Two LAS faculty members recognized for outstanding teaching
The excellent teaching practices of John Lajoie, Department of Physics and Astronomy, and Cason Murphy, Department of Music and Theatre, have been recognized with Cassling Family Awards.
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Boping Chen awarded the 2021 U.S. ATLAS Outstanding Graduate Student award
Boping Chen (’20 physics and astronomy, Ph.D.) has been honored with the 2021 U.S. ATLAS Outstanding Graduate Student award. Chen was a member of the Chunhui Research Group during his time at Iowa State. U.S. ATLAS is a coalition of 45 U.S. institutions working on the ATLAS experiment at the Large Hadron Collider for the … Continue reading Boping Chen awarded the 2021 U.S. ATLAS Outstanding Graduate Student award
Made in Ames: Physics, manufacturing expertise help build nuclear physics experiment
Several Iowa State University physicists are contributing their expertise to the sPHENIX experiment at Brookhaven National Laboratory in New York.
Iowa State physicist wins early career grant to study nuclear physics, quantum phenomena
The U.S. Department of Energy selected Srimoyee Sen for an early career award which will fund her research that could contribute to speedy quantum computing.
Researchers build structured, multi-part nanocrystals with super light-emitting properties
Alex Travesset, professor of physics and astronomy and associate scientist at Ames Laboratory, played a key role in the discovery of these new materials.
The first demonstrations of braiding in photonic topological zero modes
Assistant Professor Thomas Iadecola contributes to groundbreaking research, published in Nature Physics, which demonstrates that “braiding” occurs in particles of light.
Costas Soukoulis elected to National Academy of Inventors
The National Academy of Inventors has named Costas Soukoulis of Iowa State University and the Ames Laboratory one of its fellows.
Physicists use terahertz flashes to uncover new state of matter hidden by superconductivity
Physicists use terahertz flashes to uncover new state of matter hidden by superconductivity.
Geirsson, Gasta and Krennrich reappointed as department chairs
Heimir Geirsson, Chad Gasta and Frank Krennrich have been reappointed as department chairs in philosophy and religious studies, world languages and cultures, and physics and astronomy.