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Welcome to Winter Physics Table
Welcome back, both folks on campus and off! We’re happy to have you with us for winter term– come say hello and let us know what you’ve been up to for the last 6 weeks. We’d love to see you at 12:25 pm Central time, tomorrow (Tuesday the 5th).ID: 92462562411
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Grad programs at the U of Mass Lowell
Happy New Year from UMass Lowell !
We invite you to browse our Physics Research Brochure.
2020 was an unprecedented year for the world at large and business has not been as usual. But we look forward to emerging towards a brighter 2021 for all of us.
Typically we share a print version of our research brochure in the Fall. But, as in everything else, this year is different. So we point you to an electronic version of our 36-page brochure Merging Science with Technology, as well as a one-page PhD in Physics flyer of our graduate program and that describes the graduate programs and research in the Department of Physics and Applied Physics at the University of Massachusetts Lowell.
Our campus is located twenty-five miles northwest of Boston, with a student population of over 18,500. We have 30 full-time faculty, approximately 70 graduate students and over 100 undergraduate majors in the Department of Physics and Applied Physics. The Department has external grant and contract funding of over $10 million per year. Faculty research areas include advanced materials, astronomy and astrophysics, biomedical optics, biophysics, cosmology, medical physics, electromagnetic metamaterials, nanoscience and laser applications, nuclear physics (both fundamental and applied), photonics, plasma physics, quantum information, radiological health physics, soft condensed matter, space physics and terahertz technology. We are very excited about the strong cohort of researchers we have hired in the last few years who are adding new directions to our research strengths. More information is available on our website.
We are featured in the AIP website
Information on graduate schools applications and admissions
We start looking at Ph.D. applications after Jan 15 but accept applications beyond that deadline. Please feel free to contact me or Prof. Viktor Podolskiy, our Graduate Program Coordinator (Viktor_Podolskiy@uml.edu) if you or your students have any questions about our programs.
With best regards
Partha Chowdhury
Chair, Department of Physics and Applied Physics
Director, Radiation Laboratory
University of Massachusetts Lowell
Pronouns: he/him/his
One University Avenue
Lowell, MA 01854
Partha_Chowdhury@uml.edu
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Robotics REU
Greetings,Applications are now open for the Oregon State University (OSU) “Robots in the Real World” summer Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) Site.Students can apply here until February 10, 2021.This year’s program will run from June 21 to August 27, 2021, either virtually or on the main OSU campus in Corvallis, OR (campus reopening-permitting). We offer research experiences in all areas of robotics for undergraduate students with backgrounds in computer science, mechanical engineering, electrical engineering, mathematics, physics, social science, or any closely related fields. Interested students can learn more about this summer’s REU projects.Cheers,Profs. Naomi Fitter and Bill Smart
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Sustainable Materials REU
Our 2021 Summer REU Program at UC Santa Cruz on Sustainable Materials is now accepting applicants. Our program focuses especially on recruiting students from community colleges and non-PhD-granting institutions, but we do accept a few students from research-intensive universities as well. Check out the website for details!Sincerely,David LedermanProfessor of PhysicsUniversity of California, Santa Cruz -
Repperger Research Intern Program
Repperger Research Intern Program
Now accepting applications for summer 2021!
The Repperger Research Intern Program is a 10-week educational experience, providing research opportunities for students at one of three Air Force research facilities under the mentorship of an Air Force scientist. The program posthumously honors Dr. Daniel W. Repperger, who mentored many young people during his 35-year research career with the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL).
Eligibility
Applicants need to meet the following eligibility criteria at the time of application:
- Be a U.S. citizen.
- Be enrolled as an undergraduate or graduate student at an accredited institution of higher education during the 2020-2021 academic year.
- Be pursuing a degree in a science, technology, engineering or mathematics (STEM) discipline.
- Have a cumulative GPA of 2.50 or higher on a 4.00 scale.
Research Locations
- Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Dayton, OH
- Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston, San Antonio, TX
- Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA
Program Dates
June 7 – August 13, 2021
How to Apply
Application Deadline
February 15, 2021, at 8 a.m. ET
Want to Learn More?
For additional information, visit the Repperger Research Intern Program website. If you have any questions, please contact AFRL-Summer@orise.orau.gov.
