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lubbock as part of a statewide celebration of astronomy in commemoration of 2009 as the official international year of astronomy the department of physics at texas tech university will host an evening of astronomy thursday (sept 24) featuring a free public lecture by texas a&m university astronomer dr nicholas b suntzeff suntzeff director of the astronomy program at texas a&m and an international expert in supernovae and cosmology will present dark matter dark energy and the evolution of the universe at 7 pm in the science building room 007 on the texas tech campus tickets are not required for the lecture which will explore the latest findings in cosmology and offer a tour of what suntzeff describes as our extravagant universe from its beginnings to its possible endings quietly in the last 10 years a profound shift in our understanding of the universe has taken place suntzeff explains our universe is finite and bounded we now have the technology to map out all the billions of galaxies in the universe out to the very edge and will do so in the next few decades suntzeffs lecture marks the seventh event in the year-long international year of astronomy (iya) texas speakers series jointly sponsored by the astronomy programs at texas a&m and the university of texas to commemorate iya the world-wide celebration of the 400th anniversary of galileos first astronomical use of the telescope in 1609 the series features astronomers from both universities traveling to cities across the state to present their astronomical research and related topics of interest to area audiences suntzeff inaugural holder of the mitchell-heep-munnerlyn endowed chair in observational astronomy within the george p and cynthia woods mitchell institute for fundamental physics and astronomy came to texas a&m in spring 2006 to lead the universitys efforts to build a world-renowned program in astronomy and cosmology prior to that he spent 20 years at the united states national optical astronomy observatory (noao)/cerro tololo inter-american observatory in la serena chile where he was the associate director for science for noao and a tenured astronomer since 1996 suntzeffs many awards include a share in the 2007 gruber cosmology prize widely acknowledged as second only to the nobel prize in terms of importance in the field of cosmology for his role in the discovery that the expansion of the universe is accelerating the discovery since dubbed dark energy was honored as science magazines scientific breakthrough of the year in 1998 -atm- contacts: igor volobouev assistant professor of physics texas tech university (806) 742-4752 ivolobouev@ttuedu shana k hutchins texas a&m university college of science communications (979) 862-1237 shutchins@sciencetamuedu keely finkelstein texas a&m university astrophysics outreach coordinator (979) 862-2105 keelyf@physicstamuedu the post suntzeff to present public astronomy talk at texas tech university appeared first on texas a&m college of science
as part of a statewide celebration of astronomy in commemoration of 2009 as the official international year of astronomy the department of physics at texas tech university will host an evening of astronomy thursday (sept 24) featuring a free public lecture by texas a&m university astronomer dr nicholas b suntzeff suntzeff director of the astronomy program at texas a&m and an international expert in supernovae and cosmology will present dark matter dark energy and the evolution of the universe at 7 pm in the science building room 007 on the texas tech campus tickets are not required for the lecture which will explore the latest findings in cosmology and offer a tour of what suntzeff describes as our extravagant universe from its beginnings to its possible endings quietly in the last 10 years a profound shift in our understanding of the universe has taken place suntzeff explains our universe is finite and bounded we now have the technology to map out all the billions of galaxies in the universe out to the very edge and will do so in the next few decades suntzeffs lecture marks the seventh event in the year-long international year of astronomy (iya) texas speakers series jointly sponsored by the astronomy programs at texas a&m and the university of texas to commemorate iya the world-wide celebration of the 400th anniversary of galileos first astronomical use of the telescope in 1609 the series features astronomers from both universities traveling to cities across the state to present their astronomical research and related topics of interest to area audiences suntzeff inaugural holder of the mitchell-heep-munnerlyn endowed chair in observational astronomy within the george p and cynthia woods mitchell institute for fundamental physics and astronomy came to texas a&m in spring 2006 to lead the universitys efforts to build a world-renowned program in astronomy and cosmology prior to that he spent 20 years at the united states national optical astronomy observatory (noao)/cerro tololo inter-american observatory in la serena chile where he was the associate director for science for noao and a tenured astronomer since 1996 suntzeffs many awards include a share in the 2007 gruber cosmology prize widely acknowledged as second only to the nobel prize in terms of importance in the field of cosmology for his role in the discovery that the expansion of the universe is accelerating the discovery since dubbed dark energy was honored as science magazines scientific breakthrough of the year in 1998 -atm- contacts: igor volobouev assistant professor of physics texas tech university (806) 742-4752 ivolobouev@ttuedu shana k hutchins texas a&m university college of science communications (979) 862-1237 shutchins@sciencetamuedu keely finkelstein texas a&m university astrophysics outreach coordinator (979) 862-2105 keelyf@physicstamuedu
