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High School Students ‘Adopt’ OHIO Physicists and Alumni

Dr. Gabriela Popa

“My name is Alena and I am in your adopted physics class. Most of the things in your profile description I didn’t understand very well, but I wanted to ask, how do you deform a nucleus and how would you study such a thing? Also, how do you use physics […]

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March 6, 2019 at 3:24 pmAlumni News

Physicists Uncover Secrets of the Weak Force

Julie Roche and Paul King

Ohio University Physics & Astronomy Associate Professor Julie Roche and Research Assistant Professor Paul King contributed to a 12-year collaborative effort of more than 100 scientists, in an experiment termed “Q-weak,” to provide a precision test of the weak force, one of four fundamental forces in nature. The group’s breakthrough […]

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May 11, 2018 at 4:43 pmResearch

Physics & Astronomy Alumni Spotlights 2013-15

Physics & Astronomy Alumni Spotlights Rakitha Sanjeewa Beminiwattha ’13Ph.D. receives Jefferson Science Associates Thesis Prize. Keith Hawkins ’13B.S. HTC Astronomy was elected Chair of the King’s College Graduate Society at Cambridge University. A recent mini-movie about Hawkins can be found on the Physics & Astronomy YouTube channel. Serge Nakhmanson ’01Ph.D., Associate […]

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April 27, 2015 at 10:44 amAlumni

Recent Grad Beminiwattha Looks to Continue Experiments at Jefferson Lab

Rakitha Sanjeewa Beminiwattha '13Ph.D.

Recent Physics & Astronomy graduate Rakitha Sanjeewa Beminiwattha ’13Ph.D. did his dissertation on “A Measurement of the Weak Charge of the Proton through Parity Violating Electron Scattering using the Qweak Apparatus: A 21% Result.” His work on software development and data analysis for a major physics experiment conducted at the […]

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April 26, 2015 at 6:40 pmAlumni

Physics Alum Gets Jefferson Science Associates Thesis Prize

Physics Alum Gets Jefferson Science Associates Thesis Prize

A young researcher who worked on software development and data analysis for a major physics experiment conducted at the Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility has received an award for the thesis he wrote about his efforts. Ohio University alum Rakitha Beminiwattha ’13PhD was awarded the 2014 Jefferson Science Associates Thesis […]

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June 9, 2014 at 12:49 pmNews