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New article by Dr. J. Vanderlei Martins

“SmallSat revolution: Tiny satellites poised to make big contributions to essential science” The Conversation, January 26, 2017 URL:...

Posted: January 30, 2017, 3:47 PM

Dr. Deffner named Outstanding Referee for Physical Review

Sebastian Deffner, assistant professor of physics, has been named a 2017 Outstanding Referee by the American Physical Society. Ridge, NY, 18 January 2017 — The American Physical Society (APS) has...

Posted: January 20, 2017, 12:17 PM

New article by Paul Burkins and Dr. Anthony M. Johnson

“Thermally managed Z-scan methods investigation of the size-dependent nonlinearity of graphene oxide in various solvents” Paul Burkins, Robinson Kuis, Isaac Basaldua, Anthony M. Johnson, Siva...

Posted: November 23, 2016, 12:27 PM

Congrats to our new PhD Candidates!

Congratulations to our grad students who have advanced into PhD Candidacy over the past year: • Peter Breiding, "Testing the IC/CMB model of extended X-ray emission for large scale quasar jets...

Posted: November 11, 2016, 4:01 PM

UMBC/NOAA Scholarship Opportunity

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) recently awarded UMBC with a 5-year funding grant to educate and train underrepresented minority (URM) students in NOAA-related mission...

Posted: November 10, 2016, 12:28 PM

Dr. Deffner wins publication prize in Theoretical Physics

Sebastian Deffner, assistant professor of physics, has been selected as the winner of the 2016 Leon Heller Postdoctoral Publication Prize in Theoretical Physics. This prize is awarded biennially...

Posted: November 10, 2016, 10:05 AM

Dr. Deffner receives 2016 Early Career Award of NJP

Sebastian Deffner, assistant professor of physics, has been elected as the 2016 winner of the Early Career Award of New Journal of Physics. He has been recognized as being an extremely talented...

Posted: October 13, 2016, 12:26 PM

Prof. Jason Kestner receives NSF Award

Jason Kestner, assistant professor of physics, has received an award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to perform a theoretical study of stimulated echos in quantum entanglement. His...

Posted: September 16, 2016, 12:58 PM