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dr peter m mcintyre professor of physics at texas a&m university has been appointed to the newly-endowed chair associated with the universitys george p and cynthia w mitchell institute for fundamental physics mcintyre will hold the mitchell/heep chair in experimental high energy physics endowed with a recent gift from george p and cynthia w mitchell of the woodlands and a matching gift from the herman f and minnie belle heep foundation of college station edward fry department head was very appreciative of the gift and was delighted that mcintyre was appointed to the chair i cannot think of anyone more deserving than peter; he is a brilliant scientist and i know this chair will enable him to accomplish many more research firsts fry said mcintyre received his phd in 1973 from the university of chicago he joined texas a&m in 1981 and leads programs of research in high energy physics accelerator physics and superconductor technology mcintyre was named a sloan fellow in 1980-1982 and a fellow of the american physical society in 2001 mcintyre is known for his invention of proton-antiproton colliding beams the ultimate ‘atom smashers that yielded the discoveries of the weak bosons and the top quark to complete the standard model of fundamental forces; as well as new technology for the worlds highest magnetic fields for accelerators of the future he has invented a way to produce electric power from nuclear fission in a reactor that is intrinsically stable cannot melt down eats its own waste does not produce bomb-capable isotopes and uses a fuel (thorium) that is ten times more plentiful than uranium he also is credited with the invention of a way to destroy toxic organic contaminants in industrial wastewater and lethal bacteria in foods using a new technology for making efficient high-power electron beams on the teaching front mcintyre has created visual physics a new and better way to teach first-year physics to 2 000 aggies every year when told about the appointment to the chair mcintyre commented now i can sit down sometimes!
college station dr hans a schuessler professor of physics specializing in optical and biomedical physics has been appointed to the schuessler/mitchell/heep chair in experimental optical and biomedical physics in the department of physics at texas a&m university this chair was recently endowed with gifts from schuessler george p mitchell of the woodlands and a match from the herman f and minnie belle heep foundation in college station schuessler said he made his donation to honor both his late first wife renate as well as his wife zohreh he said he was also grateful to his students colleagues and dean for helping and sharing the excitement and hard work of research my department is on the verge of several ambitious projects schuessler said in particular one of them will be supported by this chair namely our effort to establish the sibor (stored ion and bio optical research) center at texas a&m and will strengthen our present interdisciplinary effort to pave the way for life science and engineering students to get expertise in biomedical optics schuesslers work is world renowned his basic research is in ion storage spectroscopy on-line laser spectroscopy of short-lived isotopes and quantum optics the applied research covers cavity-enhanced photothermal spectroscopy capillary waves non-linear acoustic phenomena and studies of biomolecular reactions in real time using the surface plasmon resonance we were happy that we were able to find funds for this chair and then appoint dr schuessler to it said edward s fry head of the department of physics schuessler has made many research accomplishments and we are looking forward to his next ones schussler has served as visiting associate professor at the university of washington and visiting scientist at the university of mainz and gsi in germany he has been collaborating on research done at cern in geneva switzerland and currently is performing experiments at texas a&m in optical and biophysics he is leading the laser laboratory at the texas a&m university institute for biosciences and technology in houston on-line nuclear structure laser spectroscopy at triumf in vancouver canada and stored ion spectroscopy at the max-planck-institute for quantum optics at garching germany he was awarded eminent scientist status at riken at tokyo japan for his contributions to study short lived isotope with a novel ion trap which he invented he is a fellow of the american physical society the post schuessler appointed to physics chair which bears his name appeared first on texas a&m college of science
dr hans a schuessler professor of physics specializing in optical and biomedical physics has been appointed to the schuessler/mitchell/heep chair in experimental optical and biomedical physics in the department of physics at texas a&m university this chair was recently endowed with gifts from schuessler george p mitchell of the woodlands and a match from the herman f and minnie belle heep foundation in college station schuessler said he made his donation to honor both his late first wife renate as well as his wife zohreh he said he was also grateful to his students colleagues and dean for helping and sharing the excitement and hard work of research my department is on the verge of several ambitious projects schuessler said in particular one of them will be supported by this chair namely our effort to establish the sibor (stored ion and bio optical research) center at texas a&m and will strengthen our present interdisciplinary effort to pave the way for life science and engineering students to get expertise in biomedical optics schuesslers work is world renowned his basic research is in ion storage spectroscopy on-line laser spectroscopy of short-lived isotopes and quantum optics the applied research covers cavity-enhanced photothermal