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• Physics major wins award

  Sophie Taylor, a junior physics major, was the winner of the best poster award in the “Condensed Matter/Materials Science/Nano-Science/Surface” category at the recent PhysCon conference in Washington DC.

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• In memory of Wesley N. Mathews Jr. (1937 – 2022)

  Wesley N. Mathews, Jr. was a member of the Department of Physics for over 50 years. He passed away on August 22, 2022 at the age of 85. Wes was a remarkable person. He loved many things including physics, nature, and people. But above all, he loved to tell stories about the adventures in his life. And he had many. So very many.

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• Experimental test of the topological stability of magnetic skyrmions

  In a study just published in Nano Letters, Prof. Kai Liu’s group and collaborators, led by Dr. Gong Chen, have observed a topological evolution of skyrmions during the chirality switching from one handedness to the other.

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• Education grant to study learning in quantum mechanics funded to GU faculty

  Profs. Doughty and Freericks won a grant from the Air Force Office of Scientific Research to perform education research on Quantum Mechanics for Everyone and the undergraduate quantum class.

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• Physics Majors Present Research at the 2022 Physics Education Research Conference

  Physics majors Cecilia Ochoa (C’24) and Max Webel (C’24) attended the 2022 Physics Education Research Conference (PERC) held in Grand Rapids, MI, July 13-14. Both Cecilia and Max are conducting research under the mentorship of Prof. Leanne Doughty. 

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• Prof. Freericks featured in APS News article on quantum education

  The Sept. 2022 issue of APS news reported on a special seminar at the annual meeting of the Division of Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics, held in Orlando, Florida this past May. Prof. Freericks was the lead speaker of the session.

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• 2022 REU poster session and videos

  The Georgetown REU Site in Materials Physics wrapped up the summer 2022 program with a lively poster session and video viewing. Ten undergraduate students from other colleges spent the summer at Georgetown working on faculty-mentored research projects and participating in professional development activities.

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• Georgetown Physicists Study Fundamental Structure of Flowing Cornstarch-Water Mixture

  Results from the research groups of Profs Daniel Blair and Jeffrey Urbach, presented in a paper appearing in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Science, reveal the intricate structures associated with the shear thickening transition in cornstarch suspensions, including the first measurements of relative flow between the cornstarch particles and the suspending fluid.

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• Prof. Freericks receives a joint grant from the National Science Foundation for work on quantum computing in chemistry

  James Freericks of Georgetown University and Dominika Zgid of University of Michigan have received a joint grant from the National Science Foundation for work on quantum computing in chemistry.

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• GU Physics at Astronomy Festival

  A group from Georgetown Physics recently participated in the Astronomy festival on the national mall.

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