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daniel freemans curiosity about the world of physics started in high school where two of his physics teachers sparked his interest in pursuing a degree in physics freeman now a senior at texas a&m university decided to expand upon that interest with a double major in physics and mathematics to capture a better understanding of the field of theoretical physics thanks to his thesis advisor texas a&m physics professor dr bhaskar dutta freeman became interested in the subject of inflation the period of rapid growth in the size of universe following the big bang for his hard work and outstanding quality of his research freeman has been awarded the 2012 outstanding thesis award for undergraduate research scholars sponsored by texas a&m honors and undergraduate research (hur) the research scholars program allows students who are interested in undergraduate research to create their own research project with the guidance of a faculty mentor these students write an undergraduate thesis during the course of two semesters theses are submitted to the texas a&m university thesis office where they are made electronically available via the texas a&m university libraries digital repository freemans research focused on what happened immediately following the universes creation a phenomenon called inflation freeman took a mathematical approach to answering this question by applying models of quintessential inflation not only did freeman test these models against known astronomical data but he also examined the predictive power of the models whats interesting is that today in modern times billions of years after inflation we observe something very similar to inflation happening basically the universe is starting to expand again freeman said of his research an important aspect of research such as this is to identify which models are helpful in revealing what happened following the big bang and which models are no longer useful through freemans tests of different quintessential inflation models he found that the components he tested did not have much predictive value while these models might not have been any better at predicting how the universe will change in the future than others freeman sees the value in researching such ideas perhaps in a hundred years we will have a good reason to think one field governs these problems and the next generation of physicists will see that yet another century-old curiosity turned out to be on the right track if a bit off the mark wrote freeman in his scholars thesis freeman who also is a member of dr simon norths research group in the department of chemistry credits his undergraduate research experiences as being the most fulfilling thing he has done as an undergraduate getting exposure to research early is hugely beneficial and i really appreciate having had the opportunity he said following his graduation later this week freeman will be attending the university of california at berkeley where he will pursue a phd in physical chemistry -atm- contact: chrystina rago chrysrago@honorstamuedu
twenty-one texas a&m university students enrolled in physics 218 (classical mechanics) this spring have been honored by the department of physics and astronomy as its latest addison wesley/benjamin cummings mechanics scholars the students selected for their top-scoring marks on a special end-of-semester challenge exam open to all physics 218 students and covering material from all related sections taught during the spring 2012 semester were honored thursday (may 3) during an awards banquet in the george p and cynthia woods mitchell institute for fundamental physics and astronomy (left to right) dr george welch freshman general studies major matthew krusleski (first) freshman petroleum engineering major shangjie yue (second-place tie) freshman general studies major steven skobel (second-place tie) and dr david toback the event featured a presentation by dr david toback professor of physics and astronomy and thaman professor for undergraduate teaching excellence on career possibilities in physics and related fields each student was presented with a certificate commemorating their accomplishments by dr george r welch professor and head of the department this semesters top three performers freshman general studies major matthew krusleski (first) freshman petroleum engineering major shangjie yue (tied for second) and freshman general studies major steven skobel (tied for second) also received copies of the physics 208 textbook young and freedman volume ii (valued at around $90) as well as monetary awards ($200 for first place $100 for second and third) to be used toward academics before handing out awards toback informed those in attendance that their performance on the exam indicated that they possess a natural talent for physics and encouraged them to consider pursuing an education in the subject the idea that we are all dorky and weird like on the big bang theory is not true he explained there are lots of companies in texas who are looking for physics majors and these arent little mom-and-pop businesses either these are the real deal although considered one of the departments toughest physics courses physics 218 routinely attracts about 800 students across its eight sections each spring semester and about 1 500 in the fall according to toback the event is part of the mechanics scholar program founded by the department in 2002 to celebrate the best students in physics 218 and encourage career exploration in physics you clearly have the right stuff to get further in physics toback told the students -atm- contact: chris jarvis (979) 845-7246 or cjarvis@sciencetamuedu or dr david toback (979) 845-1179 or toback@tamuedu the post peak performers: physics honors 2012 mechanics scholars appeared first on college of science share:
