Montgomery County sentinel., 1957-07-25

enable tne physicists to determine the character
and structure of the energy levels of these nuclei
According to Dr. William F. Hornyak, asso
ciate professor of physics, and director of the
research program, the aim of these investigations
will be to understand the collective forces that
come into play when many fundamental parti-
ces 1.-the smallest subdivisions of matter) are
forced to interact within the extremely small
finement of the atomic nucleus
Recently great deal of attention has been
given to the discovery of the elusive physical
characteristics of individual particles he de-
claredsn Their group behavior within nuclei is a
distinct problem of equal Importance" he con-
tnued, yet in some respects it is cloaked in even
greater mystery.
THE universitys department of physics ex-
poets to make significant contributions in solv-
ing these mysteries" he concluded.
The equipment will be installed in a specially
constructed shielded vault in order to eliminate
the radiation health hazard. With height of
three floors, the vault will occupy a 1000 square
foot area in the Physics Building
The university has had theoretical research
program in nuclear physics, but the Acc con-
tract award will permit considerable expansion
of the theoretical as well as the experimental
work and will be closely coordinated with the.
graduate training program in this field
Dr. John Toll professor and head of the uni
vers1tys department of physics, said today that
the department intends to give its major support
to the development of the nuclear physics pro-
gram which is expected to become central part
of our research and graduate training program.
More of the regular university faculty mem
Ders Will be devoted to this research contract than
to any other physics program" he stated.
DR.. Toll praised the members of the new re-
search group There is no doubt that the CON
tract was awarded the basis of the high caliber
OF the faculty who will do the research he said.
The leaders of the university's experimental
research program in addition to DR.. Hornyak will
be Assistant Professor Jerry Marion and Research
Associate Rene Levesque.
The leaders of the theoretical investigation will
be Associate Professor Richard A. Ferrell and
Assistant Professor William W. Macdonald
DR.. Hornyak holds BIS. degree in electrical
engineering from the College of the City of New
York, and MS. and Ph.D. degrees in physics from
the California Institute of Technology He has
been an engineer with the Westinghouse Corpo-
ration, scientist for Brookhaven National Lab
oratory, and lecturer at Princeton University
DR.. Marion obtained his B.S degree from
Reed College, Portland, Oregon He holds MA
and Ph. d. degrees from Rice Institute He held
a National Science Foundation Fellowship at the
California Institute of Technology and was a
member of the University of Rochester faculty
until this year when he came to the University
of Maryland.
MIR Levesque obtained his BIS. degree in phys
les and mathematics from Sir George william
College in Montreal. He is presently completing
work on Ph.D. degree at Northwestern Uni
versity.
DR.. Ferrell received B.S. and MS. degrees in
physics and mathematics from the California In
stitute of Technology and a PhD. degree from
Princeton University He was an Atomic Energy
Commission postdoctoral fellow at Max-Planck
Institut fur Physik, Gottingen, Germany. and
came to the University of Maryland in 1853 as
an assistant professor. DR.. Ferrell was elevated
to associate professor in 1856.
DR.. Macdonald holds B.S degree from the
University Of Pittsburgh and Ph.D. degree from
Princeton University
Construction on the Van de Graaff facility
is presently in the planning stage Installation Of
the accelerator, now being constructed by the
High Voltage Engineering Corporation. is sched-
uled for June 1858