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Professor Theodore Burkhardt has received the 2008 Italia-Eire Foundation Distinguished Teacher of the Year Award
Dr. Burkhardt has taught a broad range of courses at Temple, 18 in all, ranging from introductory courses for non-science majors to advanced graduate courses. His research is in theoretical physics and primarily concerned with phase transitions and with the statistical properties of polymers. Colleagues praise his careful preparation, dedication, and ability to engage large classes through demonstrations and lectures. He has been teaching at the College of Science and Technology since 1981.
Temple theorist collaborates with JILA scientists in creation of first dense gas of ultracold 'polar'molecules
September 16, 2008
Research Professor Svetlana Kotochigova has collaborated with researchers at JILA in the creation of a dense gas of ultracold polar molecules in an absolute ground state for the first time. These molecules represent a new form of matter, a strongly interacting quantum gas that can be controlled by external fields. ... more...
Physics professor and graduate student receive best paper award
September 16, 2008
Physics graduate student Bernie Matis and Adjunct Professor Dong Ho Wu received the Best Paper Award at the Workshop on Frontiers in Electronics for their paper, "Scalable Single Photon Detector for Terahertz and Infrared Applications." ... more...
Peter S. Riseborough, Physics professor, awarded 2008 Lars Onsager Professorship
The Norwegian University of Science and Technology has decided to award the 2008 Lars Onsager professorship to: Peter S. Riseborough
"on the basis of his important contributions to quantum statistical field theory in the context of condensed-matter phenomena." ... more...
Marjatta Lyyra, Physics professor, receives prestigious professorship
May 23, 2008
Physics professor Dr. Marjatta Lyyra has been awarded the prestigious Lise Meitner Professorship at Lund University in Sweden. Awarded every three years to eminent female scientists who are role models to young women, the professorships were established in honor of Lise Meitner, an Austrian-Swedish physicist who was part of the team that discovered nuclear fission.
Dr. Lyyra's research focuses on quantum interference effects and their applications to analysis of molecular dynamics. She will spend six months giving lectures at Lund University and participating in attosecond laser science research with host Professor Anne L'Huillier's group beginning January 1, 2009.
Physics 1061 student wins IEEE competition
May 23, 2008
Sudarshan Kandi won the 2008 IEEE Region 2 Student Activities Conference Physics Competition in Williamsport, Pennsylvania over the weekend of April 4, 2008. Sudarshan, an Engineering student, credits Dr. Charles Martoff’s Physics 1061: Elementary Classical Physics class with preparing him for the competition. 1061 classmate Joseph Gro came in third.
New physics mural is 'all relative'
A new mural depicting Galileo and Albert Einstein was unveiled March 1, 2005 for faculty and students in the lobby/lounge area of the physics department on the first floor of Barton Hall.
Physics graduate student selected to attend Nobel meeting this summer
Sonja Ingram, a third year physics graduate student, has been selected to attend the prestigious 58th Meeting of Nobel Laureates this summer in Lindau, Germany. The conference will be held June 29-July 4.... more...
Newly Elected APS Fellow - Professor Raza Tahir-Kheli
Citation: "Distinguished for his contributions over a long research career to the theory of condensed matter, particularly in the fields of magnetism in perfect and disordered materials and of correlated atomic diffusion."
Professor Tahir-Kheli becomes the fifth APS Fellow in Temple's Physics Department, joining the company of Professors Burkhardt, Lyyra, Meziani and Tao.
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Inaugural JSA Postdoctoral Research Fellowship awarded to Brad Sawatzky of Temple University
(Z-E. Meziani)