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by josh baugh college station texas a&m broke ground wednesday for two signature buildings that will be the first structures built in the universitys $300 million campus construction plan the $57 million george p and cynthia woods mitchell institute for fundamental physics and astronomy and the george p mitchell 40 physics building will help a&m recruit some of the top scientists in the world officials said at the on-site celebration attended by several dozen people the construction of these buildings is another example of the commitment to excellence in all that we do here at texas a&m university president robert gates said the main benefactors for the complex off ireland street just west of the jack e brown building are its namesakes george mitchell a 1940 graduate of a&m is known as one of the universitys most fervent supporters before the $35 million gift from the mitchells to build the physics and astronomy complex the couple provided major funding for the a&m outdoor tennis center also named after mitchell and they donated 135 acres on pelican island to the universitys galveston campus the mitchells donations also have made it possible for a&m to join the giant magellan telescope consortium which will allow scientists to see deeper into space than ever before mitchell said at the celebration that he wanted to give back to the university that educated him the 150 000-square-foot complex will house laboratories classrooms offices and an auditorium dr gates your theories of what youre trying to do for a&m is very important mitchell said were proud to be a part of it gates said the ceremony marked a momentous occasion for texas a&m university when [the buildings] are completed they will be a testament not only to the enormous generosity of the mitchells they will be a testament to the caliber and vision of our faculty here at texas a&m he said gates and chancellor bob mcteer both said they were committed to seeing through to completion many of the universitys construction projects now on the drawing board joe newton dean of the college of science said that a&m and the systems board of regents have drastically changed the process by which buildings at a&m are built now hopefully not too much more than a year from now the institute building will be right here where we are sitting newton said on friday a&m will break ground on a $95 million life sciences building -atm- the post a&m breaks ground on physics buildings appeared first on texas a&m college of science
by josh baugh college station texas a&m broke ground wednesday for two signature buildings that will be the first structures built in the universitys $300 million campus construction plan the $57 million george p and cynthia woods mitchell institute for fundamental physics and astronomy and the george p mitchell 40 physics building will help a&m recruit some of the top scientists in the world officials said at the on-site celebration attended by several dozen people the construction of these buildings is another example of the commitment to excellence in all that we do here at texas a&m university president robert gates said the main benefactors for the complex off ireland street just west of the jack e brown building are its namesakes george mitchell a 1940 graduate of a&m is known as one of the universitys most fervent supporters before the $35 million gift from the mitchells to build the physics and astronomy complex the couple provided major funding for the a&m outdoor tennis center also named after mitchell and they donated 135 acres on pelican island to the universitys galveston campus the mitchells donations also have made it possible for a&m to join the giant magellan telescope consortium which will allow scientists to see deeper into space than ever before mitchell said at the celebration that he wanted to give back to the university that educated him the 150 000-square-foot complex will house laboratories classrooms offices and an auditorium dr gates your theories of what youre trying to do for a&m is very important mitchell said were proud to be a part of it gates said the ceremony marked a momentous occasion for texas a&m university when [the buildings] are completed they will be a testament not only to the enormous generosity of the mitchells they will be a testament to the caliber and vision of our faculty here at texas a&m he said gates and chancellor bob mcteer both said they were committed to seeing through to completion many of the universitys construction projects now on the drawing board joe newton dean of the college of science said that a&m and the systems board of regents have drastically changed the process by which buildings at a&m are built now hopefully not too much more than a year from now the institute building will be right here where we are sitting newton said on friday a&m will break ground on a $95 million life sciences building -atm-