dr aaron bergman a postdoctoral theoretical high-energy physicist from texas a&m university has received a prestigious science and technology policy fellowship from the american association for the advancement of science (aaas) bergman is among 190 doctoral-level scientists and masters- and doctoral-level engineers across the nation who will spend a year working in federal agencies or congressional offices to learn about science policy while providing science and technology expertise to the government the fellowship began september 1 with a two-week orientation in washington dc the year-long fellowship is funded by science societies and government agencies bergman will work for the department of energy office of science office of advanced scientific computing research (ascr) in washington dc its a great privilege to have been selected bergman said i have always been interested in the interplay of science and government but the transition from academia to government work can be difficult this fellowship is an extraordinary opportunity to work directly in government and learn how things get done this is the 36th year for the program whose nearly 2 200 alumni include a member of congress as well as numerous public officials and academic senior executives coming from a wide variety of science and engineering fields the 2009-10 class is the largest in the programs history with 190 fellows a jump of almost 20 percent program officials note that the record number of fellows comes at a time of renewed national interest in science engineering and technology with the new presidential administration emphasizing evidence-based policymaking and a call to service we received a record number of applications for the 2009-10 fellowship year said cynthia robinson director of the aaas science and technology policy fellowships bergman who considers his work in theoretical high-energy physics and string theory with texas a&m professor of physics dr melanie becke to be somewhat abstract said he is excited for the opportunity to make a tangible difference in the world i think this is an exciting time to be in government he said there is a new administration and the new secretary of energy is a physicist im looking forward to being a part of it bergman graduated magna cum laude from yale university with a bachelors of science degree in both physics and mathematics in 1998 he earned a phd in physics from princeton university in 2003 followed by a three-year postdoctoral fellowship at the university of texas in austin he is currently completing a three-year postdoctoral fellowship at texas a&m under beckers mentorship founded in 1848 the aaas is the worlds largest general scientific society with some 262 affiliated societies and academies of science serving 10 million individuals an international non-profit organization the aaas mission is to advance science and serve society through science policy international programs and science education -atm- contact: chris jarvis (979) 845-7246 or cjarvis@sciencetamuedu or dr aaron bergman (979) 845-7717 or abergman@physicstamuedu
college station materials researchers and engineers from the center for research and advanced studies of the national polytechnic institute of mexico (cinvestav) queretaro will meet with texas a&m university materials researchers july 13-15 to further academic exchanges between the two research universities the goal of the workshop is to open mutually beneficial opportunities for collaborations between texas a&m and cinvestav researchers said organizer dr raymundo arroyave an assistant professor in the department of mechanical engineering at texas a&m and a member of the materials science and engineering faculty materials-related topics to be presented by researchers on both side of the border are materials processing (experimental and modeling) ceramics multifunctional thin films and characterization of materials improvement in materials characteristics can drive advances in personal and large-scale electronics more efficient energy generation from batteries and fuel cells more compatible prosthetic devices and medical instruments and higher-performance aircraft said dr igor roshchin assistant professor in the department of physics and also a materials science and engineering faculty member the cinvestav researchers will also tour materials laboratories at texas a&m this workshop is a collaboration between the materials science and engineering program and the department of physics the department of mechanical engineering and the artie mcferrin department of chemical engineering click here for more information on the workshop -atm- contact: jan gerston (979) 845-0750 or jgerston@tamuedu the post texas a&m to host binational workshop on materials research appeared first on texas a&m college of science
materials researchers and engineers from the center for research and advanced studies of the national polytechnic institute of mexico (cinvestav) queretaro will meet with texas a&m university materials researchers july 13-15 to further academic exchanges between the two research universities the goal of the workshop is to open mutually beneficial opportunities for collaborations between texas a&m and cinvestav researchers said organizer dr raymundo arroyave an assistant professor in the department of mechanical engineering at texas a&m and a member of the materials science and engineering faculty materials-related topics to be presented by researchers on both side of the border are materials processing (experimental and modeling) ceramics multifunctional thin films and characterization of materials improvement in materials characteristics can drive advances in personal and large-scale electronics more efficient energy generation from batteries and fuel cells more compatible prosthetic devices and medical instruments and higher-performance aircraft said dr igor roshchin assistant professor in the department of physics and also a materials science and engineering faculty member the cinvestav researchers will also tour materials laboratories at texas a&m this workshop is a collaboration between the materials science and engineering program and the department of physics the department of mechanical engineering and the artie mcferrin department of chemical engineering click here for more information on the workshop -atm- contact: jan gerston (979) 845-0750 or jgerston@tamuedu
