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prof edward s fry has been appointed head of texas a&m universitys department of physics announced h joseph newton interim dean of the college of science fry has been a member of the texas a&m faculty since 1969 i am pleased that dr fry has accepted the appointment newton said i feel that both dr fry and the department of physics can help provide outstanding scientific leadership for texas a&m university frys appointment effective jan 1 was the result of an extensive search process that lasted in excess of a year to succeed dr thomas w adair iii professor of physics who has served as head of the department since november 1994 and will return to full-time classroom duties dr frys appointment received strong support from the physics faculty and endorsement from provost ronald douglas newton said i look forward to working with dr fry and the physics faculty and staff to realize the enormous potential of the department fry earned his bachelors masters and doctoral degrees in physics from the university of michigan where he spent a year and a half as a visiting associate professor from 1977 to 1979 in addition to academia fry served his profession as director of the texas laser laboratory at the houston advanced research center in the woodlands from 1994 to 1997 frys research interests lie in the areas of atomic physics and light scattering foundations of quantum mechanics and quantum optics laser excitation and ionization of atoms multichannel scattered light polarization analysis and ocean optics a fellow of both the american physical society and the optical society of america fry also is a member of the scientific research society sigma xi which recently honored him with its texas a&m distinguished scientist award for 2000 he was presented the 1995 eg&g medal of the society for optical and quantum electronics and received a distinguished faculty achievement award from the texas a&m association of former students in 1993 contact: shana k hutchins (979) 862-1237 via e-mail shutchins@tamuedu or dr edward s fry (979) 845-1910 via e-mail fry@physicstamuedu aggiedaily office of university relations texas a&m university (979) 845-4641
the woodlands dimitri nanopoulos head of the houston advanced research centers astroparticle physics group holder of the rank of distinguished professor of physics at texas a&m university and chair of theoretical physics at the academy of athens has been ranked as the fourth most frequently cited high-energy physicist by spires stanford universitys public information retrieval system on the spires-hep (high energy physics) listing nanopouloss 24 031 citations come only after those of edward wittens 52 473 nobel laureate steven weinbergs 29 718 and john r elliss 28 221 citations a citation occurs when a researchers published paper lists your work as a reference at the end of the paper the spires high energy physics literature database is operated by the stanford linear accelerator center at stanford university the site address for the listing is http://wwwslacstanfordedu/spires/hep/analytics/authorranksortshtml last year nanopoulos was named an original member of the highly cited researchers – database that distinction awarded by isi ® (the institute for scientific information inc) recognized nanopoulos as one of the most highly cited influential researchers in his field having more than 23 230 citations at the time the list published on isis highly cited researchers web site in 2001 is composed of less than one half of one percent of all publishing researchers an international expert in physics nanopoulos is recognized for the development of grand unified theories mathematical models that combine the physical forces that underlie the structure of the universe in a set of equations and the use of those theories in studying the origins and evolution of the universe most recently he has arrived at some unique calculations that are challenging einsteins e=mc2 theory* nanopoulos and his collaborators are finding that the speed of light is frequency-dependent a change in the usual speed of light value of 186 282 miles per second is noticeable only for light coming from astronomical objects situated very far from earth which is why this frequency dependence has not been observed earlier he explains for this research nanopoulos and his collaborators won the 1999 first award of the gravity research foundation in 1997 nanopoulos became the youngest member elected to the academy of athens natural and applied sciences the most prestigious scientific organization in greece he has written more than 500 research articles which have been published in numerous scientific journals he is a graduate of the university of athens and received his doctorate from the university of sussex in england contact: barbara peyton houston advanced research center (281) 363-7908 bpeyton@harcedu aggiedaily office of university relations texas a&m university (979) 845-4641 the post area scientist ranked fourth most highly cited researcher in high energy physics appeared first on texas a&m college of science
