Physics and Astronomy

UMaine College Honors Faculty, Students Outstanding faculty and students in the University of Maine College of Liberal Arts and Sciences received awards for their accomplishments from Dean Jeff Hecker at an April 16 reception on campus. The annual ceremony, co-sponsored by the University Credit Union, also recognized faculty members recently promoted to associate professor with […]

Bangor Daily News 3/30/09 Monday’s Bangor Daily News includes a story describing UMaine physics professor Rob Meulenberg’s performance at Saturday’s Maine Games State Powerlifting Championships in Brewer. Meulenberg, who joined the UMaine faculty in September and is also associated with the Laboratory for Surface Science and Technology, set a new state record in the squat […]

In February 2009, Professor R. Dean Astumian received the Humboldt Research Award, one of the most prestigious scientific honors in Germany. During the summer and Fall semesters of 2009, he is on sabbatical, working with the three scientists who nominated him, professors Hermann Gaub, Dieter Braun, and Dr. Kay Gottschalk at the Ludwig Maximillian University […]

2008 Graduate Research Exposition Winners Announced Congratulations to the following Graduate Students in the Dept. of Physics and Astronomy who won awards for their presentations: Poster Presentations – Chemical, Physical and Mathematical Sciences 2nd (tie) – Daniel Breton Designing a Gamma-Ray Density Gauge for Firn and Ice 2nd (tie) – Mudalige Gunewardene Photoactivation Yields & […]

John Thompson (Associate Professor) has been selected by the Fullbright Commission in Ireland, in co-operation with the US Board of Foreign Scholarships, for a 10-month lecturing/research position at Dublin Institute of Technology (DIT) for the academic year 2008-2009.  His award is entitled “Studies of the learning and teaching of physics concepts and problem solving.” His […]

Bangor Daily News excerpt An international criminal. Stolen emeralds. A secret government mission. It’s all very exciting, and not the sort of action that usually makes its way to quiet Orono. University of Maine physics professor C. Thomas Hess and one of his students, however, found themselves embroiled with the U.S. Department of State in […]

from Science Briefs, January 25, 2008 Joe Carr The latest in combined scanning electron and focused ion beam microscopy instrumentation for use in nanofabrication and life sciences applications is now at the University of Maine. The $1.7 million NVision 40 CrossBeam workstation, manufactured by Carl Zeiss SMT AG and SII NanoTechnology Inc., offers cutting-edge, 3D […]

UMaine Today – Student Focus November/December 2007 Katie McCann was 5 when she fell in love with science. Inspired by each edition of Your Big Backyard, then Ranger Rick, she headed outdoors and “checked stuff out.” That thrill of discovery stayed with her through middle school, when astrophysics became her passion. But in high school, […]

New method of microscopy using fluorescence photoactivation could help address biological questions UMaine Today July/August 2007 Science has limits. Defined by theories, laws and formulaic equations, these limits define the boundaries within which scientific discoveries are made. In most cases, having boundaries that are clearly defined by justifiable rules is a good thing. In science, […]

Click here to go to the Authors’ Guild site for Professor Comins, which includes more information about his books, his work and his life. Monday, May 14, 2007 – Bangor Daily News University of Maine physics and astronomy professor Neil Comins has found a niche for himself not only as a high-level star researcher, but […]