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the department of physics at texas a&m university will bring together six of the worlds leading authorities on astronomy astrophysics and cosmology at a conference on friday october 17 the objective of the panel is to help design a future role for texas a&m in studies of phenomena at the far reaches of the universe the new program in deep space studies that is envisioned will tie directly into the vision 2020 goal for texas a&m university to achieve top ten status among public universities the prestigious panel consists of charles h townes nobel laureate and university professor emeritus at the university of california at berkeley; wendy l freedman director of the carnegie observatories in pasadena ca; david b cline of the physics and astronomy department at the university of california at los angeles; edward w kolb head of the astrophysics group at the fermi national accelerator laboratory in batavia il and professor of astronomy and astrophysics at the university of chicago; tod r lauer of the national optical astronomy observatory in tucson az; and j craig wheeler regents professor of astronomy at the university of texas at austin the panel is chaired by dr freedman on being able to have townes participate in the panel texas a&m professor of physics george kattawar said dr townes is the superstar in physics many nobel prize winners in physics can be traced back to his guidance on friday afternoon the panel will meet with george p mitchell who along with his wife cynthia established the george p and cynthia w mitchell institute for fundamental physics in the physics department at texas a&m goals of the mitchell institute include: exploring and advancing our understanding in theoretical high-energy physics; astroparticle physics and cosmology; conducting research in string theory m-theory and particle phenomenology; and exploring the interface with observation in particle physics and cosmology the mitchell institute is sponsoring the conference and this new program in deep space astronomy will be a significant part of its activities the panel is enthusiastic about helping texas a&m develop this new program said edward s fry physics department head we anticipate their help in designing a program in deep space observational astronomy that will complement the current outstanding program at the university of texas at austin the latter is an existing program which includes several large observatories and telescopes the combination of the program at the university of texas at austin the nasa johnson space center in houston and the new program at texas a&m can be expected to create a texas consortium with a major impact on deep space studies the panel will meet in the conference room of the mitchell institute in the physics department from 9:00 am to 5:00 pm on friday october 17 attendance is necessarily limited but individuals in the public or media who have substantive reasons to attend should contact beverly guster in the mitchell institute at (979)845-7778 or email: 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 texas a&m physicist marlan scully has won the quantum electronics award bestowed by the institute of electrical and electronics engineers inc lasers and electro-optics society (ieee/leos) for outstanding technical contributions to quantum electronics the award includes a bronze medal and a $4 000 honorarium scully a distinguished professor and a member of the national academy of sciences holds a joint appointment in physics and electrical engineering -30- contact: mark minton communications specialist texas a&m college of science (979) 682-1237 or mminton@sciencetamuedu; or marlan scully (979) 862-2333 the post physics professor scully wins quantum electronics award appeared first on texas a&m college of science
texas a&m physicist marlan scully has won the quantum electronics award bestowed by the institute of electrical and electronics engineers inc lasers and electro-optics society (ieee/leos) for outstanding technical contributions to quantum electronics the award includes a bronze medal and a $4 000 honorarium scully a distinguished professor and a member of the national academy of sciences holds a joint appointment in physics and electrical engineering -30- contact: mark minton communications specialist texas a&m college of science (979) 682-1237 or mminton@sciencetamuedu; or marlan scully (979) 862-2333
college station alexei sokolov an assistant professor of physics at texas a&m university has won the adolph lomb medal honoring him as an outstanding young researcher in optics the science of light the optical society of america awards the lomb medal annually to a researcher who has made a noteworthy contribution to optics before age 30 sokolov who is now 32 won for past research that shows that oscillating molecules can produce ultra-short light pulses scientists need to produce ever-shorter light pulses so they can study ever-faster processes in atoms and molecules using laser fields to make deuterium molecules vibrate sokolov and his co-workers discovered a way to create pulses of light shorter than a femtosecond light pulses had not before been produced by this process of highly coherent molecular motion sokolovs research most of which he completed while at stanford university was published in physical review letters and other journals sokolov continues to publish new findings the adolph lomb award includes a silver medal and a $1 500 prize sokolov will claim the award in october at an optical society of america ceremony in tucson contact: mark minton communications specialist texas a&m university college of science (979) 862-1237 or mminton@sciencetamuedu; or alexei sokolov (979) 845-8519 or sokol@jeweltamuedu press coverage: a&m professor awarded adolph lomb medal – b-cs eagle (05/28/03) the post young texas a&m physicist wins lomb award for research creating light pulses appeared first on texas a&m college of science
