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Adams State College

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4.08/20/2025

Makes complex topics easy to understand.

5.04/30/2025

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Dr. Matt Nehring is a Professor of Physics at Adams State University, a position he has held since joining the faculty on August 12, 1998. He earned his Ph.D. from the University of Colorado Boulder in 1995 and his B.S. from the Colorado School of Mines in 1990. Throughout his tenure, Nehring has taken on significant leadership roles, including serving as the current Department Chair of Engineering and Computer Science, located in Porter Hall Room 108. In this capacity, he oversees the Mechanical Engineering program developed in partnership with Colorado State University, providing students with access to engineering degrees on the Adams State campus. He has also been listed as Program Chair for Geoscience and previously as Academic Department Chair for Chemistry, Computer Science, and Mathematics. Nehring's administrative experience extends to serving as Interim Vice President for Academic Affairs and Interim President, during which he contributed to the university's financial action plan to restore fiscal health. As a long-standing faculty member with nearly 20 years in physics by 2018, he has been instrumental in various departmental initiatives.