Post Tagged with: "Kenneth Hicks"

“One of the many things we can be thankful for this weekend is the perfect environment that Earth has provided for life, and the hope that humanity will have the vision to keep it safe,” writes Dr. Kenneth Hicks, Professor of Physics & Astronomy at Ohio University, in the Columbus […]

“Do you have the makings of a starship in your pocket? Today’s cellphones are a testament to how quickly technology has allowed the miniaturization of computer chips and cameras,” writes Dr. Kenneth Hicks, Professor of Physics & Astronomy at Ohio University, in the Columbus Dispatch. A new initiative called Breakthrough […]

Four faculty members from the College of Arts & Sciences received special recognition at Ohio University’s second annual Faculty Newsmakers Gala. The Faculty Newsmakers Gala debuted last fall as a means of honoring Ohio University faculty who elevate the university and raise its national and global profile through media coverage […]

For the past two years, Dr. Daniel Phillips, Professor of Physics & Astronomy, has been at the helm of Ohio University’s Institute of Nuclear & Particle Physics. During this time, INPP faculty members received external awards totaling more than $3.7 million to conduct studies in theoretical and experimental nuclear physics […]

“What is the origin of the elements? This question has been identified by the National Academy of Sciences as one of the key questions about our universe,” writes Dr. Kenneth Hicks in his Columbus Dispatch column. “You might think that the answer is obvious. In high school science classes, we […]

By Jean Andrews Physics & Astronomy Max Camp ’16 B.S., a senior in Physics & Astronomy received the “Best Presentation” award at the 2016 Society of Physics research conference for his presentation on particle physics and the search for a pentaquark, a new kind of sub-atomic particle. A pentaquark is […]

By Max Camp (B.S. Physics, Class of 2016) I spent June and July in Genoa, Italy, participating in a particle physics project under the direction of Dr. Kenneth Hicks, Professor of Physics & Astronomy at Ohio University and researchers at the Istituto Nazionalle Fisica Nucleare (INFN) based in Genoa, Italy. […]