Physics and Astronomy

Physics and Astronomy News

• Colloquium 4 October:  Dr. Rachael Merritt, University of Colorado Boulder

• Public Lecture on Cosmology, Friday, September 20, 2024, in Bennett 140, by Dr. Bharat Ratra, Kansas State University

• Colloquium 30 May: Dr. Graham van Goffrier University of Southampton (U. Maine Valedictorian 2018)

• Piña successfully defends dissertation!

• Two new PhD candidates!

• Three majors initiated into Phi Beta Kappa

• Lecturer Position Search for Fall 2024

• Department members at the 2024 Maine Science Festival, March 20-24

• Passing of two emeritus faculty

• Three majors awarded 2023-24 CUGR and MSGC academic year fellowships

• Colloquium 1 December: Dr. Eric Burkholder, Auburn University

• Department suspending graduate admissions for Fall 2024 and Spring 2025

• Searching for Two Tenure-track Assistant Professor Positions, joint with FIRST

• Laatsch discusses possible meteorite with Machias Valley News Observer

• Bath STEM Night

• Senior Kell Fremouw named Outstanding Graduating Senior

• Dr. Yu Promoted to Associate Professor with Tenure

• Dr. Yu earns NSF Early Career Award

• Dr. Bingham, Dr. Lad, et al. Collaborate on Wireless Sensor Project

• R. Dean Astumian collaborates on study to explain theory behind electrically driven molecular motors

• Dr. Henning Haack Colloquium

• Incoming Student Brady Barker Featured

• Dr. Stetzer and Dr. Bruce awarded NSF grant

• Ferland Engineering Education and Design Center Opens

• Visiting Author Peter Fiekowsky Discussing New Book

• Shawn Laatsch guest on Maine Calling

• Twenty-One Physics and Engineering Physics Students on Dean’s list

• Vinh-Nhan Ngo: Physics Research and Pilot Certified

• Sonora Ortiz: Using physics to pull weeds

• Versant Power Astronomy Center to Host Minecraft-Themed Summer Camp

• Third FIRST Candidate Presentation April 28

• EPS major Lucy Slattery Co-Authors Journal Article

• Second FIRST Faculty Candidate Presentation April 21

• FIRST Faculty Candidate Presentation on April 18

• Maine State Science Olympiad for high school students to take place April 9

• Teller Awarded 2022 CLAS Outstanding Graduate Student Excellence in Teaching Award

• Fixed-length Lecturer and Assistant Professor Positions Available for Fall 2022

• Liping Yu and Bob Lad highlighted in Bangor Daily News article

• Astumian co-authors article in Science

• Sam Hess highlighted on The Maine Question Podcast

• Pat Byard retires after 46 years

• Hiring Two-Year Fixed-Length Lecturer for Fall 2021

• 2021 Outstanding Graduating Students, Physics and Engineering Physics

• Deaton, Raut win 2021 CLAS Graduate Excellence Awards

• Yu receives Air Force Research Laboratory Fellowship

• Four successful defenses this week

• Jordan Planetarium visualization cluster used for COVID-19 research

• Microprocessor pioneer Chuck Peddle, EPS ’59, passes away

• Three graduate students advance to candidacy in Fall 2019

• Deaton wins 2019 Graduate Teaching Assistant Award in College of Engineering