alexei sokolov an assistant professor of physics at texas a&m university has won the adolph lomb medal honoring him as an outstanding young researcher in optics the science of light the optical society of america awards the lomb medal annually to a researcher who has made a noteworthy contribution to optics before age 30 sokolov who is now 32 won for past research that shows that oscillating molecules can produce ultra-short light pulses scientists need to produce ever-shorter light pulses so they can study ever-faster processes in atoms and molecules using laser fields to make deuterium molecules vibrate sokolov and his co-workers discovered a way to create pulses of light shorter than a femtosecond light pulses had not before been produced by this process of highly coherent molecular motion sokolovs research most of which he completed while at stanford university was published in physical review letters and other journals sokolov continues to publish new findings the adolph lomb award includes a silver medal and a $1 500 prize sokolov will claim the award in october at an optical society of america ceremony in tucson contact: mark minton communications specialist texas a&m university college of science (979) 862-1237 or mminton@sciencetamuedu; or alexei sokolov (979) 845-8519 or sokol@jeweltamuedu press coverage: a&m professor awarded adolph lomb medal – b-cs eagle (05/28/03)
college station faculty and staff members from texas a&m university will join museum and media colleagues from across the nation on a trip to japan designed to promote public understanding of research the universitys institute for pacific asia (ipa) in partnership with the science museum of minnesota received support from the national science foundation (nsf) to coordinate the 10-day planning and consultation visit to japan july 9-20 the principal objectives of the japan visit are to identify develop and design cooperative programs across the science education and research communities that encourage public understanding of science said richard nader a co-principal investigator on the project and director of ipa this summers visit builds on progress made during two previous visits in 2000 and 2001 texas a&m has assembled a team of top experts from us and japanese science education ventures addressing public understanding of research (pur) nsfs newest science education initiative pur explores strategies for increasing awareness and understanding of current science science that is in-the-news in the united states and abroad the projects sponsor hyman field senior adviser to nsf on pur said our nations scientists are currently engaged in research that will have profound impacts on the lives of citizens globally…yet few people even know what research is being conducted why it is being done and what the potential implications may be universities and the scientific community must be involved in the process it is an honor for texas a&m to be selected as the coordinator for this visit and it speaks well of our faculty and researchers said richard ewing vice president for research at texas a&m university the delegation scheduled to visit japan in july is composed of scientists science education researchers science museum professionals and representatives from science media and international science associations representing texas a&m on the trip will be nader along with texas a&m faculty members edward fry professor of physics and susanna priest associate professor of journalism other delegates include representatives from the exploratorium in san francisco the science museum of minnesota wgbh nova the museum of science in boston wnet new york and earth and sky radio in austin contact: linda edwards (979) 458-4285 or l-edwards@tamuedu or rick nader (979) 845-3099 aggiedaily office of university relations texas a&m university (979) 845-4641 the post institute for pacific asia to lead an international delegation to japan in july appeared first on texas a&m college of science
faculty and staff members from texas a&m university will join museum and media colleagues from across the nation on a trip to japan designed to promote public understanding of research the universitys institute for pacific asia (ipa) in partnership with the science museum of minnesota received support from the national science foundation (nsf) to coordinate the 10-day planning and consultation visit to japan july 9-20 the principal objectives of the japan visit are to identify develop and design cooperative programs across the science education and research communities that encourage public understanding of science said richard nader a co-principal investigator on the project and director of ipa this summers visit builds on progress made during two previous visits in 2000 and 2001 texas a&m has assembled a team of top experts from us and japanese science education ventures addressing public understanding of research (pur) nsfs newest science education initiative pur explores strategies for increasing awareness and understanding of current science science that is in-the-news in the united states and abroad the projects sponsor hyman field senior adviser to nsf on pur said our nations scientists are currently engaged