Department of Physics at the U of I

Publications

The Physics Publications Office, which maintains a variety of departmental print publications, is staffed by Becky McDuffee (3137 Engineering Sciences Building, 217.244.4268).

Theses

• University of Illinois Theses Database

Research Highlights

• Occasional summaries of break-through research from 2000-2007 carried out by Physics faculty, written for the scientifically literate reader.

Physics Illinois News

• Download a copy
• Request a hard copy from the editor.

The Qual Archives

• The Department maintains an on-line archive of previous qualifying examination problems as a study aid for its students. This archive goes back to 1995, and the problems have been organized by subject (classical mechanics, quantum mechanics, electricity and magnetism, and statistical mechanics).
  
  Solutions are not available, and no correspondence will be entered into as to how to solve these problems. So that future Illinois students may have a fresh exposure to these problems and derive the most benefit from practicing them, please do not post solutions. These problems may be reproduced or circulated only if properly attributed to the Physics Faculty of the University of Illinois.

"Science — The Endless Frontier"

• A Report to the President by Vannevar Bush, Director of the Office of Scientific Research and Development, July 1945 (By popular request, we maintain a copy of this groundbreaking speech on our server.)