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Stories tagged with: Department of Physics and Astronomy

Mr. Pritchard and Dean Rohall

Three OHIO faculty receive Regional Higher Education Outstanding Faculty Award

Three 51ĀŅĀ× regional higher education faculty members received awards in recognition of their outstanding performance.

The four children of Frank and Geneva Dilley, from left to right: Dr. Jim Dilley, Dr. Frank Dilley Jr., Ann Dilley, Dr. Josiah Dilley
All in the Family

51ĀŅĀ× and Dilley family unite to make higher education more accessible for West Virginia students

An 51ĀŅĀ× education will be more affordable for select students from West Virginia thanks to a new scholarship fund created by a family with multigenerational ties to OHIO. The Dilley Family Scholarship for West Virginia was established with funding from the Dilley family combined with The OHIO MatchTM funds to create a $1 million endowment.

Khairul Alam was a 2022 patent recipient.

OHIO recognizes faculty, student and alumni inventors, including 11 patent recipients

51ĀŅĀ× recognized dozens of faculty, student, staff and alumni researchers who submitted intellectual property disclosures and 11 projects that received patents in 2022.

Engineering Technology students at Fairfield Workforce Development Center

First ASCENT scholarships awarded to Engineering Technology students

The Appalachian Semiconductor Education and Technical Ecosystem has awarded the programā€™s first scholarships to seven students enrolled in the Engineering Technology program at OHIO Lancaster.Ā 

Eva Yazmin Santiago Santos (center) with APS scholars Christine Darve andĀ Young-Kee Kim
Student Success

Physics students and alumnus win 5 awards, present their research at American Physical Society meeting

College of Arts and Sciences physics students and an alumnus took five major awards as they traveled with faculty to the American Physical Society March meeting this month in Las Vegas.

Ryan Steere from the College of Arts & Sciences won first place and the Peopleā€™s Choice master's award.
Student Success

Eight graduate students win cash awards in Three Minute Thesis competition

Eight graduate students won cash awards at the 51ĀŅĀ× Three Minute Thesis Competition finals hosted by the Graduate College on Feb. 23.

Louis Wright, portrait
The Wright Way

University community mourns Physics Professor Emeritus Louis Wright

The 51ĀŅĀ× community mourns the passing of Physics Professor Emeritus Louis Wright, instrumental in building OHIO's Physics and Astronomy Department in the College of Arts and Sciences.

Aerial photo of 51ĀŅĀ×

51ĀŅĀ× joins the Midwest Semiconductor Network

51ĀŅĀ× joins universities in Ohio, Michigan, Illinois and Indiana to form a coalition to address national needs in semiconductor and microelectronics.

Time series (left to right) showing two examples of how the random carbons in the artificial ā€œcoalā€ coalesce into graphite-like sheets under pressure and heat. The sheets arenā€™t perfectly flat because of the formation of a small number of five- and seven-member rings among the six-member rings.
Physics via Supercomputer

51ĀŅĀ× simulations on PSC supercomputer transform coal-like material to amorphous graphite and nanotubes

An OHIO physics team used the Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center to simulate how coal might eventually be converted to valuable ā€” and carbon-neutral ā€” materials like graphite and carbon nanotubes.

Cutler Hall

OHIO ranked among best in the world by US News & World Report

51ĀŅĀ× was ranked among the top universities in the world by U.S. News & World Report in its new 2022-2023 Best Global UniversitiesĀ rankings.

From left, Yuxi Zhou, Hailey Payne, Tina Athans, Evelyn Potter, Veronica Bahamondes, Dr. Shiyong Wu

Shiyong Wu lab showcases student, alumna researchers at American Society for Photobiology meeting

Shiyong WuĀ took students to the American Society for Photobiology meeting this fall to showcase their research on ultraviolet exposure and basal cell skin cancer.

Fig. Rare-Earth Rotor. (a) STM image of a rotating Eu complex appears as a disc shape on Au(111). (b) Controlled rotations are performed by supplying electrical energy from an STM tip. (c), (d) Before and after rotation of a complex, respectively. The dashed circle indicates the counterion used for the control.

Team of physicists, chemists demonstrates atomic-level control of rare earth molecule

Scientists at OHIO and partner institutions have, for the first time, formed a charged rare earth molecule on a metal surface and rotated it using scanning tunneling microscopy.

Intel in Ohio rendering

51ĀŅĀ× awarded Intel grant funding, will serve as lead institution for Appalachian Semiconductor Education and Technical (ASCENT) Ecosystem

Over the next three years, ASCENT will collaboratively develop and deliver diverse educational options across the region, including certificates, associate degrees, bachelorā€™s and graduate degrees.

Eva Yazmin Santiago Santos, portrait

Physics Ph.D. student wins Best Speaker Award at international conference in Spain

Physics doctoral student Eva Yazmin Santiago Santos received a prestigious Best Speaker Award at a large international conference in Spain.

Wilson Hall

Nine Arts and Sciences retiring professors approved for emeriti status

The 51ĀŅĀ× Board of Trustees approved emeriti status at its June meeting for nine College of Arts and Sciences professors upon their retirement from 51ĀŅĀ×.

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