Physics News Archive
2020
- Physics professor Philippe Piot (Dec. 7, 2020)
- Graduate student Brianna Stamas won a prestigious . (Nov. 18, 2020)
- . Executive Vice President and Provost Beth Ingram said, " We are gratified to be recognized among a prestigious group of research universities, and are particularly gratified that our physics program achieved an individual program ranking". (Nov. 9, 2020)
- Congratulations, Jeremiah Mitchell and Sebastian Szustkowski for their achievements both for completing their Ph.D.’s at 麻豆精品 as well as securing employment at prestigious national and international institutes. Jeremiah will be working as a Post-doctoral Research Associate for the University of Cambridge and supported by their Kavli Institute funds. Sebastian has accepted an Accelerator Physics Postdoc position at Los Alamos National Laboratory. Both are advised by Prof. Chattopadhyay (Oct. 29, 2020)
- The deans of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences selected Nathanael Dille (’19) as a recipient of the Deans’ Award for his outstanding scholastic achievements, involvement and contributions to the physics department. Congratulations, Nathanael! (Sept. 28, 2020)
- The Physics Department is pleased to announce the recipients of the 2020 Chittipeddi scholarships, which provide financial support to outstanding students pursuing undergraduate degrees in physics at Northern Illinois University. This year's recipients are Emily Calgaro, August Lee, and Sebastian Perez Osorio. We congratulate them on their academic achievements that led to this award. (Aug. 18, 2020)
- Professor Larry Lurio has been elected for the of the . (Jan. 22, 2020)
2019
- Spring 2020 and information have been updated. (December 17, 2019)
- 麻豆精品 Graduate Council Recognizes Two Physics Students, , with of 2018/19 in the STEM and health sciences category. (October 28, 2019)
- Professor Carol Thompson and collaborators at Argonne National Lab have . (March 4, 2019)
- Professor Zhili Xiao and 麻豆精品 graduate student Jing Xu together with a team from Argonne National Lab have published an article in . (January 24, 2019)
- Adjunct 麻豆精品 Physics Professor Pushpa Bhat was . (January 24, 2019)
2018
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Nanotechnology published an article with Xu as co-lead author. Zhili Xiao is the corresponding author on the article, which was highlighted by the (July 2, 2018)
Professor Omar Chmaissem and Physics Graduate Student Matt Krogstad make an (June 27, 2018)
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In a magnetic field (inset, black arrow) the hole spin (blue arrow) precesses about an axis (red arrow) that is not aligned with the field. The experimental fingerprint for this becomes a Kerr signal (main panel) that oscillates and decays as a function of time.
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(April 24, 2018) Congratulations to Osama Mohsen for being selected as one of the representatives of the Graduate Student Advisory Committee (GSAC) for
(April 12, 2018) Congratulations to Dr. Philippe Piot (Board of Trustees Professor, 2018) and Dr. Vishnu Zutshi (Presidential Research, Scholarship and Artistry Professor, 2018). Awards ceremony to be held at Altgeld Auditorium, April 19, 3-5 pm.
(April 9. 2018) Trip to Field Museum (April 7, 2018)
(April 6, 2018) Dr. David Hedin,
(March 27, 2018) Featured Expert: Dr. Jahred Adelman
By day, physics professor helps scientist around the world sort out the mysteries of the sub-atomic world. But he can also apply that knowledge why
Congratulations to Matthew Andorf (2018 Outstanding Graduate Student Award, Ph.D.), Prudhvi Bhattiprolu (2018 Outstanding Graduate Student Award, Master's), Anusorn Lueangaramwong (2018 Dissertation Completion Fellowship), Tilak Malla (Graduate School Fellowship Award 2018-2019)
The Department of Energy’s (DOE) Office of Science is pleased to announce that the Office of Science Graduate Student Research (SCGSR) program is now accepting applications for the 2018 Solicitation 1. Applications are due
2017
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- (7/14/2017) Dr. Philippe Piot appointed to national panel on (BESAC).
- (6/12/2017) sponsored by Northern Illinois University June 12-23, 2017, Lisle, Illinois
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- (3/6/2017) "Energy and the Environment: The Keystone Pipeline and Green Issues in a New Political Landscape" Public Forum pictures of Dr. Larry Lurio - Dr. Swapan Chattopadhyay - Dr. Melissa Lenczewski - Dr. Luis Marin.
