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By Amanda Biederman NQPI editorial intern Dr. Saw-Wai Hla was awarded the 2017 Samuel D. Bader Prize for Exceptional Achievement from the Nanoscience and Technology division of Argonne National Laboratory. “Dr. Saw Hla has been instrumental in establishing the Center for Nanoscale Materials at Argonne as a (Department of Energy) […]

One of the central challenges of nuclear physics is to understand the structure of the atom’s nucleus and nuclear forces. Nuclear physicists for decades have sought ways to accurately compute the scattering of a proton or neutron from the nuclei, but lacked access to a sophisticated description of the nuclear […]

By Ryan Tumbleson ’20 B.S. Engineering Physics and B.S. Electrical Engineering, Honors Tutorial College I had the opportunity to receive a second consecutive summer internship at Argonne National Laboratory near Chicago. For 10 weeks I worked under the direction of Ohio University physics professor Dr. Saw Wai-Hla. Dr. Hla has […]

By Taylor Gardner (B.S. Physics, Honors Tutorial College, Class of 2018) I had the opportunity to be a summer intern at Ohio University’s Institute for Corrosion and Multiphase Technology. I worked under the direction of Dr. Srdjan Nesic, Russ Professor of Chemical Engineering and ICMT’s director. My project, “Dynamic Water […]

Research by Dr. Alexander Govorov, Distinguished Professor of Physics & Astronomy, was featured in an Inhabitat article headlined “Hot electron research could open up greater efficiencies for solar energy.” Hot electron research is heating up solar and renewable energy research, according to the Department of Energy’s Argonne National Laboratory. Nanoscientists […]

When it comes to mapping the night sky for visitors to Ohio University’s new observatory at The Ridges, astronomer Dr. Doug Clowe and his colleagues have ample opportunities to point to planets and star constellations, as well as other celestial bodies. Since the opening of the Ohio University Observatory last May, […]

By Raymond Humienny NQPI writing intern The Ohio University BobCat Nano Wagon took home the silver medal from the first ever Nanocar Race hosted at CEMES (Centre d’Élaboration de Matériaux et d’Etudes Structurales) in Toulouse, France. Nanoscale and Quantum Phenomena Institute members Dr. Saw-Wai Hla (Physics & Astronomy) and Dr. […]