physics

Physics students earn top honors in 2025 Fuller Prize Competition

Posted by on June 3, 2025

Five undergraduate researchers in physics have been recognized in the 2025 Fuller Prize Competition for Undergraduate Research. The annual event, which honors the legacy of former department chair Dr. Harold Q. Fuller, drew 14 project submissions this year.

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Vojta selected as featured poet in ‘Cave Region Review’

Posted by on May 6, 2025

Dr. Agnes Vojta, teaching professor of physics, was selected as the featured poet for this year’s edition of the Cave Region Review, published by North Arkansas College. The current issue contains 13 of her poems and a biographical essay.

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Researchers present at University of Western Cape workshop

Posted by on April 1, 2025

Cole Rischbieter, a Ph.D. student in physics, and his advisor, Dr. Shun Saito, assistant professor of physics, presented their research at a workshop hosted by the University of Western Cape in Cape Town, South Africa. Their travel was supported by the University of Missouri South African Education Program, which fosters academic collaboration between the University of Missouri System and the University of the Western Cape.

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Passing of Dr. Don Sparlin

Posted by on February 3, 2025

The Missouri S&T community is saddened to learn of the death of Dr. Don Sparlin, professor emeritus of physics. Sparlin passed away Friday, Dec. 20, at the age of 87.

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Schearer prize goes to three

Posted by on December 10, 2024

Tuhin Das, Gaurav Khairnar and Shruti Majumdar (shown from left) won the 31st annual Schearer Prize for graduate research in physics. The competition is held in memory of Laird D. Schearer, the department’s first Curators’ Distinguished Professor of physics, and rewards graduate students for outstanding research performed during their graduate studies.

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Physics research group wins 2024 Outreach Award

Posted by on December 10, 2024

Dr. Hasti Khoraminezhad, a post-doctoral fellow in physics, Dr. Marco Cavaglia, professor of physics, and the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-wave Observatory research group received the physics department’s 2024 Outreach Award.

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19 S&T faculty members receive tenure, promotions

Posted by on September 10, 2024

Nineteen faculty members at Missouri S&T received promotions and/or tenure, effective Sept. 1. Those faculty members are:

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Four tenured S&T faculty honored

Posted by on September 10, 2024

Four faculty members at Missouri S&T were honored with the Post Tenure Review Excellence Award. This award is granted to faculty who excel in scholarship and teaching through the five-year review period after achieving tenure. The recipients are:

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Saito leads Rolla Public Library talk on dark matter

Posted by on August 6, 2024

Dr. Shun Saito, assistant professor of physics, doctoral student Cole Rischbieter and Dr. Hasti Khoraminezhad, a postdoctoral fellow, engaged children and adults at the Rolla Public Library on Friday, June 14.

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Yamilov publishes paper in ‘Nature Photonics’

Posted by on August 6, 2024

Dr. Alexey Yamilov, professor of physics, published a paper in Nature Photonics describing a new technique. The article is titled “Delivering broadband light deep inside diffusive media.”

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