Research

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 […]

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 & […]

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 […]

Last summer, Helen Cothrel ’15HTC Physics worked at the David Skaggs Research Center in Boulder, CO, to study the Earth’s ozone layer. She received funding through an Ernest F. Hollings Scholarship, a two-year appointment with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Office of Education. The title of her NOAA project […]

Two summers ago, after traveling west across the continental United States to attend and perform in the Zeltsman Marimba Festival in Arcata, Calif., Natalie Klco ’15 HTC Physics wrote about the beauty she found in marimba music and festival performers who displayed clarity and oneness between their instruments, their bodies, and their minds. In summer 2014 she headed east across the Atlantic to […]

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 […]

By Lori Price Dr. Carl Brune, a nuclear astrophysicist at Ohio University, talks about “Cosmic Cooking–the Origin of the Elements” on A&S TV’s presentation of Science Café. He begins by quizzing the audience to identify the basic definition of an element, choosing definitions as a basic unit of matter and […]