Earlier this month, crews at Stanford University’s SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory celebrated a major milestone in astronomy — the first 3,200-megapixel digital photographs taken with the world’s largest digital camera for the Vera C. Rubin Observatory Legacy Survey of Space and Time (LSST). The collection of images, which are the largest ever captured in a […]
The GMTO Corporation, the organization managing the development of the Giant Magellan Telescope (GMT) on behalf of its US and international founders including Texas A&M University, has received a $17.5 million grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to accelerate prototyping and testing of some of the most powerful optical and infrared technologies ever engineered […]
Three Texas A&M University projects are among 64 university research awards announced earlier this summer by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) as part of a $132 million high energy physics-focused funding package aimed at advancing knowledge of how the universe works at its most fundamental levels. Texas A&M physicist Rupak Mahapatra received funding for […]
Dr. Darren L. DePoy, professor of physics and astronomy at Texas A&M University, has been named associate dean for research in the Texas A&M College of Science, effective September 1, 2020, announced Dean Valen E. Johnson. A member of the Texas A&M Department of Physics and Astronomy since 2008, DePoy is the inaugural holder of […]
Dr. R. Bowen Loftin ’71 of Bryan, Texas, is one of 12 Aggies selected by Texas A&M University and The Association of Former Students to receive the 2020 Distinguished Alumnus Award. Loftin, who served as the 24th president of Texas A&M University (2010-14) as well as vice president and chief executive officer of Texas A&M […]
Since the early 1980s, Texas A&M University physicist and quantum cowboy Marlan O. Scully has hosted an annual summer school on quantum physics at his ranch in Casper, Wyoming. Like so many other traditional events, however, this year’s session set to begin next week has been moved online due to the novel coronavirus pandemic — […]
Guang Yang who recently completed his doctoral degree in the Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics has been recognized for outstanding scientific achievements by the International Astronomical Union. …Read More→ The post Guang Yang Recognized For Research By The International Astronomical Union (IAS) appeared first on the The College of Arts and Sciences News page.
Dr. Ralf Rapp, professor of physics and astronomy and a member of the Cyclotron Institute at Texas A&M University, is one of four campus faculty named to the 2020 class of University Professorship holders announced Wednesday (June 10) by Texas A&M Provost and Executive Vice President Dr. Carol A. Fierke. Established in 2019, the designation […]
Carbon, known universally as the basic building block of life, is generally thought by scientists to have formed inside the cores of stars. Now, an experimental apparatus designed by scientists at Texas A&M University is playing a major, first-of-its-kind role in a collaboration to test whether or not the element could have been produced under […]
Dr. Melanie Becker, a professor of physics at Texas A&M University since 2005 and an expert in string theory, passed away on Friday, March 13, in College Station at the age of 53 after undergoing cancer treatment for nearly a year. Funeral services are set for 10 a.m. Thursday, March 26, at Hillier Funeral Home […]
Texas A&M University invites audiences across Texas, the nation and even the world to get up-close and personal with science and technology this spring at the 2020 Physics & Engineering Festival, an entertaining and informative weekend scientific extravaganza for all ages. No fees or tickets are required for the free annual event (view promotional poster […]
Texas A&M University invites audiences across Texas, the nation and even the world to get up-close and personal with science and technology this spring at the 2020 Physics & Engineering Festival, an entertaining and informative weekend scientific extravaganza for all ages.…Read More→ The post Physics & Engineering Festival Set for April 4 (CANCELED) appeared first on the The College of Arts and Sciences News page.
Dr. Alexei V. Sokolov, professor of physics and astronomy at Texas A&M University, has been selected as a co-recipient of the 2020 Willis E. Lamb Award for Laser Science and Quantum Optics in honor of outstanding contributions to the field. Established in 1998, the award pays tribute to the famous laser scientist Willis E. Lamb […]
Nelson Mark Duller, Jr., 96, long-time resident of Bryan, Texas A&M Professor Emeritus of Physics, with a combined total of 55 years of teaching, passed away January 23, 2020, at CHI St. Joseph Health Regional Hospital, Bryan, after a brief illness. …Read More→ The post One-of-a-Kind Physicist Nelson Duller Passed Away appeared first on the The College of Arts and Sciences News page.
Women studying physics across Texas and adjacent states will gather at Texas A&M University this weekend for the Conference for Undergraduate Women in Physics (CUWiP) as part of a broader national push to encourage and support women pursuing scientific and technical careers. The three-day conference, which starts Friday (Jan. 17) and runs through Sunday (Jan. […]
(from left) Dr. Alexey Akimov, Hao Zhu (third), Rishi M. Phatak (first), John McKelvey (second) and Dr. Vitaly Kocharovsky.
Texas A&M University physicist Rupak Mahapatra has been appointed as director of research engagement for The Texas A&M University System National Laboratories Office (NLO). Shortly after the Texas A&M System became part of the team tasked with managing and operating Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) in 2018, Texas A&M System Chancellor John Sharp established the […]
Dr. Clifford H. Spiegelman, distinguished professor of statistics at Texas A&M University, has been designated a Regents Professor for 2018-19 by The Texas A&M University System Board of Regents. Spiegelman, a leader in the field of statistical and environmental forensics, is one of 13 A&M System faculty members who were nominated for the prestigious appointment, […]
Award-winning author and Aggie Loren C. Steffy ’86, former Houston Chronicle business columnist and writer-at-large for Texas Monthly magazine, will visit Texas A&M University this week to deliver a free public lecture and sign copies of his latest book, a biography on 1940 Texas A&M distinguished petroleum engineering graduate, businessman and philanthropist George P. Mitchell. […]
On any given day, particularly during the peak hours of another busy fall semester, the 35,000-square-foot Shell Engineering Foundations Laboratory is a blur of activity, with machines humming and whirring over the din of student chatter as their mechanical arms chart patterns if not the career courses for thousands of future Aggie engineers and scientists. […]
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