Research

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 […]

The National Humanities Center announced that Dr. Mariana Dantas, Associate Professor in the History Department at Ohio University, will be a resident fellow at the center during the 2016–17 academic year. Dantas and the 36 other leading scholars were selected from a pool of 449 applicants. The NHC is a privately incorporated […]

From Research staff reports | Mar 10, 2016 Ohio University honored 78 faculty, staff and student inventors for work in areas ranging from drug development to environmental remediation technologies during an awards ceremony Feb. 10. The Inventors Dinner recognized individuals who had received a patent, filed for a patent or […]

Ohio University’s Society of Physics Students (SPS) held its annual research conference on Saturday, April 9, from 9-11 a.m., in Clippinger Labs 194. Several undergraduates who participated in Physics & Astronomy’s 2015 summer research program presented their results. Topics ranged from studies in supernovae and gravitational lensing to theoretical quantum mechanics. […]

Dr. Carl Brune, Professor of Physics & Astronomy, was honored as an 2016 Outstanding Referee by the American Physical Society (APS). “Congratulations to Carl,” says Dr. David Ingram, Professor and Chair of the department. “This is a great acknowledgement for your service to the profession by the editors of Physical Review and Physical Review […]

By Jean Andrews Physics & Astronomy Kiran Prasai, an Ohio University doctoral student in Physics & Astronomy, has received the Donald Clippinger Graduate Fellowship for the 2016-17 academic year. The award includes a $15,000 stipend plus a full tuition scholarship for fall and spring semesters. Prasai is a fifth-year student […]

By Jean Andrews Physics & Astronomy OHIO physicists show that temperature and heat created by light can be concentrated in small volumes, creating a more efficient nanostructure for energy, photo-chemistry and solar applications in a recent article in Nature Communications.  Nature Communications is an open access journal that publishes high-quality research from […]