Archive: News Story

• Particulate Filtration using Multifunctional Metallic Nanowire Foams

  In a study led by James Malloy in Prof. Kai Liu’s group, a multifunctional filtration platform is demonstrated using porous metallic nanowire foams that are efficient, robust, antimicrobial, and reusable, with the potential to guard against multiple hazards.

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• 2024 Mayer Scholarship Recipient

  The Department of Physics is pleased to announce that DaVonne Henry is the recipient of the 2024 Professor Walter G. Mayer Endowed Scholarship, which supports a graduate student pursuing a Ph.D. in experimental physics.

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• Leah Chen Receives 2024 Chester Gillis Award

  Leah Chen (C’25) has been named a recipient of the 2024 Chester Gillis Award.

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• APS Selects Ryan Nesselrodt as 2024-25 Congressional Science Fellow

  The American Physical Society (APS) has recently announced the 2024-25 Congressional Science Fellow, Ryan Nesselrodt.

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• 2024 Outstanding Teaching Assistants

  Two graduate students were named 2024 Outstanding Teaching Assistants by the physics department.

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• Room-temperature solid-state nitrogen-based magneto-ionics demonstrated in CoMnN films

  In a recent collaboration with Prof. Jordi Sort’s group at the Autonomous University of Barcelona (UAB) in Spain, Prof. Kai Liu and his students Christopher Jensen and Zhijie (Hugh) Chen have demonstrated voltage-triggered magneto-ionic effects at room temperature in solid state systems of CoMnN films, without the need of thermal annealing.

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• GU Physics Class of 2024

  Congratulations to the Georgetown physics class of 2024!

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• Jonathan Riess named 2024 Goldwater Scholar

  Jonathan Riess (C’25) is one of four students in the Georgetown University College of Arts and Sciences to receive a 2024 Goldwater Scholarship.

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• Visit from St. Kevin’s College, Melbourne, Australia

  The physics department recently hosted a group of 40 high school students from St. Kevin’s College in Melbourne, Australia.

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• Escape the Lab!

  Students from local schools engaged in an Escape the Physics Lab challenge during the 2024 GUMSHOE Discovery Summit.

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