dimitri nanopoulos head of the houston advanced research centers astroparticle physics group holder of the rank of distinguished professor of physics at texas a&m university and chair of theoretical physics at the academy of athens has been ranked as the fourth most frequently cited high-energy physicist by spires stanford universitys public information retrieval system on the spires-hep (high energy physics) listing nanopouloss 24 031 citations come only after those of edward wittens 52 473 nobel laureate steven weinbergs 29 718 and john r elliss 28 221 citations a citation occurs when a researchers published paper lists your work as a reference at the end of the paper the spires high energy physics literature database is operated by the stanford linear accelerator center at stanford university the site address for the listing is http://wwwslacstanfordedu/spires/hep/analytics/authorranksortshtml last year nanopoulos was named an original member of the highly cited researchers – database that distinction awarded by isi ® (the institute for scientific information inc) recognized nanopoulos as one of the most highly cited influential researchers in his field having more than 23 230 citations at the time the list published on isis highly cited researchers web site in 2001 is composed of less than one half of one percent of all publishing researchers an international expert in physics nanopoulos is recognized for the development of grand unified theories mathematical models that combine the physical forces that underlie the structure of the universe in a set of equations and the use of those theories in studying the origins and evolution of the universe most recently he has arrived at some unique calculations that are challenging einsteins e=mc2 theory* nanopoulos and his collaborators are finding that the speed of light is frequency-dependent a change in the usual speed of light value of 186 282 miles per second is noticeable only for light coming from astronomical objects situated very far from earth which is why this frequency dependence has not been observed earlier he explains for this research nanopoulos and his collaborators won the 1999 first award of the gravity research foundation in 1997 nanopoulos became the youngest member elected to the academy of athens natural and applied sciences the most prestigious scientific organization in greece he has written more than 500 research articles which have been published in numerous scientific journals he is a graduate of the university of athens and received his doctorate from the university of sussex in england contact: barbara peyton houston advanced research center (281) 363-7908 bpeyton@harcedu aggiedaily office of university relations texas a&m university (979) 845-4641
texas a&m universitys astronomy program enjoyed a brief moment in the sun earlier this week when a photograph created by mark lemmon a visiting assistant professor of physics was featured as nasa astronomy picture of the day for sept 18 lemmons picture surrounded by mars represents a large panoramic view of the mars pathfinder spacecraft and the martian surface behind it it can be seen at http://antwrpgsfcnasagov/apod/ap010918html the astronomy picture of the day is a service of the laboratory for high energy astrophysics at nasa and the goddard space flight center lemmon is actively involved in planetary astronomy and exploration his past and present projects include hubble space telescope observations of mars saturns moon titan uranus and neptune; planetary missions such as mars pathfinder and the galileo probe; and ground-based observations of titan aggiedaily office of university relations texas a&m university (979) 845-4641 the post texas a&m astronomer produces nasa astronomy picture of the day appeared first on texas a&m college of science
texas a&m universitys astronomy program enjoyed a brief moment in the sun earlier this week when a photograph created by mark lemmon a visiting assistant professor of physics was featured as nasa astronomy picture of the day for sept 18 lemmons picture surrounded by mars represents a large panoramic view of the mars pathfinder spacecraft and the martian surface behind it it can be seen at http://antwrpgsfcnasagov/apod/ap010918html the astronomy picture of the day is a service of the laboratory for high energy astrophysics at nasa and the goddard space flight center lemmon is actively involved in planetary astronomy and exploration his past and present projects include hubble space telescope observations of mars saturns moon titan uranus and neptune; planetary missions such as mars pathfinder and the galileo probe; and ground-based observations of titan aggiedaily office of university relations texas a&m university (979) 845-4641
college station texas a&m university is hosting a two-week training program in quantum optics for community college physics teachers the program entitled two-year college quantum optics advanced technological education program is conducted by texas a&m lee college of baytown and the national science foundation it is managed by marlan o scully who holds the title of distinguished professor of physics at texas a&m robert b clark professor of physics at brigham young university in provo utah and tom okuma professor of physics at lee college participants receive tutorials on recent discoveries in quantum optics hands-on laboratory experience with tools of emerging technologies and pedagogical training in active learning techniques twenty-one teachers from all over the united states are participating to the program to complete the program the teachers must attend two training sessions the current one that runs through this week and may 14-25 2001 and four follow-up workshops in fall 2000 and 2001 and spring 2001 and 2002 they are also required to develop one at-home project to implement the instruction received at the training sessions and the workshops at the end of the program the participants will receive 12 semester hours of graduate-level credit from texas a&m the participants receive support from nsf in the form of an annual stipend of $750 a subsistence support for room and board as well as textbooks and instructional materials required for the program contact: patrice pages (979) 845-4618 or patrice-pages@tamuedu aggiedaily office of university relations texas a&m university (979) 845-4641 the post texas a&m university is host of the two-year college quantum optics advanced technological education program appeared first on texas a&m college of science
