Michael Kossin, an undergraduate who works with professor Luis Orozco, has been awarded an IPST Monroe Martin Prize for Undergraduate Research in Physics for his paper, "Production of a Polarizing Millimeter-Wave Fabry-Perot Resonator.”
Raman Sundrum comments on new theory to explain the higgs mass, in the lateset issue of Quanta Magazine.
"Through the Wormhole" with Morgan Freeman will feature a segment concentrated on Jim Gates' research on adinkaras in supersymmetry. The episode, Do We Live in the Matrix?, will air on the Science Channel, May 20, at 10:00PM.
The College of Computer, Mathematical and Natural Sciences (CMNS) has announced the promotion of 10 faculty members, effective July 1, 2015. Among the faculty being promoted to Full Professor are kara Hoffman and Johnpierre Paglione.
Kara Hoffman joined the Department of Physics in 2004. Her research interests include particle astrophysics, with research projects at the IceCube Neutrino Observatory at the South Pole and the Askaryan Radio Array.
Johnpierre Paglione joined the Department of Physics in 2008. His research interests include strongly correlated electron systems, synthesis and exploration of SCES materials and anisotropy in quantum materials.
For the full list of CMNS faculty promotions visit http://cmns.umd.edu/news-events/features/3031
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