college station aggies and brazos valley area residents with an interest in the mysteries of the night sky are invited to wind down their reading day and enjoy one last break before final exams at the may aggie star party set for next wednesday (may 2) on the texas a&m university campus the monthly event hosted by the texas a&m astronomy group in the department of physics and astronomy will be held from 7 to 9 pm in front of sbisa dining hall (weather permitting) organizers say participants will have the opportunity to look through a telescope find constellations and learn more about texas a&m astronomy for additional details visit http://instrumentationtamuedu/starpartypdf -atm- contact: dr jennifer marshall (979) 862-2782 or marshall@physicstamuedu the post aggie star party set for wednesday at sbisa appeared first on texas a&m college of science
aggies and brazos valley area residents with an interest in the mysteries of the night sky are invited to wind down their reading day and enjoy one last break before final exams at the may aggie star party set for next wednesday (may 2) on the texas a&m university campus the monthly event hosted by the texas a&m astronomy group in the department of physics and astronomy will be held from 7 to 9 pm in front of sbisa dining hall (weather permitting) organizers say participants will have the opportunity to look through a telescope find constellations and learn more about texas a&m astronomy for additional details visit http://instrumentationtamuedu/starpartypdf -atm- contact: dr jennifer marshall (979) 862-2782 or marshall@physicstamuedu
college station in 1998 two international research teams traced back the expansion of the universe over billions of years only to discover it was accelerating a revolutionary discovery that suggests 75 percent of the cosmos is filled with a mysterious dark energy which now controls the universes future one of the key figures in that 2011 nobel prize-winning discovery brian p schmidt will visit the texas a&m university campus this week to present a free public lecture about this unexpected breakthrough and the ramifications for both the universe and astrophysics schmidt a professor at australian national university will present the accelerating universe on thursday apr 12 at 7 pm in the second-floor primary lecture hall of the george p mitchell 40 physics building tickets are not required for the lecture which will detail the discovery and explain how astronomers have used such observations to trace the universes history back more than 13 billion years leading them to ponder the ultimate fate of the cosmos schmidt shared the 2011 nobel prize for physics with adam g riess (johns hopkins university/space telescope science institute) and saul perlmutter (university of california berkeley) in 1994 schmidt co-founded the high-z supernova search team one of two teams honored for the breakthrough discovery along with texas a&m astronomer nicholas b suntzeff who joined the faculty in 2006 as director of the mitchell institute and inaugural holder of the mitchell-heep-munnerlyn endowed chair in observational astronomy riess who served as lead author on the high-z teams 1998 astronomical journal paper announcing the groups ultimate discovery was a miller fellow postdoctoral researcher at berkeley at that time after earning his phd from harvard in 1996 while perlmutter headed up the competing team the supernova cosmology project schmidt currently is in texas along with several additional members of the high-z team and other internationally eminent scholars for a broader series of astrophysics meetings being hosted by texas a&m astronomy and the george p and cynthia woods mitchell institute for fundamental physics and astronomy at cooks branch conservancy near houston schmidts lecture is co-sponsored by the mitchell institute and the department of physics and astronomy in conjunction with the college of science for more information on the event contact the department of physics and astronomy at (979) 845-7717 learn more about the 2011 nobel prize discovery and the multi-faceted roles each team and individual researcher played -atm- contact: shana k hutchins (979) 862-1237 or shutchins@sciencetamuedu the post nobel laureate to present lecture on accelerating universe appeared first on texas a&m college of science