college station dr robert e tribble distinguished professor of physics and director of texas a&m universitys cyclotron institute has been awarded an honorary doctorate from st petersburg state university in st petersburg russia in recognition of his research achievement tribble an international leader in experimental nuclear physics and nuclear astrophysics recently was presented with the degree during a june 22 ceremony on the st petersburg state university campus he was recommended for the honor by st petersburg state nuclear physicist konstatin gridnev at the suggestion of a cyclotron institute colleague a member of texas a&m physics faculty since 1975 tribble has served since 2003 as director of the cyclotron institute recognized as the core of the universitys nuclear physics program he was head of the texas a&m department of physics from 1979 to 1987 and has been honored with distinguished achievement awards presented by the university and the association of former students in both research (2002) and teaching (1992) tribble is a former chair of the us national nuclear science advisory committee the nations most influential position in nuclear physics as well as a fellow of the american physical society (1982) and a former alfred p sloan foundation fellow he is the author or co-author of more than 250 refereed publications founded in 1819 st petersburg state university is considered one of the most prominent universities in russia it has received international recognition thanks to the chemist dmitry i mendeleev (creator of the periodic table of elements) the physicist alexander s popov (who invented the radio simultaneously with marconi) and many other major scholars among the alumni of the school were many important figures of russian culture and politics: the writers nikolai chernyshevsky and ivan turgenev the poet alexander blok prime minister and reformer pyotr stolypin and the head of the 1917 provisional government alexander kerensky even the great revolutionary vladimir lenin attended the university and passed his finals exams in the law faculty in 1891 today the university boasts more than 20 000 students 2 000 professors 210 departments and a library with 4 million volumes eight nobel prize winners are graduates of st petersburg state university (including the biologist ivan pavlov the economist vasily leontiev and the poet joseph brodsky) -atm- contact: shana k hutchins (979) 862-1237 or shutchins@tamuedu or dr robert e tribble (979) 845-1411 or tribble@comptamuedu the post tribble earns honorary doctorate for research achievement appeared first on texas a&m college of science
dr robert e tribble distinguished professor of physics and director of texas a&m universitys cyclotron institute has been awarded an honorary doctorate from st petersburg state university in st petersburg russia in recognition of his research achievement tribble an international leader in experimental nuclear physics and nuclear astrophysics recently was presented with the degree during a june 22 ceremony on the st petersburg state university campus he was recommended for the honor by st petersburg state nuclear physicist konstatin gridnev at the suggestion of a cyclotron institute colleague a member of texas a&m physics faculty since 1975 tribble has served since 2003 as director of the cyclotron institute recognized as the core of the universitys nuclear physics program he was head of the texas a&m department of physics from 1979 to 1987 and has been honored with distinguished achievement awards presented by the university and the association of former students in both research (2002) and teaching (1992) tribble is a former chair of the us national nuclear science advisory committee the nations most influential position in nuclear physics as well as a fellow of the american physical society (1982) and a former alfred p sloan foundation fellow he is the author or co-author of more than 250 refereed publications founded in 1819 st petersburg state university is considered one of the most prominent universities in russia it has received international recognition thanks to the chemist dmitry i mendeleev (creator of the periodic table of elements) the physicist alexander s popov (who invented the radio simultaneously with marconi) and many other major scholars among the alumni of the school were many important figures of russian culture and politics: the writers nikolai chernyshevsky and ivan turgenev the poet alexander blok prime minister and reformer pyotr stolypin and the head of the 1917 provisional government alexander kerensky even the great revolutionary vladimir lenin attended the university and passed his finals exams in the law faculty in 1891 today the university boasts more than 20 000 students 2 000 professors 210 departments and a library with 4 million volumes eight nobel prize winners are graduates of st petersburg state university (including the biologist ivan pavlov the economist vasily leontiev and the poet joseph brodsky) -atm- contact: shana k hutchins (979) 862-1237 or shutchins@tamuedu or dr robert e tribble (979) 845-1411 or tribble@comptamuedu