texas a&m university is hosting a two-week training program in quantum optics for community college physics teachers the program entitled two-year college quantum optics advanced technological education program is conducted by texas a&m lee college of baytown and the national science foundation it is managed by marlan o scully who holds the title of distinguished professor of physics at texas a&m robert b clark professor of physics at brigham young university in provo utah and tom okuma professor of physics at lee college participants receive tutorials on recent discoveries in quantum optics hands-on laboratory experience with tools of emerging technologies and pedagogical training in active learning techniques twenty-one teachers from all over the united states are participating to the program to complete the program the teachers must attend two training sessions the current one that runs through this week and may 14-25 2001 and four follow-up workshops in fall 2000 and 2001 and spring 2001 and 2002 they are also required to develop one at-home project to implement the instruction received at the training sessions and the workshops at the end of the program the participants will receive 12 semester hours of graduate-level credit from texas a&m the participants receive support from nsf in the form of an annual stipend of $750 a subsistence support for room and board as well as textbooks and instructional materials required for the program contact: patrice pages (979) 845-4618 or patrice-pages@tamuedu aggiedaily office of university relations texas a&m university (979) 845-4641
college station dr marlan o scully distinguished professor of physics at texas a&m university was elected to the national academy of sciences during the organizations annual meeting in washington dc scully was one of 72 new members and 15 foreign associates from 10 countries chosen at the academys meeting this week in recognition of their distinguished and continuing achievements in original research election to membership in the academy is considered one of the highest honors that can be accorded a us scientist or engineer although it is always gratifying to have a faculty member and colleague receive such a great honor i am especially pleased to learn that marlan scully was elected to the national academy of sciences he is truly a leader in the area of quantum optics and i fully expect that his innovations will be critical to the next generation of supercomputers said dr ronald g douglas executive vice president and provost at texas a&m i find texas a&m a totally wonderful place to do research and i wish to thank my colleagues in the lab and the administration for providing the excellent environment which enables us to be better than our best scully said scully is also director of the center for theoretical physics is holder of the hershel e burgess chair in physics and holds a dual appointment as a professor in the department of electrical engineering at texas a&m he also holds a distinguished research chair with the texas engineering experiment station in addition he is director of the newly formed institute for quantum studies at texas a&m he has received a number of professional honors including the adolph e lomb medal and the charles h townes award from the optical society of america the franklin institute cresson medal and the alexander von humboldt senior faculty award he has been an alfred p sloan fellow a guggenheim fellow and is a fellow of the american association for the advancement of science the american optical society and the american physical society scully holds master of science and phd degrees in physics from yale university and is a distinguished alumnus of the university of wyoming where he received his bachelors degree in engineering physics he joined the texas a&m faculty in 1992 aggiedaily office of university relations texas a&m university (979) 845-4641 the post scully elected to national academy of sciences appeared first on texas a&m college of science
dr marlan o scully distinguished professor of physics at texas a&m university was elected to the national academy of sciences during the organizations annual meeting in washington dc scully was one of 72 new members and 15 foreign associates from 10 countries chosen at the academys meeting this week in recognition of their distinguished and continuing achievements in original research election to membership in the academy is considered one of the highest honors that can be accorded a us scientist or engineer although it is always gratifying to have a faculty member and colleague receive such a great honor i am especially pleased to learn that marlan scully was elected to the national academy of sciences he is truly a leader in the area of quantum optics and i fully expect that his innovations will be critical to the next generation of supercomputers said dr ronald g douglas executive vice president and provost at texas a&m i find texas a&m a totally wonderful place to do research and i wish to thank my colleagues