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• Quantum Mechanics for Everyone named one of ten finalists for the 2018 edX prize

  Since 2016, edX has offered a prize to the top MOOCs of the year offered on their sites. The selection criterion is based on a number of different areas including impact of the course, quality of the

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• Profs. Liu, Barbara and Van Keuren receive a Major Research Instrumentation Award from NSF

  The National Science Foundation has awarded a Major Research Instrumentation grant to an interdisciplinary team of Georgetown faculty.

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• Grace Maglieri awarded 2018-19 Clare Boothe Luce Undergraduate Scholarship

  Physics major Grace Maglieri (C’19) has been named a Clare Boothe Luce Undergraduate Scholar for the 2018-19 academic year.

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• Quantum Mechanics for Everyone is rated the number 9 best MOOC of all time by class central

  Prof. Freericks’ MOOC on edx, Quantum Mechanics for Everyone is a top ten MOOC of all time, as rated by the website class central

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• Manuel Weber wins APS-IUSSTF Travel Award to India

  Postdoctoral fellow Manuel Weber has won a 2018 APS-IUSSTF Travel Award for travel to India.

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• 2018 Mayer Scholarship Recipient

  The Department of Physics is pleased to announce that Scott Melis is the recipient of the 2018 Professor Walter G. Mayer Endowed Scholarship.

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• NIST PREP Program Awarded to Georgetown University

  Georgetown has been selected to participate in a research exchange program with the National Institute of Standards and Technology (www.nist.gov/). The NIST Professional Research Experience Program (

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• Prof. Freericks part of Department of Energy $30 million initiative on the frontiers of x-ray free-electron lasers

  Prof. Freericks is the theory lead for a MIT led team that is funded to explore the newest frontiers of x-ray science in solids. Led by Keith Nelson, the six-member team includes scientists from MIT,

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• Profs. Urbach and Blair have been awarded a 3 year grant from the NSF Division of Materials Research

  Profs. Urbach and Blair have been awarded a 3 year grant from the NSF Division of Materials Research to study the spatiotemporal dynamics of stresses in shear thickening suspensions. The research bui

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• Professor Freericks awarded EAGER grant from NSF for quantum computing

  Prof. Freericks is leading a Georgetown University/University of Michigan collaboration on developing algorithms for simulating quantum chemistry on quantum computers. The grant, from NSF's theor

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