college station super magnets may reveal some of the universes super secrets a researcher said monday during the first session of the 2006 mitchell symposium on astronomy cosmology and fundamental physics at texas a&m university the annual conference brings together many of the worlds top scientists in the fields of physics astronomy cosmology and other areas it is sponsored by the george and cynthia w mitchell institute for fundamental physics and the department of physics at texas a&m samuel ting physics professor at the massachusetts institute of technology says superconducting magnets are being used in several space experiments we believe these super magnets can be used for both energy and propulsion ting said we are just now learning the benefits of superconducting magnets such magnets could help us learn more about the origin of the universe and where it goes from here ting added just how these super magnets work in space is what we are trying to learn energy storage and uses might be two big benefits of them we might even learn more about the big bang theory and how the universe originated we know that russia had a strong program to study magnets in space during the 1960s and 1970s but how these super magnets work in space is the focus of some key nasa work right now the symposium continues through saturday with all lectures held in rudder tower the event is free and open to the public texas a&m president robert m gates welcoming the dozens of researchers from around the world said that there was a time when this university was largely thought of only for its engineering and agriculture programs but in the last few years texas a&m has been visited by some of the worlds leading authorities on astronomy astrophysics and cosmology aimed at unlocking the universes greatest mysteries as well as helping texas a&m better define its role in these fields speakers are scheduled to address numerous topics over the next five days such as the string theories new thoughts on the big bang theory and several lectures on dark matter and dark energy two aspects of the universe that have dominated astronomy conferences in recent years the george and cynthia w mitchell institute for fundamental physics was established in 2002 from a generous gift by george and cynthia mitchell the goals of the institute are to explore and advance the understanding of theoretical high-energy physics astroparticle physics and cosmology and to explore the interface and observation of particle physics and cosmology for a complete list of speakers go to http://cosmologytamuedu/ -atm- the post top researchers gather for 2006 mitchell symposium in fundamental physics appeared first on texas a&m college of science
super magnets may reveal some of the universes super secrets a researcher said monday during the first session of the 2006 mitchell symposium on astronomy cosmology and fundamental physics at texas a&m university the annual conference brings together many of the worlds top scientists in the fields of physics astronomy cosmology and other areas it is sponsored by the george and cynthia w mitchell institute for fundamental physics and the department of physics at texas a&m samuel ting physics professor at the massachusetts institute of technology says superconducting magnets are being used in several space experiments we believe these super magnets can be used for both energy and propulsion ting said we are just now learning the benefits of superconducting magnets such magnets could help us learn more about the origin of the universe and where it goes from here ting added just how these super magnets work in space is what we are trying to learn energy storage and uses might be two big benefits of them we might even learn more about the big bang theory and how the universe originated we know that russia had a strong program to study magnets in space during the 1960s and 1970s but how these super magnets work in space is the focus of some key nasa work right now the symposium continues through saturday with all lectures held in rudder tower the event is free and open to the public texas a&m president robert m gates welcoming the dozens of researchers from around the world said that there was a time when this university was largely thought of only for its engineering and agriculture programs but in the last few years texas a&m has been visited by some of the worlds leading authorities on astronomy astrophysics and cosmology aimed at unlocking the universes greatest mysteries as well as helping texas a&m better define its role in these fields speakers are scheduled to address numerous topics over the next five days such as the string theories new thoughts on the big bang theory and several lectures on dark matter and dark energy two aspects of the universe that have dominated astronomy conferences in recent years the george and cynthia w mitchell institute for fundamental physics was established in 2002 from a generous gift by george and cynthia mitchell the goals of the institute are to explore and advance the understanding of theoretical high-energy physics astroparticle physics and cosmology and to explore the interface and observation of particle physics and cosmology for a complete list of speakers go to http://cosmologytamuedu/ -atm-
while most people are taught at a young age to be careful not to break things saskia mioduszewskis fundamental research in nuclear physics depends on it in her case things are atomic nuclei which hold the secrets to understanding what matter is made of mioduszewski an assistant professor of physics at texas a&m carries out research with the relativistic heavy ion collider (rhic) where ions (atomic nuclei) as heavy as gold are smashed together at high energies her research recently earned her a two-year $45 000 grant from the alfred p sloan foundation to continue related work rhic located in brookhaven national laboratory in new york currently is the largest heavy ion accelerator in the world mioduszewski flies there periodically to work on the experiment within rhic ions are smashed at very high energies creating what she said is thought to be a new state of matter known as the quark gluon plasma in which the most elementary building blocks of matter quarks and gluons interact freely that