spectroscopy capillary waves non-linear acoustic phenomena and studies of biomolecular reactions in real time using the surface plasmon resonance we were happy that we were able to find funds for this chair and then appoint dr schuessler to it said edward s fry head of the department of physics schuessler has made many research accomplishments and we are looking forward to his next ones schussler has served as visiting associate professor at the university of washington and visiting scientist at the university of mainz and gsi in germany he has been collaborating on research done at cern in geneva switzerland and currently is performing experiments at texas a&m in optical and biophysics he is leading the laser laboratory at the texas a&m university institute for biosciences and technology in houston on-line nuclear structure laser spectroscopy at triumf in vancouver canada and stored ion spectroscopy at the max-planck-institute for quantum optics at garching germany he was awarded eminent scientist status at riken at tokyo japan for his contributions to study short lived isotope with a novel ion trap which he invented he is a fellow of the american physical society
college station continuing his support of the study of cosmology and experimental physics at texas a&m university george p mitchell 40 has donated $500 000 to the department of physics which with matching funds from the heep foundation establishes the mitchell/heep chair in experimental high energy physics mitchell former chairman and chief executive officer of mitchell energy & development corp is a distinguished graduate of texas a&ms department of petroleum engineering and a longtime benefactor of texas a&m generous in giving both funding and time to his alma mater he is credited with many gifts that include the mitchell/heep chair in theoretical high energy physics the george p & cynthia w mitchell institute for fundamental physics and the stephen hawking chair in fundamental physics we are extremely grateful to mr mitchell for his continued patronage of the physics department at texas a&m said ed fry department head his vision of studying the far reaches of space enables us to bring in the top scientists in the field mitchell a 1940 distinguished graduate of texas a&ms department of petroleum engineering made his career in energy and real estate development he founded mitchell energy & development corp throughout his successful business career mitchell cultivated interests in philanthropy civics and global issues ranging from the environment to the implications of science and technology george p and cynthia w mitchell one of the contributors to the mitchell/heep chair in theoretical high energy physics mr mitchell continues to support the department in many different ways and we are certain that this new venture will be a success that will generate additional emphasis on advancing the study of physics at texas a&m said h joseph newton dean of the college of science the chair is part of the heep matching funds program at texas a&m and will be credited to the one spirit one vision campaign at the university the establishment and endowment of the heep foundation was the culmination of more than a half century of legendary devotion to texas a&m university by herman f and minnie belle heep herman f heep 20 served on the board of directors of the texas agricultural and mechanical college system from 1957 and at the time of his death in 1960 he held the position of vice president of the board in addition heep was a founder of the texas a&m development foundation serving as its chairman from its creation in 1953 until his death the post george mitchell/heep chair established in physics appeared first on texas a&m college of science
continuing his support of the study of cosmology and experimental physics at texas a&m university george p mitchell 40 has donated $500 000 to the department of physics which with matching funds from the heep foundation establishes the mitchell/heep chair in experimental high energy physics mitchell former chairman and chief executive officer of mitchell energy & development corp is a distinguished graduate of texas a&ms department of petroleum engineering and a longtime benefactor of texas a&m generous in giving both funding and time to his alma mater he is credited with many gifts that include the mitchell/heep chair in theoretical high energy physics the george p & cynthia w mitchell institute for fundamental physics and the stephen hawking chair in fundamental physics we are extremely grateful to mr mitchell for his continued patronage of the physics department at texas a&m said ed fry department head his vision of studying the far reaches of space enables us to bring in the top scientists in the field mitchell a 1940 distinguished graduate of texas a&ms department of petroleum engineering made his career in energy and real estate development he founded mitchell energy & development corp throughout his successful business career mitchell cultivated interests in philanthropy civics and global issues ranging from the environment to the implications of science and technology george p and cynthia w mitchell one of the contributors to the mitchell/heep chair in theoretical high energy physics mr mitchell continues to support the department in many different ways and we are certain that this new venture will be a success that will generate additional emphasis on advancing the study of physics at texas a&m said h joseph newton dean of the college of science the chair is part of the heep matching funds program at texas a&m and will be credited to the one spirit one vision campaign at the university the establishment and endowment of the heep foundation was the culmination of more than a half century of legendary devotion to texas a&m university by herman f and minnie belle heep herman f heep 20 served on the board of directors of the texas agricultural and mechanical college system from 1957 and at the time of his death in 1960 he held the position of vice president of the board in addition heep was a founder of the texas a&m development foundation serving as its chairman from its creation in 1953 until his death
