Post Tagged with: "physics and astronomy research"

By Sophia Medvid [B.S. Engineering Physics, Honors Tutorial College, Class of 2020] I’m studying the vibrations of the bell of a mellophone to see if it significantly affects the sound of the instrument. In particular, I’m focused on the normal modes of brass plates and the mellophone bell using Chladni […]

By Matthew Connell (B.S. Physics, B.S. Mathematics, Honors Tutorial College, Class of 2020) I traveled to Germany last summer to participate in a summer internship at the Second Institute for Physics at Georg-August-Universitat Gottingen, where I worked with doctoral student Kira Abeling primarily, as well as with Dr. Stan Lai […]

By Miranda Carver [B.S. Physics, College of Arts & Sciences, Class of 2020] I conducted research last summer in  in Genoa, under the direction of Andrea Celentano, and at Ohio University with Dr. Kenneth Hicks, a professor in Physics & Astronomy. The National Science Foundation and my department sponsored my […]

Three Ohio University physicists traveled to Chengdu, China this semester, to present their research at the EMN Open Access Week 2019, the International Conference on Energy, Materials and Nanotechnology. Dr. Alexander (Sasha) Govorov, Dr. Sergio Ulloa, and Dr. Eric Stinaff were joined by OHIO alumnus Dawei Zhai (Ph.D. ’18), a […]

London, UK, and Philadelphia, U.S. Nov. 19, 2019: Dr. Ryan Chornock, Assistant Professor of Physics & Astronomy at Ohio University, was named to the 2019 Highly Cited Researchers list from the Web of Science Group. Chornock helped solved a 60-year-old mystery—the origin of very heavy elements such as gold, platinum […]

The Society of Physics Students (SPS), an undergraduate student organization within Physics & Astronomy, hosts its 10th annual research conference on Saturday, November 2, from 9:00 am to 11:00 am in Clippinger Laboratories 194. The event is free and open to the public. Six presenters will provide an overview of their […]

From Ohio University News By Ling Xin NQPI Editorial Intern Fulbright Scholar Dr. Yasser Alajerami from Al-Azhar University-Gaza discussed his latest research on a new type of glass material that could be used as a protective shielding at radiation facilities. Alajerami is a Fulbright Scholar at Ohio University for 2019-20. […]