my name is alfredo gurrola i am a 25-year-old doctoral candidate from texas a&m university i have been stationed at cern (the european organization for nuclear research) for nearly a year and have had the great pleasure of working with some of the greatest physics minds in the world for the past 35 years i have been working in conjunction with the compact muon solenoid (cms) experiment on the analysis of physics channels with final states containing tau particles and the development of algorithms and methods to improve the performance of the hadronic calorimeter; identify hadronically decaying tau leptons which might be a key for higgs searches searches for physics beyond the standard model and searches for the dark matter particle; and improve the measurement of missing transverse energy a main discriminator for physics searches beyond the standard model during my spare time i like to travel as much as possible and experience the different cultures that europe has to offer working at cern has given me the opportunity to explore some of the most beautiful cities in the world with my wife leslie in addition to traveling i also love to play football basketball and baseball our team from texas a&m university is working hard to make a meaningful contribution on the increasingly complex field of physics i truly value the opportunity to make an impact on our understanding of the world in which we live and i am very excited about the future of physics the texas a&m university group has been involved in the cms experiment since 2005 the group is rapidly expanding to include eight phd scientists four phd students and two engineers who are actively working on projects in the the endcap muon (emu) and hcal systems for first beam as well as the emu hcal and tracking trigger systems for the slhc upgrades their physics interests are focused on searches in particular for susy and the higgs using final states with muons taus jets and missing transverse energy -atm- watch an interview with alfredo on you tube: the post 1st person interview: physics phd student shares cern experience appeared first on texas a&m college of science
my name is alfredo gurrola i am a 25-year-old doctoral candidate from texas a&m university i have been stationed at cern (the european organization for nuclear research) for nearly a year and have had the great pleasure of working with some of the greatest physics minds in the world for the past 35 years i have been working in conjunction with the compact muon solenoid (cms) experiment on the analysis of physics channels with final states containing tau particles and the development of algorithms and methods to improve the performance of the hadronic calorimeter; identify hadronically decaying tau leptons which might be a key for higgs searches searches for physics beyond the standard model and searches for the dark matter particle; and improve the measurement of missing transverse energy a main discriminator for physics searches beyond the standard model during my spare time i like to travel as much as possible and experience the different cultures that europe has to offer working at cern has given me the opportunity to explore some of the most beautiful cities in the world with my wife leslie in addition to traveling i also love to play football basketball and baseball our team from texas a&m university is working hard to make a meaningful contribution on the increasingly complex field of physics i truly value the opportunity to make an impact on our understanding of the world in which we live and i am very excited about the future of physics the texas a&m university group has been involved in the cms experiment since 2005 the group is rapidly expanding to include eight phd scientists four phd students and two engineers who are actively working on projects in the the endcap muon (emu) and hcal systems for first beam as well as the emu hcal and tracking trigger systems for the slhc upgrades their physics interests are focused on searches in particular for susy and the higgs using final states with muons taus jets and missing transverse energy -atm- watch an interview with alfredo on you tube:
college station the astrophysics group in the texas a&m university department of physics is hosting its final astronomy open house of the 2008-09 academic year friday (may 29) from 8:30 to 10:30 pm at the campus observatory the free event will feature telescope observing star gazing and a public talk by a texas a&m astronomer free parking is available in lot no 1 of the brayton fire training center from which individuals can board a free shuttle bus that will transport them to and from the observatory the first shuttle will depart for the observatory at 8:25 pm with additional shuttles running every 15 minutes -atm- contact: keely finkelstein texas a&m university astrophysics outreach coordinator (979) 862-1763 or keelyf@physicstamuedu the post astronomy open house set for friday appeared first on texas a&m college of science
the astrophysics group in the texas a&m university department of physics is hosting its final astronomy open house of the 2008-09 academic year friday (may 29) from 8:30 to 10:30 pm at the campus observatory the free event will feature telescope observing star gazing and a public talk by a texas a&m astronomer free parking is available in lot no 1 of the brayton fire training center from which individuals can board a free shuttle bus that will transport them to and from the observatory the first shuttle will depart for the observatory at 8:25 pm with additional shuttles running every 15 minutes -atm- contact: keely finkelstein texas a&m university astrophysics outreach coordinator (979) 862-1763 or keelyf@physicstamuedu