Physics, workshop, circa 1975, photo 1

This image shows Professor Robert Nicklin of the Department of Physics and Astronomy at Appalachian State University (1967-current) working on a drill in the workshop in Kerr Scott Hall, built 1961, in the 1970s. The Department of Physics and Astronomy is in the College of Arts and Sciences and maintains the Rankin Science Observatory in Rankin Science Hall, built 1963, and the Dark Sky Observatory, opened 1981, twenty miles northeast of Boone, NC. The Department offers an undergraduate degrees in applied physics and graduate degrees in engineering physics, as well as courses in industrial, chemical, computational, environmental, medical, and radiation safety physics.

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Physics

Appalachian State University

General Picture Files, 2004.040, Box 14, Physics and Astronomy F2, C14.2.3.2.

University Archives, Appalachian State University

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Appalachian State University. College of Arts and Sciences. Department of Physics and Astronomy

Nicklin, Robert Clair, 1936-

Kerr Scott Hall (1961)

1970-1979

Series 6 -- Colleges, Departments, Offices, and Centers

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The Appalachian State University Historical Photographs Digitization Project is supported with federal Library Service and Technology Act (LSTA) funds made possible through a grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services, administered by the State Library of North Carolina, a division of the Department of Cultural Resources through the North Carolina ECHO, 'Exploring Cultural Heritage Online' Digitization Grant Program.

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