college station the universe is expanding and it is doing so in a rapid manner believes renowned astronomer robert kirshner of harvard university his remarks were part of mitchell symposium on observational cosmology being presented this week at texas a&m university the conference features 40 of the worlds top astronomers and physicists commenting on a wide variety dealing with the universe kirshner speaking monday the extravagant universe said up until about 1917 it was believed the earth and or the sun were the center of the universe robert kirshner professor of astronomy harvard university we know now they arent even the center of our own galaxy the milky way and that our own galaxy is not the center of the universe he adds kirshner said our sun is one of 100 billion stars in the milky way and there are at least 100 billion galaxies in the universe astronomer edwin hubble showed the milky way was not the whole universe kirshner said which was a revolutionary idea 80 years ago he showed we live in a universe of galaxies each equivalent to the milky way kirshner noted hubble for whom the well-known space telescope is named for was able to use the brightness of stars in galaxies to judge distances from that we learned of supernovas – super stars going through tremendous explosions when we see the universe we see it as it was not as it is kirshner said most of the light we see came from stars from two billion light years ago although weve been able to detect light from as long as 14 billion years ago it is this evidence that shows that our universe is expanding and this expansion is speeding up over time kirshner said recent studies show that the universe is made up of 73 percent dark energy and 23 percent cold dark matter atoms comprise only four percent of the universe he says the conference concludes on friday when john kormendy of the university of texas at austin speaks about supermassive black holes for more information about the conference and individual speakers visit: http://cosmologytamuedu or contact roland allen professor of physics -atm- the post universe is expanding – quickly says harvard prof appeared first on texas a&m college of science
the universe is expanding and it is doing so in a rapid manner believes renowned astronomer robert kirshner of harvard university his remarks were part of mitchell symposium on observational cosmology being presented this week at texas a&m university the conference features 40 of the worlds top astronomers and physicists commenting on a wide variety dealing with the universe kirshner speaking monday the extravagant universe said up until about 1917 it was believed the earth and or the sun were the center of the universe robert kirshner professor of astronomy harvard university we know now they arent even the center of our own galaxy the milky way and that our own galaxy is not the center of the universe he adds kirshner said our sun is one of 100 billion stars in the milky way and there are at least 100 billion galaxies in the universe astronomer edwin hubble showed the milky way was not the whole universe kirshner said which was a revolutionary idea 80 years ago he showed we live in a universe of galaxies each equivalent to the milky way kirshner noted hubble for whom the well-known space telescope is named for was able to use the brightness of stars in galaxies to judge distances from that we learned of supernovas – super stars going through tremendous explosions when we see the universe we see it as it was not as it is kirshner said most of the light we see came from stars from two billion light years ago although weve been able to detect light from as long as 14 billion years ago it is this evidence that shows that our universe is expanding and this expansion is speeding up over time kirshner said recent studies show that the universe is made up of 73 percent dark energy and 23 percent cold dark matter atoms comprise only four percent of the universe he says the conference concludes on friday when john kormendy of the university of texas at austin speaks about supermassive black holes for more information about the conference and individual speakers visit: http://cosmologytamuedu or contact roland allen professor of physics -atm-
looking to better understand the origins of the universe the george p & cynthia w mitchell institute for fundamental physics at texas a&m university will host an international conference on string theory and cosmology march 14-17 after the conference there will be a public presentation on march 20 of superstrings time warps parallel universes and ‘reading the mind of god by michio kaku the henry semat professor in theoretical physics at the city university of new york (cuny) and visiting professor at the institute for advanced study at princeton as well as new york university (nyu) the presentation will be held in rudder theater at 5 pm admission is $3 for adults and $2 for students and tickets can be purchased at the msc box office kaku co-founder of the string field theory is continuing albert einsteins quest to find the theory of everything a simple equation that would unify all four of the fundamental forces in the universe he is an internationally recognized authority in theoretical physics and the environment and is the author of two forthcoming books: einsteins cosmos and parallel worlds kaku is also the host of explorations in science an hour-long weekly radio program on science technology politics and the environment the conference is part of a month-long workshop that will bring some of the worlds top physicists to the texas a&m campus for intensive scientific