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Marine Science REU
Applications are now being accepted for the Summer REU Program in Marine Science at the University of Delaware, an NSF-Funded Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) program.Interns will work with faculty in a research-intensive setting on a research topic in chemical, physical, or biological oceanography, marine biology or marine geology. In addition to hands-on research experience, student support includes a $6,400 stipend, campus housing, and travel assistance. The deadline to apply is Friday February 12, 2021.Supported by a grant from the National Science Foundation’s Division of Ocean Sciences, this REU program supports ten undergraduate students to conduct research in marine science. The program will take place at the University of Delaware’s Hugh R. Sharp campus in the beach community of Lewes, located on the shores of the Delaware Bay and Atlantic Ocean.More information and the application can be found on our website. You may also be interested to hear directly from former interns, or see one of our field trips on the R/V Daiber on the Delaware Bay.For more information, please contact:Joanna YorkDirector, UD REU program in Marine Science -
Physics grad programs at San Diego State
The Department of Physics at San Diego State University (SDSU) is inviting all Senior Physics undergraduates considering graduate school next year to explore the Masters in Physics, the Masters in Medical Physics, or the Joint PhD (through the Computational Science Research Center) programs at SDSU. Our graduates from the Masters programs have been successful in securing admissions to PhD programs as well as to residencies (Medical Physics graduates) in addition to finding employment in industry. I look forward to some of your students applying to our program.Sincerely,Usha SinhaChair, Physics and Director, Medical PhysicsSan Diego State University.SAN DIEGO STATE
UNIVERSITY
INFORMATION FOR GRADUATE PHYSICS PROGRAMS
Graduate Advisor: Dr. Fridolin Weber Telephone: 619-594-0239 or -6240 Website
DEGREES OFFERED IN THE DEPT. OF PHYSICS
- Master of Science, Physics (thesis)
- Master of Arts, Physics (non-thesis; graduation by exam)
- Master of Science, Medical Physics, accredited by Commission on Accreditation on Medical Physics (CAMPEP)
- Joint Ph.D. in Computational Science through the Computational Science Research Center (for more information contact Dr. Weber above or the director of the CSRC, Dr. Jose Castillo.
PROGRAM HIGHLIGHTS
- MS Physics students are successful in industry, national labs, and Ph.D. programs. • MS Medical Physics students are successful in residency programs, Ph.D. programs, and the medical devices/technology industry.
- PhD Computational Science students are successful in national labs and academia. • Favorable student-to-faculty ratio with graduate physics courses averaging about 10 students. Full-time faculty teach all graduate lectures and laboratory courses. • Close student-faculty contact.
- Financial support is available for most of our qualified Master’s students as Teaching Assistants (TAs) or Research Assistants (RAs).
- Master’s students co-author journal publications, present at national/international conferences: many have won awards at national labs, SDSU and CSU research symposia, AIP travel awards.
- Physics and Computational Science students intern with local industry and national
labs (Los Alamos, Lawrence Livermore, Lawrence Berkeley, Oak Ridge). • Strong industry affiliations: e.g., ASML (San Diego-based optics technology leader) donated $300,000 to Physics and recruit students from our program each year. • More than 50% of our graduates go on to nationally recognized PhD programs. • MS program in Medical Physics is one of only two CAMPEP accredited graduate programs in California. A state-of-art 3T MR scanner is available at SDSU for training and for research.
- A hub-spoke residency training in Medical Physics provides a pathway for students graduating from the MS in Medical Physics program.
STUDENT RESEARCH ROJECTS
All students in MS (Physics) and MS (Medical Physics) choosing the Thesis option undertake a research project culminating in a research thesis. Each project is undertaken under the supervision of our faculty in the following research fields:
- Experimental Optics: Electro-optics, ultrafast lasers and quantum optics, non-linear optics, nanophotonics.
- Theoretical and Computational: Polymers & biophysics, nuclear & particle, nuclear/relativistic astrophysics/ general relativity, optical.
- Experimental Condensed Matter: Superconductivity, magnetism, and material synthesis.
- Medical and Radiological Physics: Functional and structural magnetic resonance imaging and image processing, radiation biology, radiation therapy, CT dose.
