Astrophysics graduate student Andrew Teller is the recipient of the 2022 College of Liberal Arts and Sciences Outstanding Graduate Student Excellence in Teaching award. In addition to his commitment to high-quality teaching in physics and astronomy courses, Andrew was nominated by the department for his dedication to assisting in instructional contexts on his own time, […]
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The Department of Physics and Astronomy at the University of Maine invites applications for two fixed-length, two-year, non-tenure track, academic-year appointments, anticipated to start on August 29, 2022. The Lecturer in Physics is responsible for but not limited to undergraduate teaching and mentoring of teaching assistants in lower-division introductory courses. For more information or to […]
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The Bangor Daily News highlighted an effort led by Assistant Professor Liping Yu to design a new class of materials capable of improving solar cells, lasers and other optoelectronic devices that convert light into energy, thanks to a $525,000 NSF grant. Professor Bob Lad is a collaborator along with Feng Yan, an assistant professor with […]
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Professor R. Dean Astumian is a co-author of a new article in the journal Science, “Active Mechanisorption Driven by Pumping Cassettes,” that describes a significant advance in surface science, introducing a new active mechanism of adsorption based on rotaxane molecules with pumping cassettes attached on a surface. Astumian co-authors this article along with collaborator Sir J. […]
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Professor Sam Hess was the subject of an interview on The Maine Question podcast, released on October 7, about how his groundbreaking super-resolution microscopy technique, FPALM, has been used to study virus infection mechanisms, and that of the SARS-COV-2 virus in particular. He talks about his research and collaborations, as well as how he thinks […]
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Pat Byard, the longtime Administrative Assistant in the department, retired on Friday, October 1, 2021, after 46 years of dedicated, detailed service, all but one of those years in Bennett Hall. She will be sorely missed by everyone in the department, but most especially by the students, for whom she did so much to make […]
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We’re hiring! The Department of Physics and Astronomy at the University of Maine seeks to fill a fixed-length, two-year, non-tenure track, academic-year appointment as Lecturer, anticipated to start August 30, 2021. This position is not renewable. Essential duties and responsibilities include, but are not limited to: Undergraduate teaching in departmental lower- and upper-division courses; may […]
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During our annual End of the Year Celebration, we announced the Outstanding Graduating Students in each major. We named two Outstanding students in Engineering Physics. Congratulations to all three! Outstanding Graduating Student in Physics: Aidan Greenlee BS Physics, BA Mathematics; Honors College Minor in Electrical Engineering Co-Outstanding Graduating Students in Engineering Physics and Recipients of […]
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Two physics graduate students received awards from the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences last week. James Deaton received the 2021 College of Liberal Arts and Sciences Graduate Student Excellence Teaching Award for his consistent willingness to go above and beyond what is asked as a teaching assistant, and to take on increasingly higher responsibilities, […]
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Assistant Professor Liping Yu was awarded a fellowship to conduct research this summer with the Air Force Research Laboratory at the Wright-Patterson Air Force Base just outside of Dayton, Ohio. Both Liping and PhD student Brady Butler are supported to do work with the AFRL. See the UMaine News story here.
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