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May 31, 2007

Quick Survey for SFA Alumni 
A message from Dr. Downing, Chair of Physics and Astronomy 
 
Incoming freshman are asking what kind of salaries they can expect with physics and engineering degrees.  I know that salaries for many of you are private.  I am not asking what your salary is.  What I would like is a general idea of what a person might start at, what they might expect after 5 years and after 10 years.  Thanks in advance for any information you can provide.  Just fill in the blanks below and email the information back to me, Harry Downing, at hdowning@sfasu.edu

Your Employer . 

Engineer Starting Salary .  
Engineer Salary after 5 years .   
E
ngineer Salary after 10 years .  
 
Physicist Starting Salary .   
P
hysicist Salary after 5 years .  
Physicist Salary after 10 years . 



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Potentially habitable planet found
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070425/ap_on_sc/habitable_planet 
  
Last December, Japan`s Hinode spacecraft observed a massive explosion on the sun. Researchers analyzing the data have produced a must-see movie of the flare`s magnetic underpinnings. http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2007/24apr_hubble4sun.htm?list184210 
 
Does anyone remember SkyLab? 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h754eszxRfk   
 


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Clear skies,
Dan Bruton
astro@sfasu.edu

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