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The William I. Fine Theoretical Physics Institute is a research institute in the University of Minnesota College of Science and Engineering.FTPI was largely the work of physics Professor Emeritus, Stephen Gasiorowicz and university alumnus and Twin Cities real-estate developer William I. Fine. [1] The institute officially came into existence in January 1987. [2]
Physics and Astronomy; Additionally, CSE pairs with other departments at the University to offer a degree-granting program in Bioproducts and Biosystems Engineering, with CFANS (formerly two departments: Biosystems and Agricultural Engineering, and Bio-based Products) And two other CSE units grant advanced degrees:
Although the shuttle service is free, it is comparatively inexpensive to operate; with an operating cost of $4.55 million in 2008, the operating subsidy was only $1.28 per passenger. Even Metro Transit's busy Metro Blue Line light rail required a subsidy of $1.44 that year, and that was with many riders paying $1.75 or more for a ride. [46]
The University of Minnesota College of Continuing and Professional Studies (CCAPS) is a professional school of the University of Minnesota based at its Saint Paul Campus. The school offers applied graduate and undergraduate degrees, professional development certificates, practical-knowledge conferences and individualized degrees.
The flagship Twin Cities campus is the largest in the system, with a total enrollment of 50,943 students (undergraduate, graduate, professional, and non-degree included) in fall 2018. In the same year Crookston had 2,810, Duluth had 11,040, Morris had 1,554, and Rochester had 533, bringing the system-wide total to 66,880. [4]
Ernest O. Lawrence (M.A. Physics 1923), 1939 Nobel Prize in Physics [1] Walter Brattain (PhD Physics 1929), 1956 Nobel Prize in Physics [2] Melvin Calvin (PhD Chemistry 1935), 1961 Nobel Prize in Chemistry [3] Norman Borlaug (B.S. Forestry 1937, M.S. 1939 Plant Pathology, PhD 1942 Plant Pathology), 1970 Nobel Peace Prize [4]
The building currently houses the Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, and the School of Physics and Astronomy, [28] including the Minnesota Institute for Astrophysics and the William I. Fine Theoretical Physics Institute. Tate also contains a historic observatory with a 10 and a half inch refracting telescope. [27]
Joseph Valasek (27 April 1897 – 4 October 1993) was an American physicist and professor emeritus of physics at the University of Minnesota. He specialized in geometrical and physical optics, experimental optics and spectroscopy, and x-rays. [1] He is credited with the discovery of ferroelectricity, which he identified using Rochelle salts.