was thought to have been the state of the early universe after the big bang mioduszewski said our goal is to understand the interaction that holds matter together and makes up the world as we know it this is very basic science in the sense that we are not trying to discover anything that has immediate applications rather it is for the sake of understanding the most basic interactions of matter mioduszewski explained that while it would represent a very important discovery the applications for this type of basic achievement typically come many years later she paralleled the research to the discovery of electrons a finding that eventually resulted in a plethora of new technologies which simply were unfathomable at the time theres no way we can recreate the universe but we would like to learn more about how it was created and thats what were trying to do here she added because the matter created in these collisions only exists for literal mere fractions of a second 10-23 seconds to be exact mioduszewski said characterizing the matter on the basis of the particles that come out of it is a challenging process based on the data she and her colleagues have analyzed so far they are indeed creating a very dense form of matter originally they believed the quark gluon plasma to be like a gas of weakly interacting quarks and gluons but instead they discovered they had made a very dense strongly interacting form of matter that behaves more like a fluid now that we have learned more we have new questions about what we have discovered so far mioduszewski said fellowship administrator for the sloan foundation erica stella said the winners are people who have demonstrated an outstanding promise of making contributions to their own fields and individual work this is an early recognition of a distinguished performance and we feel that the people who have won have demonstrated that they are highly qualified stella said not only does the monetary value help them but its really the prestige of the fellowship that will carry them on in their career development -atm- for more information about other people and programs that help make texas a&m university unique visit thebattcom
college station design plans for two new physics buildings have been approved by the board of regents and construction will begin on the buildings as early as may their construction is part of a $35 million donation to texas a&m by george p mitchell class of 1940 with the intention of helping the university become a top school in physics and astronomy we didnt want to have a second-rate program said edward fry head of the physics department we wanted to have (a) top ten program if we were going to do it at all student interest in astronomy is increasing dramatically at a&m and at other universities in the country he said at uc berkley 25 percent of the undergraduates take astronomy as an elective fry said he added that at a&m enrollment in undergraduate astronomy classes has grown by approximately 20 percent each year for the past several years the physics departments goal is to rank in the nations top 10 schools for physics fry said mitchell commissioned architect michael graves to design the two new physics buildings the buildings which will both be named after mitchell will allow the physics department to consolidate its labs and classrooms which fry says will improve classroom instruction a key part of physics is good lecture demonstrations and its difficult to move demonstrations so theyve been cut way down fry said that will all be rectified mitchells gift will allow the university to be more closely involved with the giant magellan telescope an instrument expected to make significant strides in the field of astronomy we have now been able to infer the presence of planets that are in orbit around other stars but with the magellan telescope we will be able to block out the light from the star to see the planet fry said in addition the department of physics has begun hiring new faculty members including nobel laureate dudley herschbach and us national academy of sciences member leonid keldysh freshman physics major andrew bradshaw said he believes the progress in the physics and astronomy programs will greatly enhance his education im actually looking into astronomy as an extension so it would be a great benefit to have those resources available bradshaw said everyone will benefit from the grant said don curtis assistant dean of liberal arts any time any of the colleges receives a gift especially on the level of mr mitchells it benefits the university as a whole curtis said -atm- for more information about other people and programs that help make texas a&m university unique visit thebattcom the post new physics buildings to help involvement in telescope project appeared first on texas a&m college of science
