Georgetown SPS Receives Distinguished Chapter Award
January 4th, 2021
For the second year in a row, the Georgetown Society of Physics Students was recognized by the national SPS council as a Distinguished Chapter.
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February 2
Virtual event held over Zoom @ 3:15 pm
February 16
Physics Colloquium: Prof. Ichiro Takeuchi, University of Maryland
Virtual event held over Zoom @ 3:15 pm
Georgetown SPS Receives Distinguished Chapter Award
January 4th, 2021
For the second year in a row, the Georgetown Society of Physics Students was recognized by the national SPS council as a Distinguished Chapter.
3D Nanomagnetism Explored in Low Density Interconnected Nanowire Networks
December 11th, 2020
In a recent paper published online in Nano Letters, Profs. Kai Liu, Gen Yin and their team report a study on 3D nanomagnetism in quasi-ordered metallic nanowire networks.
Undergraduate Thesis Research Published
December 8th, 2020
Undergraduate Mike Rushka C’20 recently published the first part of his undergraduate thesis in the American Journal of Physics. Mike worked with Prof. Freericks on developing an operator theoretic method to calculate the wavefunctions of the simple harmonic oscillator.
Prof. Paranjape and collaborators develop device to isolate metastatic cells
November 16th, 2020
Prof. Makarand Paranjape has collaborated with Lombardi Cancer Center cancer biologists Prof. Anton Wellstein and Prof. Ghada Sharif to develop a device that can isolate tumor cells that have become metastatic.
Recent Grants Awarded to Department of Physics Faculty
November 2nd, 2020
Recently Awarded Grants to Department of Physics Faculty Profs. Del Gado and Freericks.