COLLEGE STATION The Department of Physics and Astronomy at Texas A&M University invites audiences across Texas, the nation and even the world to get up-close and personal with science and technology at the 2019 Physics & Engineering Festival, an entertaining and informative weekend scientific extravaganza for all ages. No fees or tickets are required for the free […]
COLLEGE STATION — Texas A&M University astronomer Jennifer Marshall has been selected as Project Scientist for the Maunakea Spectroscopic Explorer (MSE) project, an 11.25-meter telescope being planned in Hawaii that’s capable of studying up to 4,000 astronomical objects at once and positioned to lead the world in multi-object spectroscopy. MSE is a proposed upgrade to […]
COLLEGE STATION — Texas A&M University astronomer Robert C. Kennicutt Jr. has been selected to receive the 2019 National Academy of Sciences (NAS) Award for Scientific Reviewing, presented this year in astronomy. Kennicutt, executive director of Texas A&M’s George P. and Cynthia Woods Mitchell Institute for Fundamental Physics and Astronomy and a globally renowned […]
COLLEGE STATION — Dr. Kevin Krisciunas, instructional assistant professor of physics and astronomy at Texas A&M University, has been elected as vice chair of the Historical Astronomy Division of the American Astronomical Society, effective January 2019. Established in 1899 with a mission to enhance and share humanity’s scientific understanding of the universe, the American Astronomical […]
COLLEGE STATION — Dr. Alexey Belyanin, professor of physics and astronomy at Texas A&M University, has been elected as a Fellow of The Optical Society (OSA) in recognition of his achievements in business leadership, education, research, engineering and service. Belyanin, an internationally respected leader in the multidisciplinary research field of optics of nanostructured materials, […]
PASADENA, Calif. — The Giant Magellan Telescope Organization (GMTO) — along with its international partners including Texas A&M University — today announced the start of hard rock excavation for the Giant Magellan Telescope’s massive concrete pier and the foundations for the telescope’s enclosure on its site at Las Campanas Observatory in Chile. The excavation […]
BATAVIA, IL — Texas A&M University physicist Dr. David Toback has been elected to his third consecutive two-year term as co-spokesperson for the CDF collaboration at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (Fermilab), effective June 1, 2018. Toback, a high-energy physics expert and veteran researcher in several related international collaborations, joined the […]
The top spring 2018 Mechanics Scholars: (from left) John D. Killough (2nd), Faith A. Leskowitz (1st), Jinwoo Jeong (3rd) and professor/organizer Dr. David Toback.
COLLEGE STATION — Texas A&M University astronomers are among hundreds of Dark Energy Survey (DES) scientists globally celebrating today’s public release of the survey’s first three years of data. The first major release of DES data, announced Wednesday (Jan. 10) at a special session held during the American Astronomical Society 231st Meeting in Washington, […]
COLLEGE STATION — Texas A&M University physics graduate Ralph Schilling ’68 has seen and done a lot of cool and cosmic things during his 34-year career spent creating and constructing space systems. For starters, his technical handiwork included contributions to two of NASA’s Great Observatories. As a science co-investigator for NASA’s High Energy Astronomy […]
COLLEGE STATION — Dr. Nicholas B. Suntzeff, university distinguished professor of physics and astronomy at Texas A&M University, has been designated a Regents Professor for 2016-17 by The Texas A&M University System Board of Regents. Suntzeff, an observational astronomer and a 2017 American Physical Society Fellow, is one of 12 A&M System faculty members who […]
COLLEGE STATION — Dr. Nicholas B. Suntzeff, university distinguished professor of physics and astronomy at Texas A&M University, has been elected as a 2017 Fellow of the American Physical Society (APS), the world’s largest organization of physicists. No more than one-half of 1 percent of the organization’s current membership is selected by their peers […]
COLLEGE STATION — EDITOR’S NOTE: Texas A&M University’s Dr. Jennifer Marshall, assistant professor of physics and astronomy, will be presenting a colloquium Tuesday (Oct. 17) on this result from the perspective of both the Dark Energy Survey, in which Texas A&M is an institutional partner, and general astronomy. Marshall’s talk, which will be live streamed […]
COLLEGE STATION — About 130 million years ago in the galaxy NGC 4993, a pair of neutron stars collided as a result of the slow but inexorable decay of their orbits, as predicted by Albert Einstein’s general theory of relativity. The cosmic collision of these objects, similar to the Sun in mass but with […]
COLLEGE STATION — Thirteen faculty, staff and students within the Texas A&M University College of Science were recognized for recent outstanding accomplishments by Dean Meigan Aronson at the college’s annual Faculty-Staff Meeting and Awards Presentation Wednesday (Sept. 20). The ceremony, which honors college award recipients and serves as a forum for new faculty and […]
COLLEGE STATION — For more than a decade, Texas A&M University high energy physicist Rupak Mahapatra has been making the devices that make detection of the particles believed to be behind dark matter and therefore nearly a quarter of the universe possible. Mahapatra has been instrumental in positioning the international Super Cryogenic Dark Matter […]
COLLEGE STATION — When Texas A&M University physicist David Toback was elected three years ago as co-spokesperson for the CDF collaboration at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (Fermilab), he had one primary goal: to help the group’s 400-person active author list publish the collaboration’s important legacy papers and final results. […]
AUSTIN — EDITOR’S NOTE: Prior to coming to Texas A&M University in 2008, Darren DePoy spent 18 years at The Ohio State University, building both the astronomy program along with an international reputation for excellence in astronomical instrumentation. Together with fellow Texas A&M astronomer Jennifer Marshall, he built the first KELT system used in […]
COLLEGE STATION — Dr. Tatiana Erukhimova, instructional associate professor of physics and astronomy, has been recognized with the 2017 Presidential Professor for Teaching Excellence Award, the most prestigious faculty honor bestowed by Texas A&M University in recognition of classroom performance. Erukhimova joins Dr. Reuben A. Buford May, professor of sociology and Glasscock University Professor […]
COLLEGE STATION — One of the most heated debates in science surrounds the existence of supersymmetry, a theoretical model of physics predicting that each known particle in the universe has an undiscovered partner particle. It’s a theory with legs in no small part because of its alluring potential to explain dark matter and dark […]
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