Outcomes
Graduates report that Juniata's interactive and attentive method of teaching and liberal arts philosophy gave them an advantage over their peers in graduate school and professionally.
A couple of graduates each year, on average, enter the teaching profession, while other graduates head to graduate school or into industrial positions. Physics students have been accepted into graduate programs across the country including:
- Stanford
- MIT
- Princeton
- Case Western Reserve University
- University of Arizona
- University of Rochester
- The Pennsylvania State University
- The Ohio State University
Graduates also have used their physics education as stepping stones into medical school, engineering programs, information technology, and environmental science.
Research and Industry
- Scientist and Nobel Prize recipient in Physics (1997), National Institutes of Standards and Technology
- Retired engine designer and inventor of the "Hemi" engine, Chrysler Corporation, General Electric Locomotive
- Research Scientist, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute
- Senior Technical Staff member, IBM Microelectronics
- Director, Information Systems, Praxis Biologics
- President, Unitech Associates
- President, Sesco Corporation
- Product Manager, AMP Inc.
- Manager of Nuclear Science, Southern California Edison
Engineering
- Advisory Engineer, Northrop Grumman Corp.
- Project Engineer, Strobic Air Corp.
- Electrical Engineer, Duke Power Co.
- Design Engineer, Universal Forest Products, Inc.
- Aerospace Engineer, The Boeing Corp.
- Radiological Engineer, Bartlett Nuclear
Academic Posts
- Professor of Physics, Penn State University
- Associate Professor of Physics, Lafayette College
- Assistant Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, York College
- Associate Professor, University of Alabama
- Professor of Health Sciences, University of Arizona
- Professor Emeritus of Physics, University of California, Berkeley
Training in Physics applied to related fields
- Software Development Engineer, Microsoft Corp.
- Marketing and Sales Manger, MRC Specialty Bearings
- Chief Technology Officer, Certeon Inc.
- Cost Estimator, Ford Motor Company
- Investment Banker, Sandy Spring Bank
- Optometrist, American Optometric Association