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Last update: May 18, 2013

Congratulations Graduates!!

Best wishes and hearty congratulations to all our graduates.

Bachelors in Applied Physics: Demetrio Corralez

Bachelors in Mathematics & Physics: Matthew Quiroz

Bachelors in Physics: William Davis Burman; David Carbajal, Olga Ruiz Gonzalez, Jessica Salazar, Robert Wilkins

Bachelors in Physics & Mathematics: Armando Garcia

Masters in Physics: Lidens Cheng

Masters in Medical Physics: Courtney Bosse; Judith Rivera

Real Physics LIVE: Friday, May 10, 2013:

It wasn't dead at all on Dead Day in Physics! Over 200 EPISD high school physics students and teachers from Andress, Austin, Bowie, Burgess, El Paso, Franklin, Jefferson, Silva and the Trans Mountain Early College High School. Special thanks to everyone who made this possible: staff, student volunteers and faculty. We really showed a lot of people the kind of warm, vibrant place this is!

Congratulations Carlos!

Our Carlos Diaz presented a poster entitled: Electronic Structure of Planar Aggregates of Boron Clusters, at the COURI Research Symposium on Saturday, April 20, 2013. This poster was chosen as the BEST student presentation in the Computer Science, Physics & Mathematics category. The authors on the poster were Carlos Diaz, Luis Basurto, Dr. Tunna Baruah, and Dr. Rajendra Zope. Dr. Zope is Carlos' mentor. Again: Congratulations!!

PREM Scholar Opportunity

The Partnerships Research Education Materials (PREM) project supports students who participate in research projects on "The Fundamental Molecular and Interfacial Design for Next Generation Photovoltaic Systems." Our Dr. Baruah is a member of this interdisciplinary and interinstitutional team. Go to h ttp://science.utep.edu/nsf-prem/ for details.

Electronic Structure Group a Presence at March APS Meeting!

The electronic structure group (led by Drs. Tunna Baruah and Rajendra Zope) attended the APS March meeting in Baltimore Maryland from March 19 to March 22. Ph.D. students Marco Olguin and Luis Basurto presented talks on the study of photo induced charge transfer excitations of organic photovoltaic complexes. In total 5 oral presentations were given by group members:
1.- Charge transfer excitations in water-soluble sulfonated zinc-phthalocyanine (ZnPcS) donor molecules coupled to C60.
2.- Endohedral fullerene as acceptor: A DFT study on charge transfer states of Sc3N@C80-porphyrin complex.
3.- Effect of geometrical orientation on the charge transfer energetics of supramolecular (tetraphenyl)-porphyrin/fullerens dyads
4.- Electronic structure and charge transfer states of a multi-chromophoric heptad antenna.
5.- The effect of structural conformations and solvent effects in a light-harvesting Carotenoid-diaryl-Porphyrin-C60 (CPC60) molecular triad on the charge transfer excitation energies.

Are you a first or second year science or math major needing something to do in June?

If you are a science (biology, biochemistry, chemistry, geological sciences, or physics) or mathematics major and want to consider more seriously whether you want to be a high school science or mathematics teacher, a Noyce Summer Internship is for you! Click here and scroll down to third item "Calling ALL Mathematics & Science Majors who are Freshmen and Sophomores: Have you ever consider teaching as a career?"

Congratulations to Dr. Chunqiang Li

Earlier this month, Dr. Li was invited to give a seminar to the Department of Physics at the University of Arizona, entitled: "Femtosecond laser spectroscopy and microscopy." For more information, click here. The talk was given on 3/8/2013.

Comet Gazing on Saturday and Sunday, March 9th and 10th, 2013

Francisco "Paco" Carreto, who lectures for both UTEP Physics and EPCC, has organized "Comet Gazing" on the west-facing observation parking lot near the top of Transmountain. This begins at 6:30 pm on Saturday and at 7:30 pm on Sunday. See slides above for a photo of the comet and detailed viewing instructions.

Congratulations to our Master's Students for acceptance into Ph.D. programs!

Lidens Cheng, Massoud Mollaee, and Judith Rivera have each been accepted into Ph.D. programs! Lidens will be attending the University of Utah for a Ph.D. in Physics. Massoud will be attending the University of Arizona for a Ph.D. in Physics. Judith has been accepted into a combined Biomedical Engineering program at the University of North Carolina and North Carolina State. She has also been accepted into a Medical Physics Ph.D. program at Purdue and is interviewing for a Biomedical Engineering Ph.D. position at Tufts. Hearty congratulations to all of you!

Amazing Department Seminar on Friday, March 1, 2013

We were very fortunate to have Dr. Johann Rafelski of the University of Arizona present: COMPACT ULTRA DENSE OBJECT (CUDO) IMPACTS. The topic of this talk may revolutionize our understanding of meteorite and comet impacts. Click for more details.

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