Archive: News Story

• DaVonne Henry and Jonathan Riess named 2024-25 ARCS Scholars

  Physics students DaVonne Henry and Jonathan Riess have been awarded scholarships from the ARCS Foundation.

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• Gels and topological data analysis

  Professor Del Gado, together with Dr. Gavin Donley, a post-doctoral researcher in her group and now NRC postdoctoral fellow at NIST, have proposed a new method to characterize these complex structures, in collaboration with researchers from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and the University of Minnesota. Their papers was recently published on ACS Nano for a journal cover.  

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• Remembering Barbara Jones

  We are saddened by the recent news of Barbara Jones’ passing.

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• “Spotlight” on Magnetic High Entropy Alloys

  A team of researchers led by graduate student Willie Beeson in Prof. Kai Liu’s group has demonstrated a novel approach to achieve strong magnets using high entropy alloys, without relying on the traditional ingredients of rare-earth elements.

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• Professor John Currie retires after 27 years on the hilltop

  Prof. John Currie retired from the Georgetown Physics Department at the end of the Spring, 2024 semester.

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• 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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