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1/1/2007
Welcome to Spring Semester 2007!
Congratulations to our December Graduates:
Bachelor of
Science in Physics:
- William Beers V
- Donald Warren III
Master of
Science in Physics:
Doctor of
Philosophy in Physics:
- Worakarn Neeyakorn
- Lucas Kyle Wagner
- Yanping Xu
- Xiyao Zhang
Congratulations
to Karen Daniels who has received
a National Science Foundation Career Award.
Congratulations
to John Blondin, on his press release “NC
State Scientist Discovers New Explanation for Pulsar’s Spin”,
and for his article in Nature.
John
Blondin, along with Anthony
Mezzacappa at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory, used the CRAY X1E supercomputer
to develop a three-dimensional model of a pulsar’s creation, and
in the process discovered that conventional wisdom concerning the formation
of these celestial objects wasn’t correct.
Their findings
are published in the January 4th edition of the journal Nature.
More Astro
work in the news!
Congratulations
to Steve Reynolds and Kazik Borkowski, who along with a team
from NASA, Rutgers, and Naval Research Labs have
discovered a new class of supernova while studying Kepler’s Supernova,
which occurred in 1604. Details were presented
at the annual meeting of the American Astronomical Society.
Congratulations to Hans Hallen and Sasha Duel-Hallen on
having their collaborative work on new tools to improve the quality of service
for wireless customers highlighted in the NSF 2006 Performance
and Accountability Report. The report is available
online at:
www.nsf.gov/publications/pub_summ.jsp?ods_key=par.
Physics Faculty attend PCSI Conference in Salt
Lake City.
Physics faculty, Dave Aspnes, Gerry Lucovsky
and Jack Rowe will attend the topical conference on Physics and Chemistry
of Semiconductor Interfaces (PCSI) in Salt Lake City. All
three are members of the PCSI program committee and Dave Aspnes is
also the editor of the conference proceedings. Jack Rowe is
conference chair this year and Gerry Lucovsky has an upgraded/short-invited
talk at the meeting. NC State Physics has been active in this conference
for more than 20 years; previous conference chairs were Gerry Lucovsky in
1984 and Dave Aspnes in 1997.
The annual
Emerging Issues Forum will
be held February 1st and 2nd, 2007 at the Jane S.
McKimmon Center. It is an informative and interesting event. Information
pertaining to the forum can be found at the following URL:
www.ncsu.edu/iei/2007EIF.html
The Provost's office has
made a limited number of scholarships available and these are being distributed
by the Faculty Senate Office.
If you are interested
contact Vernice Stevenson at vernice_stevenson@ncsu.edu
Happy Birthday to
- Kazik
Borkowski,
1/4
- Chueng
Ji, 1/7
- Cecilia
Upchurch, 1/7
- Albert
Young,
1/9
- Bob
Golub, 1/30
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