GENERAL REQUIREMENTS
Masters Students must complete core courses as well as elective requirements and all-university graduation requirements. Details here
DEADLINES FOR GRADUATE APPLICATIONS
Applications to the Masters programs in Physics, Medical Physics and the Joint PhD program
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NASA summer research program
This fantastic summer internship opportunity is available to interested undergraduate juniors. We accept students with a wide diversity of majors (biology, chemistry, physics, astronomy, earth/atmospheric science, meteorology, engineering, math, computer science, etc). Application Deadline: January 27, 2021
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NASA Student Airborne Research Program (SARP) 2021
The NASA Airborne Science Program invites highly motivated advanced undergraduates who will be rising seniors in summer 2021 to apply for participation in the 13th annual NASA Student Airborne Research Program (SARP 2021). Students will work in multi-disciplinary teams to study surface, atmospheric, and oceanographic processes. Participants will fly onboard a NASA research aircraft and assist in the operation of instruments to sample and measure atmospheric gases and aerosols and to image land and water surfaces in multiple spectral bands. Along with airborne data collection, students will participate in taking measurements at field sites. Each student will complete an individual research project from the data collected.
Outstanding faculty and staff for this program will be drawn from several universities and NASA centers, as well as from NASA flight operations and engineering personnel.
The eight-week program begins June 13, 2021 and concludes August 6, 2021.
Instrument and flight preparations, and the research flights themselves, will take place during the first two weeks of the program at NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research Center, in Palmdale, CA. Post-flight data/laboratory analysis and interpretation will take place during the final six weeks of the program at the University of California, Irvine.
SARP participants will receive a stipend, a travel allowance, and free housing and local transportation during the 8-week program in California.
Applicants must be US citizens.
For more information and to apply
Email questions to:
**We are making every effort to have SARP 2021 be an in-person program. However, it may be necessary to shift part or all of the program to virtual due to the pandemic (as we did in summer 2020). SARP 2020 featured at-home air and aerosol measurements along with analysis of previously collected NASA airborne, satellite, and ground data.**Emily Schaller, Ph.D.
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Grad program in Medical Physics
I thought I would reach out to let you know that the application deadline for the Medical Physics program at the University of Minnesota is approaching, and that I am happy to speak with any students who might be interested. We are planning on expanding the size of our MS program compared to size over the past several years, and know that Carleton students would be very successful students in our program. The deadline is January 8th, but Parham Alaei, the program director, has said that he will be flexible if applications are completed after that date.Here is the website for the program – please let me know if you have any questions; I am happy to answer them.https://med.umn.edu/radiationoncology/education-training/graduate-program
We have also dropped the GRE requirement for this year.
I know of several Carleton physics students who have gone on to graduate school in medical physics. I have had the pleasure of meeting Sophie Rooks, Kai Huang, Ruiqi Geng, among others over the past few years. I also hosted Sophie and Kohl Sparrman for externships over winter break.I hope your New Year is off to a great start.Best,David (’06) -
More cool Physics from the APS
This Week in Physics Magazine — January 4, 2021
Viewpoint Getting a Handle on Timing
Animesh Datta – January 4, 2021
Ideas from superresolution imaging inspire a way to measure time intervals with unprecedented precision—an ability that could enhance our understanding of ultrafast processes.
Synopsis Finding New Forces with Old Techniques
December 24, 2020
Interactions predicted by beyond-standard-model theories could be detected using a variation on Mössbauer spectroscopy, according to a new proposal.
Synopsis Securing a Wireless Link with Quantum Physics
December 23, 2020
Researchers shared tamper-proof quantum information across nearly 20 km of open air in an urban environment.
Synopsis Ultrabright Photons for Single-Chip Quantum Devices
December 22, 2020
A microcavity-based source of photon pairs achieves one hundred times the efficiency of state-of-the-art devices.
Research News Print Your Own Biological Implants
December 23, 2020
A 3D printer that uses biocompatible materials can produce flexible and reconfigurable implants for research and biomedical treatments.
Research News The Venus Phosphine Debate Continues
December 22, 2020
Researchers remain divided on the possible discovery of phosphine on Venus, a finding that could have implications for whether life resides on this nearby planet.
