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By Rachael Beardsley NQPI Editorial Intern Nanoscale and Quantum Phenomena Institute 2019 Fall Newsletter Nilaj Chakrabarty, a doctoral student in Physics & Astronomy at Ohio University, recently spent his summer interning at a global investment bank in New York City. He worked at the bank’s risk management department using the math […]

By Ling Xin NQPI Editorial Intern Nanoscale and Quantum Phenomena Institute 2019 Fall Newsletter   Appointed in consecutive years, Glidden Visiting Professors Daiara Faria (2018-19) and Edson Vernek (2019-20) share a research focus on nanoscience that have led them to exciting collaborations with colleagues in Ohio University’s Physics & Astronomy Department. Both […]

By Ling Xin NQPI Editorial Intern Nanoscale and Quantum Phenomena Institute 2019 Fall Newsletter As a materials research scientist and electrical engineer, Dr. Wojciech Jadwisienczak specializes in optical spectroscopy, a technique that uses light to understand the structure and properties of materials. A member of the Ohio University Nanoscale and Quantum […]

Six Ohio University undergraduate Physics & Astronomy students presented an overview of their projects undertaken the previous summer, during the 2019 Society of Physics Students (SPS) Research Conference held recently in Clippinger Labs. First place winner Miranda Carver, a senior physics major in the College of Arts and Sciences, presented […]

By Sophia Medvid [B.S. Engineering Physics, Honors Tutorial College, Class of 2020] I’m studying the vibrations of the bell of a mellophone to see if it significantly affects the sound of the instrument. In particular, I’m focused on the normal modes of brass plates and the mellophone bell using Chladni […]

By Matthew Connell (B.S. Physics, B.S. Mathematics, Honors Tutorial College, Class of 2020) I traveled to Germany last summer to participate in a summer internship at the Second Institute for Physics at Georg-August-Universitat Gottingen, where I worked with doctoral student Kira Abeling primarily, as well as with Dr. Stan Lai […]

By Miranda Carver [B.S. Physics, College of Arts & Sciences, Class of 2020] I conducted research last summer in  in Genoa, under the direction of Andrea Celentano, and at Ohio University with Dr. Kenneth Hicks, a professor in Physics & Astronomy. The National Science Foundation and my department sponsored my […]