Date posted: March 30th, 2018
Glenn Starkman, Distinguished University Professor and professor of physics and astronomy, wrote a piece describing the scientific and cultural achievements of the late Stephen Hawking. The article, titled “The reverberating glow of Stephen Hawking’s daring theories and elastic mind,” was written for cleveland.com. …Read more.
Date posted: March 27th, 2018
From the Journal:
By AIP News Staff
WASHINGTON, D.C., March 27, 2018 — Single crystal tin selenide (SnSe) is a semiconductor and an ideal thermoelectric material; it can directly convert waste heat to electrical energy or be used for cooling. …Read more.
Date posted: March 9th, 2018
Our friend and colleague Philip Taylor, Distinguished University Professor and Perkins Professor of Physics, celebrated his 80th birthday this academic year.
To mark the occasion and celebrate his career we are organizing a symposium on March 29, 2018 featuring lectures by Phil’s colleagues past and present on a range of topics that reflects the breadth of Phil’s interests and friendships. …Read more.
Date posted: February 22nd, 2018
Nominations are invited for the 23rd annual Michelson Postdoctoral Prize Lectureship to be held Fall 2018 in the Department of Physics, Case Western Reserve University. The prize is awarded annually to a postdoctoral scholar active in any field of physics. …Read more.
Date posted: February 14th, 2018
Case Western Reserve University researchers from the Department of Materials Science and Engineering, the Department of Chemistry and the Department of Physics (Walter Lambrecht and Xuan Gao) received more than $1,200,000 in funding. …Read more.
Date posted: January 18th, 2018
The Standard Model at 50 Years will take place in the Physics Department Case Western Reserve University Cleveland, Ohio, June 1-4, 2018. …Read more.
Date posted: September 18th, 2017
The physics department will host the 24th International Symposium on Particle, Strings, and Cosmology between June 4-8, 2018.
For details see: http://artsci.case.edu/pascos2018/ …Read more.
Date posted: September 11th, 2017
Liang Wu, of the University of California at Berkeley, will be awarded the 2017 Michelson Postdoctoral Prize for his groundbreaking experimental studies of topological materials. Wu will be in residence this week (Sept. …Read more.
Date posted: May 15th, 2017
The International Workshop on Baryon and Lepton Number Violation
is being hosted in the physics department between May 15-18, 2017.
More information: http://artsci.case.edu/blv2017/ …Read more.
Date posted: April 14th, 2017
Congratulations to two physics and mathematics juniors in the 2017 Goldwater Scholarship competition: Benjamin Kuznets-Speck was one of 240 undergraduates across the country awarded a scholarship, and Nathaniel Starkman won an honorable mention. …Read more.
Date posted: March 23rd, 2017
Assistant professor Michael Hinczewski has a received National Science Foundation Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) grant for a project on the molecular biophysics of adhesion proteins.
More information: http://thedaily.case.edu/three-case-western-reserve-university-faculty-awarded-nsf-career-grants/ …Read more.
Date posted: November 3rd, 2016
A collaboration led by physics professor Robert Brown and international health professor Brian Grimberg has won national recognition for a portable malaria detection device with the potential to transform diagnosis and treatment of the disease in developing countries. …Read more.