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By Ari Blumer ’18 B.S. Engineering Physics, Honors Tutorial College Electrochemical supercapacitors typically store 10 to 100 times more energy per unit than electrolytic capacitors. They utilize the energy-storing mechanisms found in traditional capacitors and batteries, bringing them both into one device using an ionic electrolyte and a high-surface-area electrode […]

A fundamental equation in mathematical biophysics is the cable equation, whose solution gives the distribution of voltage along the length of a membrane, such as a neuronal axon. Anika Friedman, an Ohio University Engineering Physics and Neuroscience double major in the Honors Tutorial College, spent last summer delving into a […]

Performing statistical nuclear reaction calculations can be difficult, since they require inputs at a level of expertise which non-specialists often lack. Ohio University nuclear astrophysicist, Dr. Zach Meisel, decided to enlist the help of a student computer programmer last summer to write code to simplify the process. Meisel invited OHIO […]

Excepted from Compass Ohio University President M. Duane Nellis and Interim Executive Vice President and Provost Elizabeth Sayrs announced the appointment of Dr. Joseph Shields as Interim Dean of the College of Arts & Sciences beginning May 12. Shields, Professor of Physics & Astronomy, has served as OHIO’s Vice President […]

By Brandon Niese ’19 B.S. Engineering Physics, Honors Tutorial College Living in Philadelphia for the summer in 2017 and working in a biophysics lab at a major cancer research center has been a life changing experience. Not only did I learn from scientists who are at the forefront of cancer […]

Dr. Kenneth Hicks, Professor of Physics & Astronomy, wrote an article on “Astronomy: ‘Microlensing’ technique might reveal planets in other galaxies” in the Feb. 28 Columbus Dispatch. We know that planets orbit stars in our own galaxy, but what about in other galaxies? It seems reasonable that other galaxies should […]

Ohio University Honors Tutorial College physics major Jack Bruno spent the summer as an intern based in the coastal city of Sheboygan, Wis., where he was a member of a scientific team studying the drift of pollution over Lake Michigan. Research since the early 1990s has shown the area has […]