in the lab and the administration for providing the excellent environment which enables us to be better than our best scully said scully is also director of the center for theoretical physics is holder of the hershel e burgess chair in physics and holds a dual appointment as a professor in the department of electrical engineering at texas a&m he also holds a distinguished research chair with the texas engineering experiment station in addition he is director of the newly formed institute for quantum studies at texas a&m he has received a number of professional honors including the adolph e lomb medal and the charles h townes award from the optical society of america the franklin institute cresson medal and the alexander von humboldt senior faculty award he has been an alfred p sloan fellow a guggenheim fellow and is a fellow of the american association for the advancement of science the american optical society and the american physical society scully holds master of science and phd degrees in physics from yale university and is a distinguished alumnus of the university of wyoming where he received his bachelors degree in engineering physics he joined the texas a&m faculty in 1992 aggiedaily office of university relations texas a&m university (979) 845-4641
college station physicist valery l pokrovsky has been named a distinguished professor of physics by the texas a&m university system board of regents pokrovsky joined the physics faculty at texas a&m in 1992 and his areas of research include scattering theory statistical mechanics two-dimensional systems magnetism superconductivity and the quantum hall effect pokrovsky has made lasting contributions to many areas of physics – his greatest contribution is the concept of scaling which is now of central importance in understanding the behavior of substances near phase transitions notes a colleague after receiving an ms and phd in the former soviet union pokrovsky was the head of laboratory for theoretical physics at the institute of radiophysics and the institute of semiconductor physics in the siberian branch of the soviet academy of sciences he received a doctoral degree in physics and mathematics from novosibirsk university and was a section head at the landau institute of theoretical physics pokrovsky has supervised more than 30 graduate students and is the editor of the international journal of modern physics and modern physics letters contact: tiffany inbody at (409) 845-6746; e-mail: tdi@univreltamuedu aggiedaily office of university relations the post pokrovsky named distinguished professor appeared first on texas a&m college of science
physicist valery l pokrovsky has been named a distinguished professor of physics by the texas a&m university system board of regents pokrovsky joined the physics faculty at texas a&m in 1992 and his areas of research include scattering theory statistical mechanics two-dimensional systems magnetism superconductivity and the quantum hall effect pokrovsky has made lasting contributions to many areas of physics – his greatest contribution is the concept of scaling which is now of central importance in understanding the behavior of substances near phase transitions notes a colleague after receiving an ms and phd in the former soviet union pokrovsky was the head of laboratory for theoretical physics at the institute of radiophysics and the institute of semiconductor physics in the siberian branch of the soviet academy of sciences he received a doctoral degree in physics and mathematics from novosibirsk university and was a section head at the landau institute of theoretical physics pokrovsky has supervised more than 30 graduate students and is the editor of the international journal of modern physics and modern physics letters contact: tiffany inbody at (409) 845-6746; e-mail: tdi@univreltamuedu aggiedaily office of university relations
college station the optical society of america has presented marlan o scully of texas a&m university the 1998 charles hard townes award for his role in laying the theoretical foundation for laser science free electron lasers and lasers without inversion scully is the burgess distinguished professor of physics and director of both the center for theoretical physics and the institute of quantum studies at texas a&m the charles hard townes award established in 1981 is presented annually for major contributions to the field of quantum electronics scullys award is based on work expanding on his previously formed theory on the laser he studied methods of using lasers to suppress emission noise and also demonstrated the possibilities for new resolution microscopes aggiedaily office of university relations the post scully awarded for laser research appeared first on texas a&m college of science
the optical society of america has presented marlan o scully of texas a&m university the 1998 charles hard townes award for his role in laying the theoretical foundation for laser science free electron lasers and lasers without inversion scully is the burgess distinguished professor of physics and director of both the center for theoretical physics and the institute of quantum studies at texas a&m the charles hard townes award established in 1981 is presented annually for major contributions to the field of quantum electronics scullys award is based on work expanding on his previously formed theory on the laser he studied methods of using lasers to suppress emission noise and also demonstrated the possibilities for new resolution microscopes aggiedaily office of university relations