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Welcome to our newest faculty member - Yuan Ming Lu
The newest faculty member to join physics is Yuan Ming Lu. Prof Lu is a Condensed Matter Theorist. His PhD was received at Boston College in 2011. Following his graduation he was a Post doc at…
Professor Andrew Heckler and his team win 2015 Office of Distance Education and eLearning Grant
Associate Professor of Physics, Andrew Heckler, along with a team of graduate students and staff in both Computer Science and Engineering and Physics have been awarded a 2015 Departmental Impact…
Prof. John Beacom presents TEDxOhioStateU to a sold out crowd
John Beacom participated in a day of TEDx lectures entitled "The Human Narrative" to a sold out crowd on Saturday February 14 at Mershon Auditorium. John's presentation will soon be available on…
Physics Winter Party was a Tropical Paradise
The 2015 Winter Party was enjoyed by a host of students, faculty and staff. The atrium was turned into a Tropical Paradise through the hard work of the planning committee and staff and student…
Higgs boson discovered in a superconductor
Nandini Trivedi and her theory-experiment collaboration have observed the Higgs boson in a superconductor. These discoveries were recently published in Nature Physics and commented on by…
Physics Front Office wins coveted Gingerbread Award
The front office staff won the coveted People's Choice Award at the annual Gingerbread Competition. This competition held in mid December challenged crews from research groups, administrative…
Jonathan Timcheck receives Churchill Award
Jonathan Timcheck, a senior in engineering physics and Honors student, has been named a 2015 Churchill Scholar. The WinstonChurchill Foundation awards 14 scholarships annually to graduating…
AFOSR awards grant to Dr. Cosmin Blaga through its Young Investigator Program
On January 21, 2015 the Air Force Office of Scientific Research announced that Dr. Cosmin Blaga, research scientist in Physics, as a recipient of the prestigious Young Investigator grant. The…
Dynamic New App for Learning About Particle Physics Now Available
The Contemporary Physics Education Project (CPEP) of which Emeritus Professor Gordon Aubrecht is now chair emeritus have contributed to a newly released app for both Apple and Android devices for…