design plans for two new physics buildings have been approved by the board of regents and construction will begin on the buildings as early as may their construction is part of a $35 million donation to texas a&m by george p mitchell class of 1940 with the intention of helping the university become a top school in physics and astronomy we didnt want to have a second-rate program said edward fry head of the physics department we wanted to have (a) top ten program if we were going to do it at all student interest in astronomy is increasing dramatically at a&m and at other universities in the country he said at uc berkley 25 percent of the undergraduates take astronomy as an elective fry said he added that at a&m enrollment in undergraduate astronomy classes has grown by approximately 20 percent each year for the past several years the physics departments goal is to rank in the nations top 10 schools for physics fry said mitchell commissioned architect michael graves to design the two new physics buildings the buildings which will both be named after mitchell will allow the physics department to consolidate its labs and classrooms which fry says will improve classroom instruction a key part of physics is good lecture demonstrations and its difficult to move demonstrations so theyve been cut way down fry said that will all be rectified mitchells gift will allow the university to be more closely involved with the giant magellan telescope an instrument expected to make significant strides in the field of astronomy we have now been able to infer the presence of planets that are in orbit around other stars but with the magellan telescope we will be able to block out the light from the star to see the planet fry said in addition the department of physics has begun hiring new faculty members including nobel laureate dudley herschbach and us national academy of sciences member leonid keldysh freshman physics major andrew bradshaw said he believes the progress in the physics and astronomy programs will greatly enhance his education im actually looking into astronomy as an extension so it would be a great benefit to have those resources available bradshaw said everyone will benefit from the grant said don curtis assistant dean of liberal arts any time any of the colleges receives a gift especially on the level of mr mitchells it benefits the university as a whole curtis said -atm- for more information about other people and programs that help make texas a&m university unique visit thebattcom
college station texas a&m university professors olga kocharovskaya wayne m saslow sherry j yennello and m suhail zubairy have been elected as 2005 fellows of the american physical society each year no more than one-half of one percent of the organizations current membership is selected by their peers for inclusion in the aps fellowship program which was created to recognize advances in knowledge through original research and publication innovative contributions in the application of physics to science and technology and significant contributions to the teaching of physics or service kocharovskaya a professor of physics who joined the texas a&m faculty in 1998 and was recently honored with a university-level distinguished achievement award for research is cited for her pioneering works on lasing without inversion electromagnetically induced transparency and laser control of gamma-ray nuclear transitions saslow a professor of physics who has been on faculty at texas a&m since 1971 as both a decorated researcher and teacher is cited for insightful contributions to the theory of superfluidity in 3he-a and in solids and for seminal work on spin glasses and random magnetism yennello associate dean for diversity in the college of science a professor of chemistry and a member of the cyclotron institute who joined the texas a&m faculty in 1993 is cited for her forefront experimental investigations of isospin equilibration in intermediate-energy nucleus-nucleus collisions and the dynamics and thermodynamics of highly excited nuclear matter zubairy a professor of physics and associate director of texas a&ms institute for quantum studies since 2000 is cited for his pioneering and wide ranging contributions in quantum optics with special emphasis on quantum computing and quantum noise quenching in lasers and optical amplifiers -atm- contact: shana k hutchins (979) 862-1237 or shutchins@tamuedu the post four faculty earn aps fellow distinction appeared first on texas a&m college of science
texas a&m university professors olga kocharovskaya wayne m saslow sherry j yennello and m suhail zubairy have been elected as 2005 fellows of the american physical society each year no more than one-half of one percent of the organizations current membership is selected by their peers for inclusion in the aps fellowship program which was created to recognize advances in knowledge through original research and publication innovative contributions in the application of physics to science and technology and significant contributions to the teaching of physics or service kocharovskaya a professor of physics who joined the texas a&m faculty in 1998 and was recently honored with a university-level distinguished achievement award for research is cited for her pioneering works on lasing without inversion electromagnetically induced transparency and laser control of gamma-ray nuclear transitions saslow a professor of physics who has been on faculty at texas a&m since 1971 as both a decorated researcher and teacher is cited for insightful contributions to the theory of superfluidity in 3he-a and in solids and for seminal work on spin glasses and random magnetism yennello associate dean for diversity in the college of science a professor of chemistry and a member of the cyclotron institute who joined the texas a&m faculty in 1993 is cited for her forefront experimental investigations of isospin equilibration in intermediate-energy nucleus-nucleus collisions and the dynamics and thermodynamics of highly excited nuclear matter zubairy a professor of physics and associate director of texas a&ms institute for quantum studies since 2000 is cited for his pioneering and wide ranging contributions in quantum optics with special emphasis on quantum computing and quantum noise quenching in lasers and optical amplifiers -atm- contact: shana k hutchins (979) 862-1237 or shutchins@tamuedu