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- Coaxing Order From Chaos
Barry Wilson, for faculty, 2009/09/25 10:48:25Physics professor Dan Gauthier has experimented with chaotic systems as diverse as the fluctuations of laser beams and the electrical dynamics of the human heart in an effort to exploit their hidden order. [more] -- Duke Magazine
- Just Launched - Duke Physics News
Jimmy Dorff, 2009/08/31 14:05:57Each month, we're highlighting the activities of the Duke Physics department in a new email newsletter. Learn more about our Department News Program. [more]
- Prof. Bass wins NSF CDI Award
Jimmy Dorff, 2009/07/24 11:16:13Prof. Steffen Bass awarded a Cyber-enabled Discovery and Innovation grant for Advanced Modeling and Data Analysis. This project will bring together scientists from Michigan State, Duke and UNC in Nuclear Physics, Cosmology, Astophysics, Athmospheric Sciences, Statistical Sciences and Computer Science to develop novel statistical analysis and advanced visualization techniques.
- Prof. John Thomas research featured
, 2009/12/21 12:55:29John Thomas' work with the physics of ultracold temperatures is featured in Duke Research
- Melting Space-Time
Jimmy Dorff, 2009/07/23 21:39:03This article in Duke Research focuses on how Profs. Bass and Mueller's research on the hottest & densest matter created by mankind relates to Prof. John Thomas' work on ultra-cold atoms.
- Willie Ong is 2008-2009 Creason Award recipient
Jimmy Dorff, 2009/06/30 13:25:21Willie Ong is the recipient of the Mary Creason Memorial Award for Undergraduate Teaching in Duke Physics in the 2008-2009 academic year. Willie will be a rising third-year graduate student working in Prof. John Thomas' group.
- Nominations for Creason Memorial Award
Jimmy Dorff, 2009/04/28 00:43:05Nominations for the Mary Creason Memorial Award for undergraduate teaching are open. [more]
- Goshaw Family endows graduate fellowship in physics research
Steffen A. Bass, for faculty, 2009/01/29 21:07:43The family of Alfred T. Goshaw, James B. Duke Professor of Physics, contributed $250,000 to endow support for a graduate fellowship in physics research. The gift from the Goshaw Family Endowment Fund was made as part of Duke’s Financial Aid Initiative, a four-year effort to raise endowment funds to support undergraduate scholarships and graduate and professional school fellowships. The initiative raised $308.5 million, surpassing its $300 million goal. [more]
Featured Member: Alfred T. Goshaw of Physics
- Prof. Gauthier named Topical Editor of the Optical Society of America's Optics Letters
Steffen A. Bass, for faculty, 2008/12/24 21:13:49Prof. Daniel Gauthier was recently named a Topical Editor of the Optical Society of America's Optics Letters for a 3-year term. The journal publishes the latest research in optical science, including optical measurements, optical components and devices, atmospheric optics, biomedical optics, Fourier optics, integrated optics, optical processing, optoelectronics, lasers, nonlinear optics, optical storage and holography, optical coherence, polarization, quantum electronics, ultrafast optical phenomena, photonic crystals, and fiber optics.
Featured Member: Daniel J. Gauthier of Physics