Archive: News Story

• Quantum Mechanics for Everyone launches on EdX

  A MOOC on quantum mechanics for nonscientists launched on April 18, 2017 on EdX. This course was developed by Prof. Freericks and two undergraduate students, who made the computer-based tutorials and simulations. The course development was also supported by CNDLS and NSF.

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• Faculty presenting invited talks at APS meeting

  Three Georgetown faculty members will be presenting invited talks at the 2017 March Meeting of the American Physical Society, to be held in New Orleans, LA, on March 13-17, 2017. Physics professor Pa

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• Emanuela Del Gado named Provost’s Distinguished Associate Professor

  Emanuela Del Gado has been named a 2017 Provost's Distinguished Associate Professor. The honorific title recognizes Prof. Del Gado for excellence in research and teaching.  In the 2+ years she ha

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• Faculty member receives publication award

  A research article by Georgetown physics professor Emanuela Del Gado has been selected for the 2016 Journal of Rheology Publication Award.

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• 2017 REU Program

  Undergraduate students are invited to apply for the physics department’s 2017 REU program. During this 10-week summer program, participants engage in a focused research project in materials physics, working closely with a faculty mentor.

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• Prof. Freericks publishes research on ultrafast pump/probe spectroscopy in Nature Communications

  Professor Freericks is part of an international team of researchers that discovered how a high temperature superconductor relaxes after being driven by intense laser light. This work was publishe

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• Georgetown physics alumna mentors Apker Award winner

  Rae Robertson-Anderson (’03), Associate Professor and Chair of the Physics Department at the University of San Diego, mentored USD undergraduate researcher Stephanie Gorczyca in a project that won th

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• Jeff Urbach and Kathryn Olesko elected APS Fellows

  Georgetown faculty members Jeff Urbach and Kathryn Olesko have been elected Fellows of the American Physical Society (APS). APS Fellowship is awarded for exceptional contributions to the physics

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• Georgetown and Johns Hopkins researchers awarded grant to study additive manufacturing

  In collaboration with the physics and mechanical engineering departments at Johns Hopkins University, Georgetown physics professor Peter Olmsted has been awarded a grant from the National Science Foundation to study additive manufacturing.

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• Graduate student awarded NUWC fellowship

  Kevin Pushee was awarded the Naval Undersea Warfare Center (NUWC) fellowship for the Fall 2016 semester. The NUWC Fellowship Program is a resource designed to aid employees of the Naval Undersea Warf

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