in research that will have profound impacts on the lives of citizens globally…yet few people even know what research is being conducted why it is being done and what the potential implications may be universities and the scientific community must be involved in the process it is an honor for texas a&m to be selected as the coordinator for this visit and it speaks well of our faculty and researchers said richard ewing vice president for research at texas a&m university the delegation scheduled to visit japan in july is composed of scientists science education researchers science museum professionals and representatives from science media and international science associations representing texas a&m on the trip will be nader along with texas a&m faculty members edward fry professor of physics and susanna priest associate professor of journalism other delegates include representatives from the exploratorium in san francisco the science museum of minnesota wgbh nova the museum of science in boston wnet new york and earth and sky radio in austin contact: linda edwards (979) 458-4285 or l-edwards@tamuedu or rick nader (979) 845-3099 aggiedaily office of university relations texas a&m university (979) 845-4641
the inaugural winners of texas a&m universitys new $25 000 teaching excellence awards – believed to be the highest monetary value in the nation from a single institution making such presentations annually – are professor william h bassichis of the department of physics and professor ludy t benjamin jr of the department of psychology texas a&m president robert m gates who announced the winners thursday (april 24) created the special awards earlier this year to underscore the importance of outstanding teaching at a major research university formal presentations will be made at commencement exercises next month the awards include the title of presidential professor for teaching excellence and the recipient will retain that title for the remainder of his or her career < president robert m gates surprised professor william h bassichis in his classroom on friday with award announcement bassichis has taught physics at texas a&m since 1970 and helped establish the universitys mentor program he is a recipient of the university-wide faculty distinguished achievement award for teaching and two college of science faculty distinguished achievement awards for teaching all presented by the association of former students bassichis is author of a widely used physics textbook series has served as a consultant to the department of energy has had more than 50 scientific articles published and is a founding member of the texas a&m faculty senate benjamin who has taught at texas a&m for 23 years holds the glasscock professorship in undergraduate teaching excellence and the murray and celeste fasken chair in distinguished teaching he has won several national teaching awards among them the distinguished teaching in psychology award from the american psychological foundation and the distinguished career contributions to education and training award from the american psychological association at texas a&m benjamin has received the association of former students distinguished teaching award and the association of former students distinguished faculty achievement award in teaching he has conducted more than 50 workshops in 13 states edited or written six textbooks in psychology and has had 25 articles published on the teaching of psychology when gates announced the new teaching excellence award last january he said the most important criteria are commitment to and excellence in teaching in all its dimensions a great university has great teachers texas a&m has some of the finest teachers in the world and we want to recognize them he added he pointed out that texas a&m already has numerous awards for teaching with many of them funded by the association of former students even so i believe texas a&m university itself must make a stronger statement to the importance of teaching and that is why these new awards are being established he said nomination of the recipients was made by faculty members deans and student leaders -30- contact: lane stephenson office of university relations texas a&m university; l-stephenson@tamuedu or (979) 845-4662 press coverage: a&m professors awarded $25 000 – the bryan-college station eagle (04/25/2003)
college station marlan scully the texas a&m university professor who applied quantum physics to the automotive engine and came up with a design that emits laser beams instead of exhaust has been tinkering under the hood again this time hes sized up the perfect engine and improved it scully known as the quantum cowboy for his innovations in quantum physics and his franklin society prize-winning research into beef cattle production has invented a theoretical design more efficient than the carnot engine which had stood for nearly two centuries as the standard for efficiency an engine so ideal it exists only in theory in an article published this month in science scully reveals a design that extends it scullys design employs lasers mirrors and a concept known as quantum coherence to drive a piston with less wasted energy than in the carnot model in scullys engine a quantum heat bath supplies the power: beams of hot atoms produce radiation whose pressure drives a piston scully likens the atoms to coal and the radiation to steam that drove early railroad engines scully a member of the national academy of sciences who holds a joint appointment in physics and electrical engineering is world-renowned for his work but even though