physics

Grants go to 11 projects for 150th celebration

Posted by on January 6, 2020

In support of our upcoming 150th anniversary, Missouri S&T is providing mini-grants to faculty, staff and students planning creative ways to commemorate the milestone. Eleven projects were selected from 31 proposals to celebrate the anniversary from October 2020 to November 2021.

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Schulz honored in China

Posted by on January 6, 2020

Dr. Michael Schulz, Curators’ Distinguished Professor of physics, received a Distinguished Scientist Award from the Chinese Academy of Sciences.

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Schearer Prize goes to two

Posted by on January 6, 2020

Kentaro Mogushi and Nishshanka De Silva, graduate students in physics, are winners of this year’s Schearer Prize, the annual graduate research competition in physics at S&T.

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Faculty members honored with awards

Posted by on December 6, 2019

Congratulations to 33 S&T faculty members who are being honored with faculty campus awards in 2019 for excellence and achievement in teaching, research and service. An additional 37 faculty members are being recognized with Outstanding Teaching Awards, based on their end-of-course evaluations.

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Physicist listed among highly cited researchers

Posted by on December 3, 2019

The Web of Science Group released its international list of Highly Cited Researchers for 2019 in November and included S&T researcher Dr. Yew San Hor.

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Space Week activities start today

Posted by on November 18, 2019

Dr. Marco Cavaglià, professor of physics, will review his research into gravitational waves and their importance at 5 p.m. today (Monday, Nov. 18) in Room 103 Engineering Management Building. This is the first of several events planned for Space Week 2019. The schedule includes:

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Students get space grants

Posted by on November 5, 2019

Elizabeth Caputa and Kyle McMillen received grants from the Missouri Space Grant Consortium (MOSGC) through Missouri S&T and NASA.

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S&T wins $2 million grant for supercomputer research

Posted by on October 1, 2019

Missouri S&T has received a $1.96 million grant from the National Science Foundation to purchase and install a new supercomputing system on campus.

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Open house for LIGO room is today

Posted by on September 26, 2019

Join the physics department 4-5 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 26, in Room 115 Physics Building to check out the new LIGO room. Missouri S&T is the state’s only institution that belongs to the worldwide Laser Interferometer Gravitational-wave Observatory (LIGO) scientific collaboration of researchers committed to detecting cosmic gravitational waves.

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Celebrate 50 years with physics professor

Posted by on September 3, 2019

Dr. Jerry L. Peacher, associate chair and professor of physics, has dedicated five decades to teaching at Missouri S&T.

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