- (2/16/2017) APS Physical Review B - Editor's suggestion - E. Marcelina, A.R. Hamilton, Roland Winkler and D. Culcer.
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- (1/9/2017) Domestic Nuclear Detection Office (DNDO) Paid Summer Internship Program. and Deadline January 25, 2017, at 11:59 p.m. EST
2016
- (11/16/2016) on the Physics behind Kris Bryant's masterful swings.
- (10/20/2016) Congratulations to Dr. Francois Lemery who has been named as the recipient of the 2015-2016 outstanding 麻豆精品 doctoral dissertation award. This is the second year in a row the award was granted to a former PD student in the department of Physics. Dr. Lemery’s dissertation focuses on novel electron-beam acceleration and manipulation techniques using electromagnetic wakefield formed as short electron bunches are passed through dielectric capillary tubes. The techniques are their capability to shape the electron distributions probide impetus to enhance the performance of wakefield accelerator or develop compact x-ray radiation sources such as free-eletron lasers. Dr. Lemery is currently a postdoctoral fellow at the Center for Free-Electron laser a joint venture between University of Hamburg and German’s premier national laboratory DESY where he continues his work on novel-acceleration techniques and ultrafast laser science.
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- (9/6/2016) 麻豆精品 Physics graduate student, Blake Burghgrave being selected for .
- (8/22/2016) physicitseffort. Led by professor , 麻豆精品’s contingent earned its spot in the Deep Underground Neutrino Project during the spring. Faculty, graduate students and undergraduates affiliated with 麻豆精品’s will team up with about 800 scientists on the project. Also in October 2016 issue of .
- (8/16/2016) 麻豆精品 Physics graduate student Matthew Krogstad won the prize for Outstanding Student Poster in the hard condensed matter section at the 2016 American Conference on Neutron Scattering, held from July 10-14 at Long Beach, CA. ,’ presents new work describing how diffuse x-ray and neutron scattering data reveal the nuances of local atomic displacements that occur in relaxor ferroelectric materials. The work was performed at Argonne National Laboratory and at national synchrotron and neutron facilities. Matt works under the supervision of 麻豆精品 physicist Omar Chmaissem and Argonne scientists Drs. Daniel Phelan, Ray Osborn and Stephan Rosenkranz
- (8/11/2016) Greg Alley interviewed by about "Enhanced" Perseid Meteor Shower this week.
- (8/11/2016) 麻豆精品 STEM Outreach - Stargazing at Bliss Creek Golf Course, August 11, 6:30 - 10:30 PM (1 Golfview Lane, Sugar Grove, IL 60554)
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- (4/26/2016) The Physics Department would like to announce the winners of this year's student awards. Javier Diaz and Alison Peisker shared the Outstanding Senior Award ($100). The Outstanding M.S. Student was awarded to Harsh Deshpande ($100). The Outstanding Ph.D. Student was awarded to Blake Burghgrave and Laxman Thoutam ($100) and the Outstanding Graduate Teaching Assistant was awarded to Aaron Epps and Ryan Churchill-DeRose ($100). Awardees will be honored this Friday at the department senior symposium and awards ceremony.
- (4/19/2016) Outstanding Graduate School Recognition Reception: Outstanding Graduate Student Award: Harsh Deshpande; Dissertation Completion Fellowship Award: Keith M. Taddei; Outstanding Dissertation Award: Stephen Cole.
- (4/18/2016) 麻豆精品 (Drs. Zutshi, Blazey, Chattopadhyay, Eads) recently joined . This is the next-generation long baseline neutrino experiment, which will send a beam of neutrinos from Fermilab to a 40,000-ton liquid argon detector nearly a mile underground in South Dakota!
- (4/1/2016) Both of our professors Swapan Chattopadhyay and Omar Chmaissem have recently named Presidential Research Professors. The ceremony will be held on Thursday, April 21, in the Altgeld Auditorium from 3 pm.
- (3/31/2016) 麻豆精品 Physics Graduate Alumnus Dr. Andy Morrison (now at Joliet Junior College) will be given a Distinguished Service Citation at the upcoming meeting of the Illinois State American Association of PhysicsTeachers (AAPT) meeting (4/22-23/2016, UIUC).