he and his collaborators have improved the engine that had been considered perfect scully makes clear that they have not rewritten the laws of physics the second law of thermodynamics is not violated he says and perpetual motion is still a dream the new engine model follows scullys recent invention of the quantum afterburner designed to capture energy from a cars exhaust thus improving the efficiency of a classical four-stroke engine the quantum afterburner uses a process that drains heat from the heat engine gases and converts it into laser light -30- contact: mark minton communications specialist texas a&m university college of science (979) 862-1237 mminton@sciencetamuedu; marlan scully (979)862-2333 press coverage: stories of modern science … from upi: quantum cowboy develops new engine – united press international (02/27/03) texas a&m physics professor who invented ‘quantum afterburner revs up perfect engine – innovations report – berichte physik astronomie (02/27/03) the post texas a&m physics professor who invented ‘quantum afterburner revs up perfect engine appeared first on texas a&m college of science
marlan scully the texas a&m university professor who applied quantum physics to the automotive engine and came up with a design that emits laser beams instead of exhaust has been tinkering under the hood again this time hes sized up the perfect engine and improved it scully known as the quantum cowboy for his innovations in quantum physics and his franklin society prize-winning research into beef cattle production has invented a theoretical design more efficient than the carnot engine which had stood for nearly two centuries as the standard for efficiency an engine so ideal it exists only in theory in an article published this month in science scully reveals a design that extends it scullys design employs lasers mirrors and a concept known as quantum coherence to drive a piston with less wasted energy than in the carnot model in scullys engine a quantum heat bath supplies the power: beams of hot atoms produce radiation whose pressure drives a piston scully likens the atoms to coal and the radiation to steam that drove early railroad engines scully a member of the national academy of sciences who holds a joint appointment in physics and electrical engineering is world-renowned for his work but even though he and his collaborators have improved the engine that had been considered perfect scully makes clear that they have not rewritten the laws of physics the second law of thermodynamics is not violated he says and perpetual motion is still a dream the new engine model follows scullys recent invention of the quantum afterburner designed to capture energy from a cars exhaust thus improving the efficiency of a classical four-stroke engine the quantum afterburner uses a process that drains heat from the heat engine gases and converts it into laser light -30- contact: mark minton communications specialist texas a&m university college of science (979) 862-1237 mminton@sciencetamuedu; marlan scully (979)862-2333 press coverage: stories of modern science … from upi: quantum cowboy develops new engine – united press international (02/27/03) texas a&m physics professor who invented ‘quantum afterburner revs up perfect engine – innovations report – berichte physik astronomie (02/27/03)
college station dimitri nanopoulos a texas a&m physics professor and one of the worlds most noted researchers in high-energy physics has been appointed to a new endowed chair associated with the universitys george p and cynthia w mitchell institute for fundamental physics dr nanopoulos will hold the mitchell-heep chair in high-energy physics which is endowed with $500 000 from the mitchells both of the woodlands and $500 000 from the herman f heep and minnie belle heep foundation in college station the chair was created in conjunction with the mitchell institute a prestigious new forum that will bring stephen hawking and several other world-class physicists to texas a&m this spring for a month-long conference exploring the nature of the universe george and cynthia mitchell gave the texas a&m college of science $27 million to create the institute and two chairs in physics: the mitchell-heep chair and the stephen hawking chair held by physics professor christopher pope nanopoulos is a distinguished professor at texas a&m meaning his peers consider him to be among the top 5 percent of scientists in his field his work in high-energy physics which deals with atomic particles accelerated to high speeds has made him one of the most frequently cited physicists ever in the field he has written more than 500 papers and fellow researchers have cited his work some 26 000 times making him the fourth most cited high-energy physicist ever it is a great honor for me to be the first holder of the mitchell-heep chair in high-energy physics nanopoulos said ill try my best so that the generosity of mr mitchell and of the heep foundation will be matched by the quality of my research in this great university nanopoulos joined the texas a&m faculty in 1989 after receiving his bachelors degree from the university of athens in greece and his phd at the university of sussex in england his research interests include grand unified theories superstrings and astroparticle physics -30- contact: mark minton communications specialist (979) 862-1237 or mminton@sciencetamuedu; dimitri nanopoulos (in athens) 011-30-210-6867199 or dimitri@physicstamuedu the post texas a&m professor chosen for $1-million endowed chair in physics appeared first on texas a&m college of science share: