Category: Physics

Mather shares discoveries of the universe as NASA’s lead scientist and a Nobel Prize recipient

Mather shares discoveries of the universe as NASA’s lead scientist and a Nobel Prize recipient

Nobel Laureate John Mather lectured to an audience of approximately 600 people on the universe last Thursday. Photo Credit: NASA/GSFC/Pat Izzo
Learning astronomy was appealing as a child, according to Nobel Laureate John Mather, because he could take a piece of cardboard and lens and build a telescope.

Today, Mather is the lead scientist for NASA’s new […]

Nobel Prize recipient will discuss discoveries of the universe through NASA telescope mission

Nobel Prize recipient will discuss discoveries of the universe through NASA telescope mission

Nobel Prize Winner Dr. John Mather is the 15th William C. Shaw Memorial Lecturer Photo Credit: NASA/GSFC/Pat Izzo
John Mather, co-recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physics in 2006 and current senior astrophysicist for NASA, will present the William C. Shaw Lecture.  His talk on Thursday, Sept. 26 will be titled “History of the Universe […]

Physics professors pioneer method to study untreatable strains of hepatitis C virus

Physics professors pioneer method to study untreatable strains of hepatitis C virus

Physics professors Mohammad Yousef and Edward Ackad
 
Physics professors Mohammad Yousef and Edward Ackad developed a method to predict the behavior of the Egyptian strain of hepatitis C virus, which has no known cure.
By studying the American genotype, they built a 3-D structural model that could lead to advances in medicine and, ultimately, a cure. Their […]

Physics professor finds support for theory on recombination effects of Xenon

Physics professor finds support for theory on recombination effects of Xenon

Four years of research across two universities resulted in physics professor Edward Ackad finding support for one of two theories regarding recombination effects of the gas Xenon.
Ackad’s research work, “Recombination effects in soft-x-ray cluster interactions at the Xenon giant resonance,” was recently published in the New Journal of Physics and theoretically explores a previously conducted […]

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CAS Events Round Up

The College of Arts and Sciences has a busy schedule of events coming up between now and the end of the semester. Coming up this Monday and Tuesday is this year’s CAS Colloquium titled, “Thinking About the Book,” with a wide variety of lectures and events by SIUE faculty will look at the role of […]

SIUE's Great Teacher of 2012: Dr. David Kaplan

SIUE’s Great Teacher of 2012: Dr. David Kaplan

Dr. David Kaplan
Dr. David Kaplan, Associate Professor of Physics, was awarded the 2012 Great Teacher Award. The award, founded by the SIUE Alumni Association in 1970, acknowledges instructors who display exceptional teaching skills and who guide and inspire students to lead successful careers and lives.
Kaplan, in his passion for his content and for helping students, […]

Dr. Hernando Garcia and Dr. Edgar Rueda setting up a high speed light source

Edgar Rueda visits SIUE

Edgar Rueda from the University of Antioquia paid a one month visit to SIUE campus to work with Hernando Garcia, associate professor of the SIUE Department of Physics.
An expert in experimental optical physics and optical information processes, Rueda is visiting SIUE to learn about Transient Spectroscopy, a process in which the level of electron excitement […]

Dr. Yousef visits Canadian Light Source, Inc.

Dr. Yousef visits Canadian Light Source, Inc.

Over spring break, Mohammad Yousef, assistant professor of SIUE’s College of Arts and Sciences physics department caught some rays. Not being one to follow convention, Yousef did not head for Florida or Cancun but rather headed to Saskatoon, Saskatchewan to visit Canadian Light Source, Inc. (CLS)
CLS provides “supermicroscopes” which allow nano-scale objects to be seen with atomic […]

Dr. Neil deGrasse Tyson at the ribbon cutting of SIUE's new observatory

DeGrasse Tyson speaks to guests

To bring the readers of TWIC full circle , the editors would like to remind the readers where last semester finished.
Participants prepares for the ribbon cutting ceremony at the new observatory at SIUE.
Dr. Neil DeGrasse Tyson was on campus last semester as part of the Arts and Issues series as well as to perform a […]

SIUE's new robotic telescope

Dr. Neil deGrasse Tyson cuts ribbon at SIUE’s new observatory

 Wednesday December 7, a group of SIUE students and faculty gathered around the new observatory for the official ribbon cutting. Special guest and wielder of oversized scissors Neil deGrasse Tyson did the honors after opening remarks from Jeffery Sabby, assistant professor of physics, as well as Aldemaro Romero, dean of SIUE’s College of Arts and Sciences […]

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