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China Ministry of Education Names Govorov to Chang Jiang Chair Professorship

Dr. Alexander Govorov

Dr. Alexander Govorov, Professor of Physics & Astronomy, was appointed to the Chang Jiang Chair Professorship of the Scholar Program of the Ministry of Education of China for 2014-17. Govorov received the 2014 Jacques-Beaulieu Excellence Research Chair Award created by the INRS Energy Materials Telecommunications Research Center in Montreal, Canada. […]

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April 26, 2015 at 3:17 pmResearch

Chen Co-Chairs Joint Meeting of German, U.S. Glass Researchers

Dr. Gang Chen

Dr. Gang Chen, Associate Professor of Physics & Astronomy at Ohio University, can hardly picture a day in which he does not use glass. “Glass is a very active and important research field,” he says. “It covers almost every aspect of our lives, not only in the traditional aspect of […]

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April 26, 2015 at 3:02 pmResearch

Sundararajan Presents on Stress Manipulation of Mesoporous Titanium Phosphate Glass

Mayur Sundararajan, graduate student in Physics & Astronomy, presented twice at the May 17-21, 2015, joint meeting of Deutsche Glastechnische Gesellschaf of the German Society of Glass Technology (DGG) and the Glass & Optical Materials Division of the American Ceramic Society (ACerSGOMD.) This conference is the second of a two-year […]

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April 26, 2015 at 2:57 pmResearch

Ihalawela Presents Size Dependent Phase Transition Behavior of Amorphous Phase-change Sb2Te3 Nanowires

Chandrasiri Ihalawela

Chandrasiri Ihalawela, a graduate student in Physics & Astronomy, presented twice on Optical and Electronic Materials and Devices – Fundamentals and Applications at the May 17-21, 2015, joint meeting of Deutsche Glastechnische Gesellschaf of the German Society of Glass Technology (DGG) and the Glass & Optical Materials Division of the […]

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April 26, 2015 at 2:20 pmResearch

Drabold, Pandey, Prasai Present in Amorphous Semiconductor Session

Dr. David Drabold, Distinguished Professor

Dr. David Drabold, Distinguished Professor of Physics & Astronomy at Ohio University, and Visiting Scholar Parth Biswas co-chaired a symposium on Phase Change and Other Chalcogenide Materials at the May 17-21, 2015, joint meeting of Deutsche Glastechnische Gesellschaf of the German Society of Glass Technology (DGG) and the Glass & […]

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April 26, 2015 at 1:59 pmResearch

Crawford, Grad Students Participate in Experiment at National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory

Dr. Heather Crawford. Photo by Rob Hardin

Dr. Heather Crawford, Adjunct Professor of Physics & Astronomy, and several graduate students traveled to the National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory (NSCL) at Michigan State University to participate in an experiment studying the very neutron-rich Carbon isotopes (16,18,20C) by measuring the states populated in proton-knockout reactions from neutron-rich nitrogen. The experiment […]

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April 25, 2015 at 3:04 pmResearch

Brune Authors Three Chapters in Amphibians of Ohio

Brune Authors Three Chapters in Amphibians of Ohio

Dr. Carl Brune, Professor of Physics & Astronomy, authored three chapters in an Ohio Biological Survey publication, Amphibians of Ohio. He is the only non-zoologist among the authors. One of Brune’s hobbies is to study snakes, lizards and other reptiles or amphibians. He can often be found on weekends taking hikes […]

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April 24, 2015 at 2:11 pmResearch