discussions and research cosmology is the study of the origin structure and eventual fate of the universe string theory postulates that everything in the universe is composed of excitations or vibrations of tiny strings as the scientists would put it this is the theory of everything established with a gift from the well-known texas businessman and his wife the george p and cynthia w mitchell institute for fundamental physics gives the college of science a prestigious platform in theoretical physics the mitchells are longtime benefactors of texas a&m in its inaugural year in 2003 the mitchell institute ran a month-long workshop that hosted stephen hawking the lucasian professor of mathematics at cambridge university and focused on a deep mystery of the universe: what becomes of objects and information trapped inside a black hole when it evaporates george mitchell a 1940 distinguished graduate of texas a&ms department of petroleum engineering made his career in energy and real-estate development; he was co-founder of mitchell energy & development corp but while he built his successful business career mitchell cultivated interests in philanthropy civics and global issues ranging from the environment to the implications of science and technology prior to the march 20 presentation a hands-on science exhibit will be held from 10 am to 3:30 pm in the student recreation center texas a&m university faculty and students will be on hand to speak with participants at the exhibits and admission is free of charge for more information on the conference exhibits or presentation contact beverly guster at (979)845-7778 or b-guster@physicstamuedu -atm- contact: pat schaub communications specialist college of science texas a&m university email: pschaub@sciencetamuedu ph: 979-862-1237
college station dr alexei v sokolov assistant professor of physics in the college of science at texas a&m university has been awarded a $35 000 research innovation award (ria) to support his investigation on the process of creating ever-shorter pulses of light the award was given to sokolov after his proposal underwent an extensive peer review by the research corporation of tucson arizona according to the corporation the rias are so named because innovation is one of the hallmarks of original research the corporation seeks to encourage this innovation by supporting proposals for research that transcends the ordinary and promises significant discoveries the type of research in which the corporation is interested involves projects that the traditional research funding agencies might not accept said sokolov this gives incentive to younger faculty to branch out from what has been done before our research focuses on creating short pulses of light sokolov said for example when you take pictures you need a fast flash to catch something that is moving with the very short pulses we are trying to create you will eventually be able to take movies of molecular and electronic motion – something not currently possible according to sokolov the application of the groups findings may not be known for another 10 to 20 years for example in addition to the creation of shorter pulses of light sokolovs group is working on an idea of using such pulses to generate laser-induced nuclear fusion sokolovs subfemtosecond science lab research group includes graduate students andrea burzo bogdan dobrescu jiahui peng lei wang and miaochan zhi they are all currently studying the process of making short pulses of light sokolov holds a master of science degree in physics from the moscow institute of physics and technology in russia and a doctorate in physics from stanford university -atm- contact: pat schaub communications specialist college of science texas a&m university email: pschaub@sciencetamuedu ph: 979-862-1237 the post physics professor recognized for innovative research appeared first on texas a&m college of science
dr alexei v sokolov assistant professor of physics in the college of science at texas a&m university has been awarded a $35 000 research innovation award (ria) to support his investigation on the process of creating ever-shorter pulses of light the award was given to sokolov after his proposal underwent an extensive peer review by the research corporation of tucson arizona according to the corporation the rias are so named because innovation is one of the hallmarks of original research the corporation seeks to encourage this innovation by supporting proposals for research that transcends the ordinary and promises significant discoveries the type of research in which the corporation is interested involves projects that the traditional research funding agencies might not accept said sokolov this gives incentive to younger faculty to branch out from what has been done before our research focuses on creating short pulses of light sokolov said for example when you take pictures you need a fast flash to catch something that is moving with the very short pulses we are trying to create you will eventually be able to take movies of molecular and electronic motion – something not currently possible according to sokolov the application of the groups findings may not be known for another 10 to 20 years for example in addition to the creation of shorter pulses of light sokolovs group is working on an idea of using such pulses to generate laser-induced nuclear fusion sokolovs subfemtosecond science lab research group includes graduate students andrea burzo bogdan dobrescu jiahui peng lei wang and miaochan zhi they are all currently studying the process of making short pulses of light sokolov holds a master of science degree in physics from the moscow institute of physics and technology in russia and a doctorate in physics from stanford university -atm- contact: pat schaub communications specialist college of science texas a&m university email: pschaub@sciencetamuedu ph: 979-862-1237