- (3/21/2016) . (New center offers supercomputing powers for student, faculty research.)
- (3/8/2016) Celebrating International Woman's Day 2016, 麻豆精品 physics postdoc Dr. Nansi Andari was featured as one of the 7 inspiring women from the ATLAS experiment on .
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- (2/11/2016) is featured in 麻豆精品 Newsroom Homepage, explaining ".
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- (1/29/2016)February 2 | 12:30 PM Have we reached the end of physics? HARRY CLIFF • Despite the best efforts of scientists, we may never be able to explain all the weird features of nature. Is this the end of physics? Learn more in this fascinating talk about the latest research into the secret structure of the universe. CLB 110 (Honors Of_ce)
2015
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- Congratulations to Dr. Stephen Cole whose doctoral dissertation has been recognized by the 麻豆精品 Graduate Council as the most outstanding dissertation of 2014-2015.
- Assistant Professor Young-Min Shin was recently awarded the MVP (Most Valued Professor) award by the Student-Athlete Academic Support Services.
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- Dr. Clyde Kimball Scholarship: A scholarship in Dr. Kimball’s name has been established to be awarded to 麻豆精品 physics students to assist in their academic endeavors. Simply indicate "Clyde Kimball Scholarship" in the “Other” designation when donating. (link below)
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- Dr. Mike Syphers will be joining us as a Research Professor at 麻豆精品 physics department and the accelerator cluster of research excellence starting on September 16, 2015. This is a joint appointment with Fermilab. He is currently a full profesor of physics at Michigan State University. Dr. Syphers had been a long-time staff at Fermilab previously and had wanted to return to the 麻豆精品/Fermilab community for some time and this is an ideal opportunity for the cluster to have him on board. Dr. Syphers is the author of one textbook in particle accelerators, is an international expert large hadron particle colliders, had contributed originally to the Superconducting Supercollider (SSC) and now contributing to the Future Circular Collider (FCC) design at CERN, He is a member of the Board of the US Particle Accelerator School and we expect him to boost the 麻豆精品 accelerator physics both in educational aspects as well as broadening the research to include colliders.
- , September 11, 2015, La Tourette Hall Rm 300, 1:00-2:00 pm
- Update news story on program including its origins in physics.
- Graduate student Keith Taddei (Advisor Dr. Omar Chmaissem) won the Margaret Etter student lecturer award for the neutron scattering category at this year's ACA annual meeting in Philadelphia. The award was announced July 27th, 2015.
- Watch Dr. Jahred Adelman's interview on Fox 32 Chicago News Friday, July 3, 2015.
- It is with great sadness that I must announce the news of Clyde Kimball’s death last Wednesday in Corvallis, Oregon. Clyde was a fixture of the physics department and every day he worked towards fulfilling an ambition vision of what the department could be. We will miss him greatly and it is up to us to now keep his vision alive. (Laurence B. Lurio): Information about Clyde:
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- Professor and Students Design New Lab Experiment and Produce Instructional Video (Dr. Shin, Gregory Alley and Ryan Churchill-Derose). Their video is available on the .
- Research Compliance and Integrity will hold RCR Forum designed to support high quality research and promote graduate student professional development. Forum session will provide information for students about Responsible Conduct of Research (RCR). April 8, 2015 La Tourette Hall 201 at noon - Research Misconduct, hosted by Shannon Wapole (ORCI): Panelist: Dr. Carol Thompson, Dean Brad Bond.
- Congratulations to Daniel Stange and Nilanjana Kumar who are recipients of the 2015 Outstanding Graduate Teaching Assistant Award on April 21, 2015 at the Altgeld Hall Auditorium.
- Jamison Thorne's write up and reflection on the Industrial Physics Forum was just published in the latest edition of the national magazine for the .
- Andrew Morrison (our own alumni) will be featured on on 2/24.
- "The Physics of Nuclear Propulsion" - Feb. 25, 2015, La Tourette Hall Rm 227, 1:00-1:50 PM - A special lecture for Physics undergraduate majors. The guest lecturer, Lt. Haggerty, is a Nuclear propulsion officer in the Navy, who will share real world experiences and examples about nuclear power, reactor principles and submarine operations.