in 1998 two international research teams traced back the expansion of the universe over billions of years only to discover it was accelerating a revolutionary discovery that suggests 75 percent of the cosmos is filled with a mysterious dark energy which now controls the universes future one of the key figures in that 2011 nobel prize-winning discovery brian p schmidt will visit the texas a&m university campus this week to present a free public lecture about this unexpected breakthrough and the ramifications for both the universe and astrophysics schmidt a professor at australian national university will present the accelerating universe on thursday apr 12 at 7 pm in the second-floor primary lecture hall of the george p mitchell 40 physics building tickets are not required for the lecture which will detail the discovery and explain how astronomers have used such observations to trace the universes history back more than 13 billion years leading them to ponder the ultimate fate of the cosmos schmidt shared the 2011 nobel prize for physics with adam g riess (johns hopkins university/space telescope science institute) and saul perlmutter (university of california berkeley) in 1994 schmidt co-founded the high-z supernova search team one of two teams honored for the breakthrough discovery along with texas a&m astronomer nicholas b suntzeff who joined the faculty in 2006 as director of the mitchell institute and inaugural holder of the mitchell-heep-munnerlyn endowed chair in observational astronomy riess who served as lead author on the high-z teams 1998 astronomical journal paper announcing the groups ultimate discovery was a miller fellow postdoctoral researcher at berkeley at that time after earning his phd from harvard in 1996 while perlmutter headed up the competing team the supernova cosmology project schmidt currently is in texas along with several additional members of the high-z team and other internationally eminent scholars for a broader series of astrophysics meetings being hosted by texas a&m astronomy and the george p and cynthia woods mitchell institute for fundamental physics and astronomy at cooks branch conservancy near houston schmidts lecture is co-sponsored by the mitchell institute and the department of physics and astronomy in conjunction with the college of science for more information on the event contact the department of physics and astronomy at (979) 845-7717 learn more about the 2011 nobel prize discovery and the multi-faceted roles each team and individual researcher played -atm- contact: shana k hutchins (979) 862-1237 or shutchins@sciencetamuedu
college station make a date for free family fun and get up-close and personal with the many wonders of science and technology this weekend at the 2012 physics and engineering festival scheduled for saturday (march 31) on the texas a&m university campus no fees or tickets are required for the free annual event which will run from 10 am to 8 pm at the george p mitchell 40 physics buildings attendees are invited to unleash their inner scientist aboard a square-wheeled bicycle or try their hand at generating electricity and shooting balloons with lasers three of the roughly 100 exciting interactive experiments that will be on display from 10 am to 4 pm the event also will feature three fantastic bubble shows at 11 am 1 pm and 2:30 pm by internationally acclaimed bubble artist keith johnson as well as q&a sessions at noon 1 pm and 2 pm with nasa astronaut richard linnehan and nobel prize winners david lee and dudley herschbach the day will conclude with two public lectures about the universe the first at 4 pm by texas a&m astronomer nicholas suntzeff and the second at 7 pm by carter emmart with the american museum of natural historys rose center for earth and space all events are sponsored by the department of physics and astronomy the department of aerospace engineering the texas a&m college of science the george p and cynthia woods mitchell institute for fundamental physics and astronomy and the association of former students the event is an affiliate festival of the 2nd usa science and engineering festival for more information on an exciting afternoon guaranteed to please kids of all ages see the detailed press release or visit physicsfestivaltamuedu -atm- watch a video highlighting images from past festivals on you tube: contact: shana k hutchins (979) 862-1237 or shutchins@sciencetamuedu the post physics and engineering festival set for saturday appeared first on texas a&m college of science
make a date for free family fun and get up-close and personal with the many wonders of science and technology this weekend at the 2012 physics and engineering festival scheduled for saturday (march 31) on the texas a&m university campus no fees or tickets are required for the free annual event which will run from 10 am to 8 pm at the george p mitchell 40 physics buildings attendees are invited to unleash their inner scientist aboard a square-wheeled bicycle or try their hand at generating electricity and shooting balloons with lasers three of the roughly 100 exciting interactive experiments that will be on display from 10 am to 4 pm the event also will feature three fantastic bubble shows at 11 am 1 pm and 2:30 pm by internationally acclaimed bubble artist keith johnson as well as q&a sessions at noon 1 pm and 2 pm with nasa astronaut richard linnehan and nobel prize winners david lee and dudley herschbach the day will conclude with two public lectures about the universe the first at 4 pm by texas a&m astronomer nicholas suntzeff and the second at 7 pm by carter emmart with the american museum of natural historys rose center for earth and space all events are sponsored by the department of physics and astronomy the department of aerospace engineering the texas a&m college of science the george p and cynthia woods mitchell institute for fundamental physics and astronomy and the association of former students the event is an affiliate festival of the 2nd usa science and engineering festival for more information on an exciting afternoon guaranteed to please kids of all ages see the detailed press release or visit physicsfestivaltamuedu -atm- watch a video highlighting images from past festivals on you tube: contact: shana k hutchins (979) 862-1237 or shutchins@sciencetamuedu
