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Physics Students present at TechConnect
Graduate student Eleni Hughes and undergraduate Sophie Taylor recently presented their research at the TechConnect conference held at National Harbor, Md.
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Study co-authored by Georgetown’s Dr. Gabrielle Dreyfus clarifies the need for comprehensive CO2 and non-CO2 mitigation approaches to address both near-term and long-term warming
The study by the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, is the first to analyze the importance of cutting non-carbon dioxide climate pollutants vis a vis merely reducing fossil fuel emissions, in both the near-term and mid-term to 2050.
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2022 Mayer Scholarship Recipient
The Department of Physics is pleased to announce that Christopher Jensen is the recipient of the 2022 Professor Walter G. Mayer Endowed Scholarship, which supports a graduate student pursuing a Ph.D. in experimental physics.
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Georgetown Physicist Studies Glass Transition in Polymers
A paper co-authored by Georgetown College of Arts and Sciences professor Peter Olmsted has been published in the American Physical Society journal Physical Review X.
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Prof. Kai Liu’s Group Selected as Phase 2 Finalist of the Mask Innovation Challenge
After being selected as one of the Phase 1 Winners of the BARDA-NIOSH-NIST Mask Innovation Challenge last year, Prof. Kai Liu’s group is again selected as one of the ten finalists for Phase 2 of the Challenge. See a feature coverage by the Science magazine.
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Victoria Boatwright receives Fulbright grant to conduct research in Germany
Victoria Boatwright (C`22) has received a Fulbright award to study the impact of offshore wind farms on physical and biogeochemical cycling in the North Sea.
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Brandon Duran awarded 2022 NSF Graduate Research Fellowship
Brandon Duran (C’22), a Physics and Computer Science double major, has been awarded a National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship. This prestigious award recognizes and supports outstanding students pursuing research-based graduate degrees in STEM disciplines.
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GU Physics major leads plastic recycling effort.
Georgetown Physics major Jojo Farina’s (C’23) work on plastic recycling was recently highlighted by the library.
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Professors Kai Liu and Gen Yin receive grants for sustainable magnet research
Rare-earth-free and precious-metal-free high anisotropy magnetic materials have critical applications as future magnetic recording media and high energy density permanent magnets. Profs. Kai Liu and Gen Yin have received two grants on sustainable magnet research to explore such materials.
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Georgetown researchers across disciplines are collaborating to clean up U.S. cement production with policy solutions for technological upgrades
A team of Georgetown researchers from across disciplines are collaborating to investigate a set of technology solutions and policy proposals that can drastically reduce the cement industry’s carbon footprint.
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