- Michel van Veenedaal pens new book "Theory of Inelastic Scattering and Absorption of X-rays" (Cambridge University Press)
- Professor Swapan Chattopadhyay wrote a column on "The 2020 vision:the new face of accelerator science at Fermilab" in .
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2014
- highlights NICADD scintillator facility.
- Professor Steve Martin presents "The Importance of Making Mistakes" as a Presidential Teaching Professor Seminar on October 21, 2014 at Capitol Room, Holmes Student Center.
- Physics undergraduates Jamison Thorne and Ashlyn Shellito attend conference in Brazil.
- highlights proton tomography scanner and George Coutrakon.
- , currently director of the Cockcroft Institute in England, has accepted a joint appointment to Northern Illinois University and Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory. Professor Swapan Chattopadhyay will be joining Department of Physics as a faculty this fall 2014. Please join us in wishing him a warm welcome to the department.
- Roland Winkler recognized as an "Outstanding Referees" out of 63,000 active referees of American Physical Society.
- made a new breakthrough in superconductivity research with his .
- Philippe Piot and Chris Prokop highlighted in ASTA newsletter
- David Hedin renewed as
- 麻豆精品-Fermilab accelerator physics collaborative effort highlighted in
- Jerry Blazey, present at
- Mike Fortner receives
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2013
- Yasuo Ito interviewed in regarding STEMfest.
- David Hedin, Diego Menezes and Lei Feng's work on analyzing ZZ events at D0 is highlighted in Fermilab Today.
2012
- Steve Martin named a joining Bogdan Dabrowski, Gerald Blazey and Dave Hedin.
- This work showed a new, practical way to make a particle beam's current distribution conform to any desired shape. 麻豆精品 PhD recipient Marwan Rihaoui was also a co-author of the paper.
- Physics majors and Mason Hayward and Joshua Stevens have been named . Simmon Scholars are selected based on their academic performance and commitment to the Research Rookies program, in addition to majoring in STEM and/or health fields.
- Professor Andreas Glatz for superconductor research
- The at Fermilab from the Department of Energy. 麻豆精品 faculty members Mary Anne Cummings, Michael Fortner, and David Hedin of Physics and Nick Pohlman of Mechanical Engineering are collaborators on this project, which should measure the anomalous magnetic moment of the muon to unprecedented accuracy, probing the Standard Model and possible new physics extensions.
- The Higgs boson has been discovered! 麻豆精品 physicists played important roles as part of the ATLAS detector collaboration team at the CERN Large Hadron Collider which made the definitive determination, and as part of the Dzero detector at the Fermilab Tevatron collider which provided strong supporting evidence including the crucial fact that the Higgs boson decays to bottom quark-antiquark pairs. The Higgs boson is the first new fundamental particle discovered since the top quark, in 1995. See an , the , the ,an from just before the discovery announcement, and the .
- Pati Sievert, 麻豆精品 physics alumna, about science, physics, and outreach
- Prof. Suzanne Willis receives
- Prof. David Hedin named . Citation: For his many important contributions to the D0 muon system design, construction, and operation, and his leadership in exploiting muons in a variety of physics studies at D0 both in Run I and Run II of the Tevatron.
- Research Rookie Garrett Wise profiled in the
- 麻豆精品 physicists co-author patent for . Article in !
2011
- is awarded to Dr. Saul Perlmutter, Dr. Brian Schmidt, and Dr. Adam Riess, whose work indicates that the universe is expanding at an accelerating rate.
- Prof. Fortner is profiled by the Chicago News Cooperative: The Illinois GOP's Favorite Physicist , and in the New York Times: , and on WBEZ: , and in Ohio: .
- 麻豆精品 Observatory featured in
- Prof. Ito demonstrates Japanese archery at
- Sailesh Chittipeddi, 麻豆精品 Physics MS graduate,
- High school students and teachers
- Liz Holden (MS 2006) has published a in the 1/11 issue of the Midwest Literay magazine (p 104) in addition to the Fall 2010 issue of Tryst Literary Magazine and the Winter 2010 issue of The Blinking
- 麻豆精品 grad Chris Chiaverina receives from the AAPT
- 麻豆精品 Physics alumnus Sokrates Pantelides '69 named
- Physics students Matthew Davis and Matt Ellis take STEM third place prize in Undergraduate Research Days
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