Miami University Department of Physics

W. Scott Enochs
"My passion and lifelong thirst for knowledge was first ignited in the Thermodynamics class of Don Kelly and fully fueled in the Mathematical Methods for Physicists class of Phil Macklin. Other outstanding teacher-role models for me include Joe Priest, and Jim Poth..." Read More »

Jay Kumler
"The MU Physics Department was the perfect undergraduate environment - the students, the professors and the passion for teaching and therefore learning. The Physics department prepared me for graduate school, for the workplace, and for future foursquare games with my teenagers..." Read More »

Steve Epperson

Graduated MU BS Physics - 1986
Graduated OSU MS Nuclear engineering - 1988

Started work as a radiological engineer doing shielding calculations and design of new nuclear facilities at the Savannah River Site. Eventually, I worked my way up the food chain to be a Facility Manager of Radiological Operations in a plutonium stabilization facility. I left Savannah River Site in 2005, and ended up, of all things, teaching high school science, specifically chemistry, physics, and AP physics.