Department of Physics and Astronomy
Mayly Sanchez of ISU elected to Fellowship in the American Physical Society
Mayly Sanchez was named a Fellow of the American Physical Society (APS). This honor is bestowed on a maximum of one-half of one percent of the membership each year. Her citation reads: "For significant contributions to experimental neutrino physics, in particular for conducting measurements of long-baseline neutrino oscillations, and for leadership in advancing novel neutrino detection techniques with the ANNIE experiment." She has been nominated by the APS Division of Particles and Fields.
Qiming Li and Xiaosha Graduate Scholarship for Excellent Research in Physics awarded to Chirag Vaswani
Qiming Li and Xiaosha Graduate Scholarship for Excellent Research in Physics is a new award at the Department of Physics and Astronomy. It is given to a graduate student for outstanding research performed at ISU as evidenced by the nominations of at least three faculty members and strong publication record among other requirements. The first recipient of this award is Chirag Viswani who is conducting his research under the supervision of Prof. Jigang Wang.
New course "PHYS 422X/522X: Foundations of Quantum Computing" offered in Spring 2021.
As interest in the transformative potential of quantum computing continues to grow, the Department of Physics and Astronomy is excited to introduce a new course, "PHYS 422X/ 522X: Foundations of Quantum Computing," in the spring semester of 2021. The course is aimed at advanced undergraduate and beginning graduate students.
Paul Canfield of ISU, Ames Laboratory elected to American Academy of Arts and Sciences
Paul Canfield, who designs and discovers new materials and properties, has been elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.
Fei receives NSF CAREER award
Zhe Fei, assistant professor of physics, received an NSF CAREER grant for a proposal titled "Exploring chiral edge plasmons in novel two-dimensional materials."
Physicists use light flashes to discover, control new quantum states of matter
Jigang Wang can break his research goals into just a few words: "To discover and control quantum states of matter." But, it takes paragraphs, analogies, and a willingness to decipher talk about "non-equilibrium quantum phase discovery via non-thermal ultrafast quench near quantum critical points" to get a handle on those eight words. Even though it's a head-scratcher, Wang's work could be a big deal to all of us.
Physicists use light waves to accelerate supercurrents, enable ultrafast quantum computing
Jigang Wang explained his latest discovery in quantum control that could lead to superfast computing based on quantum mechanics: He mentioned light-induced superconductivity without energy gap.
Data flows from NASA's TESS Mission, leads to discovery of Saturn-sized planet
Astronomers who study stars are providing a valuable assist to the planet-hunting astronomers pursuing the primary objective of NASA's new TESS Mission.
2323 Osborn Drive, Physics 0012, Ames, Iowa 50011-3160
physastro@iastate.edu
Legal and Privay Links