Thanks to generous support from the Physics Dept alumni and friends during the 2024 CSU’s Giving Day, each semester the department awards one Giving Day Physics Scholarship. A recipient is cho

RecapThe fifth year of Cleveland State University’s REU, "Synthesis, Assembly and Characterization of Soft Matter," ran from May 19th through July 25th, 2025, and hosted a truly interdisciplinary co

 In the summer of 2025, physics graduate student James Taton had an exciting internship experience at NASA Grenn Research Center (NASA GRC). James, who is currently a second year MS physics stude

 In a recent episode of the Cleveland Conversations collaboration CSU physicist and educator, Dr. Jearl Walker reflected on his more than five decades career in teaching physics. Dr. Walker talks

At the 1981 Physics of Computation conference, Richard Feynman proposed the idea of a machine—the quantum computer—that could efficiently simulate the physical world. Today, there are several rese