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24 May 2011
Congratulations to Dr. Cristian Botez for Receiving New NSF Grant!
Drs. Cristian Botez (PI) and Lourdes Echegoyen (Co-PI) will be directing a new project sponsored by the National Science Foundation through a recently awarded $199,482 grant. The project centers on high-level undergraduate research carried out by faculty mentor – student fellow teams throughout the College of Science, and seeks to integrate some of the research results within courses or laboratory sections. One key idea is to generate evidence that first-rate research is relevant to the basic course curriculum. The project is ultimately expected to enhance STEM undergraduate research and learning, as well as overall student success.
Congratulations to Physics Students and Faculty Honored at Pre-Commencement
Academic Excellence-Undergraduate Student: Jose "Tony" Rodriguez
Research Excellence-Undergraduate Student: Jason Keith
Academic Excellence – Graduate Student: Karla Carmona
Physics Department Honors Award Undergraduate Student: Enrique Ramirez
Outstanding Thesis for the College of Science: Churna Bahadur Bhandari
Dr. Eric Hagedorn received an award for "Excellence in Teaching" from the College of Science
Congratulations to all!
One HUGELY Successful Physics Outreach Event!
The Physics Circus presented a special half-hour program to over 3800 elementary school children for Opportunity Days in the Memorial Gym. The 33 foot bowling ball pendulum, roaring PVC pipes, non-Newtonian fluid jumping, and bed of nails demonstrations were well received. Thanks to our students Richard Flores, Armando Garcia, Celia Garcia, Alex Price, Matt Quiroz, Enrique Ramirez, Jose "Tony" Rodriguez, and Jesus Valdez. Thanks also to Drs. Jessica Dunmore and Eric Hagedorn. Special thanks to Tai Subia from Geology!Real Physics LIVE Engages 200 High School Students
USA Science & Engineering Festival Team Wows Washington!
Congratulations to COURI Symposium Presenters and our two Award Winners!
On Saturday April 21st, seven Physics undergraduate students presented their research at the Second Annual COURI Symposium. Josh Morris won "Best Student Poster" in the "Mathematics, Bioinformatics & Modeling Category" and Aurelio Paez won "Honorable Mention" in the same category. Way to go gentlemen and thanks to your mentors!
- Armando Garcia: Super Resolution Microscopy with Stimulated Emission and Ground State Depletion, with Dr. Chunqiang Li*
- Jason P. Keith: Equation of State of a Strongly Coupled Fermion System, with Dr. Efrain J. Ferrer*
- Joshua L. Morris: Superspin Relaxation Times in Fe3O4 / Hexane Magnetic Fluids Measured by Frequency-Resolved AC Susceptibility, with Drs. Michael P. Eastman, and Cristian E. Botez *
- Andres Ortiz: Derivation of Hill's Equation from Scale Invariance, with Dr. Vladik Kreinovich*
- Leo Paez: Optical Photometry of the Black Hole Candidate SWIFT J1753.4-0126, with Drs. Edward L. Robinson, Amanda J. Bayless, and Paul A. Mason*
- Alex Price: Observations of Ellipsoidal Variations in the LMXB V1727 Cygni, with Drs. Edward L. Robinson, and Paul A. Mason*
- Paul Springsteen: Electric Susceptibility for Strongly Magnetized Electron-positron Plasma at Finite Temperature and Density, with Drs. Efrain J. Ferrer *, and Angel Sanchez
Department Seminars Completed for Spring Semester 2012
Thanks to all our outstanding Department Seminar Speakers!!