(editors note: there were than 3 000 views of the live feed for first blast currently trending as the no 3 story on msnbc a recap version of the release complete with high-resolution images and quotes from gmto officials pasadena calif on friday march 23 the first blast (big bang event) is scheduled to occur at las campanas peak in chile at high noon us eastern daylight time this marks the beginning of leveling and site preparation prior to construction of the giant magellan telescope click here to see before and after rendering: live streaming is provided thanks to the courtesy and close collaboration of the us embassy in chile the blasting is scheduled to take place at the following times: united states: 9 am pdt 10 am mdt 11 am cdt and 12 edt; australia: 3 am edt; and korea: 1 am kst in addition to texas a&m university the gmt partners are: astronomy australia ltd the australian national university carnegie institution for science harvard university korea astronomy and space science institute smithsonian institution the university of texas at austin the university of arizona and the university of chicago to learn more about the gmt project visit http://gmtoorg for more on texas a&m astronomy go to astronomy research page # # # # # # # # # # quotes: darren l depoy (professor of astronomy rachal-mitchell-heep endowed professorship in physics george p and cynthia woods mitchell institute for fundamental physics and astronomy texas a&m university) due to their extensive mining industry chileans are experts at blowing up large amounts of rock which is a great thing for science! in this particular case the chilean company charged with the task at hand removing the top of a mountain near las campanas observatory usually creates access to huge copper mines so this is somewhat of an interesting departure for them to be working on preparing the site for the gmt the goal is to chop the top off the mountain to reach stable and solid bedrock on which the enormous telescope can rest the foundation must be secure since the entire 1 000-ton telescope has to be able to point at any place in the sky to the precision equivalent of the width of a human hair the amount of rock to be removed would nearly fill kyle field texas a&ms football stadium it is exciting to see such progress on getting the gmt under way although there is another decade of hard work ahead for us all -atm- contact: shana k hutchins (979) 862-1237 or shutchins@sciencetamuedu; darren l depoy (979) 224-0071 or depoy@physicstamuedu; nicholas b suntzeff (979) 229-9597 or nsuntzeff@tamuedu the post big bang on earth: first blasting of las campanas peak a success appeared first on texas a&m college of science
(editors note: there were than 3 000 views of the live feed for first blast currently trending as the no 3 story on msnbc a recap version of the release complete with high-resolution images and quotes from gmto officials pasadena calif on friday march 23 the first blast (big bang event) is scheduled to occur at las campanas peak in chile at high noon us eastern daylight time this marks the beginning of leveling and site preparation prior to construction of the giant magellan telescope click here to see before and after rendering: live streaming is provided thanks to the courtesy and close collaboration of the us embassy in chile the blasting is scheduled to take place at the following times: united states: 9 am pdt 10 am mdt 11 am cdt and 12 edt; australia: 3 am edt; and korea: 1 am kst in addition to texas a&m university the gmt partners are: astronomy australia ltd the australian national university carnegie institution for science harvard university korea astronomy and space science institute smithsonian institution the university of texas at austin the university of arizona and the university of chicago to learn more about the gmt project visit http://gmtoorg for more on texas a&m astronomy go to astronomy research page # # # # # # # # # # quotes: darren l depoy (professor of astronomy rachal-mitchell-heep endowed professorship in physics george p and cynthia woods mitchell institute for fundamental physics and astronomy texas a&m university) due to their extensive mining industry chileans are experts at blowing up large amounts of rock which is a great thing for science! in this particular case the chilean company charged with the task at hand removing the top of a mountain near las campanas observatory usually creates access to huge copper mines so this is somewhat of an interesting departure for them to be working on preparing the site for the gmt the goal is to chop the top off the mountain to reach stable and solid bedrock on which the enormous telescope can rest the foundation must be secure since the entire 1 000-ton telescope has to be able to point at any place in the sky to the precision equivalent of the width of a human hair the amount of rock to be removed would nearly fill kyle field texas a&ms football stadium it is exciting to see such progress on getting the gmt under way although there is another decade of hard work ahead for us all -atm- contact: shana k hutchins (979) 862-1237 or shutchins@sciencetamuedu; darren l depoy (979) 224-0071 or depoy@physicstamuedu; nicholas b suntzeff (979) 229-9597 or nsuntzeff@tamuedu