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ΦYAST ΦLYER the Homer L THE UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA!SPRING 2012 ΦYAST ΦLYER The Homer L. Dodge Department of Physics and Astronomy Volume 20, Number 1 Department Welcomes Two New Faculty Members John Wisniewski Alberto Marino (Atomic & (Astrophysics group) received Molecular group) received his BS degree in astronomy- his BS in Engineering physics in 1999 from the Physics with specialization in University of Wisconsin and optics and electronic systems PhD degree in physics in 2005 in 1998 and a diploma in John Wisniewski from the University of Toledo. Alberto Marino robotics in 1999 from ITESM Wisniewski was a NPP postdoctoral fellow at the (Instituto Tecnologico y de Estudios Superiores NASA Goddard Space Flight Center’s de Monterrey) in Monterrey, Mexico. He began Exoplanets and Stellar Astrophysics Lab and a graduate studies at the Institute of Optics at the NSF Astronomy and Astrophysics postdoctoral University of Rochester in 1999, where he fellow at the University of Washington. His earned an MS in optics in 2002 and PhD in research involves using multi-wavelength optics in 2006 under the supervision of Carlos observational techniques to study the formation, Stroud. His doctoral research specialized in the structure and evolution of circumstellar disks, study and characterization of atomic coherent and searching for evidence of extra-solar planets effects, such as electromagnetically induced in the youngest of these disks. Wisniewski’s transparency, and the generation of quantum current research is centered on analyzing results states of light. Following his graduate studies he (Continued on page 15) (Continued on page 15) David Branch Attends Nobel Ceremonies The 2011 Nobel Prize in Physics was awarded to under the influence of gravity, the cosmic Saul Perlmutter (Lawrence Berkeley Lab and expansion appears to be accelerating owing to the Berkeley), Adam Riess (Space Telescope Science existence of some unexpected agent dubbed Institute and Johns Hopkins), and Brian Schmidt "dark energy". Current data are consistent with (Australian National University) for “the dark energy being vacuum energy associated discovery of the accelerating expansion of the with a non-zero but preposterously tiny universe through observations of distant cosmological constant, although other supernovae.” Comparison of the apparent possibilities including deviations from general brightness of thermonuclear (Type Ia) relativity on cosmological scales are not supernovae in relatively nearby and very distant excluded. galaxies revealed that rather than decelerating (Continued on page 6) 1 THE UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA!SPRING 2012 Michael Strauss was awarded a David Ross Boyd From the Chair Professorship. Professors Lloyd Bumm, Mike Unfortunately, Carl T. Bush – a Santos and Daminda Dahanayaka and Tetsuya personal friend and alumnus – Mishima received a Patent Award. Our financial passed away in May 2011. He staff person, Sharon Widner, received a merit visited our department often award as well. Finally, Eddie Baron was made a and communicated fairly Fellow of the American Physical Society “for regularly with several of us. work at the forefront of computational We will miss his positive astrophysics, especially for important Greg Parker attitude and thoughtfulness as contributions to the theory of core collapse supernovae and leadership in the theory of well as his interest in the welfare of the radiative transport in stars and supernovae.” department. Carl was very frugal and his desire was to give back to the department. His estate was As always, our faculty, postdoctoral fellows, staff sold this year which provided a significant and students continue to excel in research, endowed gift to our department. This gift is teaching and service. We are indeed fortunate to providing support for six endowed lecturers and have a collegial, prestigious and highly productive library acquisitions. We sincerely thank Mr. Bush department. We really appreciate all of our for this major gift and his friendship. alumni who are contributing to the success of our department. —Greg Parker We also were saddened to learn of the passing of Norton Dodge, son of Homer L. Dodge and a major benefactor to the department, Nov. 5. Table of Contents Norton was a scholar of Soviet economics and a •Welcome to Two New Faculty.............................1 well-known collector of Soviet Underground art. •Branch Attends Nobel Ceremonies.......................1 His obituary can be found in the New York Times •From the Chair.....................................................2 Nov. 13 arts section. •Hats Off To Our Students......................................3 •Award to Sharon Widner.......................................4 I am delighted to announce that in addition to •Dissertation Defenders..........................................4 hiring assistant professors Xinyu Dai, Mukremin •Alumni News........................................................5 Kilic, Barbara Capogrosso-Sansone, Ian Sellers •REU 2012..............................................................6 •Don Lincoln’s OSLEP seminar.............................6 and Bruno Uchoa last year, we hired assistant •Research Programs................................................7 professors Alberto Marino and John Wisniewski •Teaching Scholar’s Initiative...............................16 this year. We are indeed excited to have these •Faculty Awards....................................................16 seven faculty join and strengthen our department. The ΦYAST ΦLYER is the ofcial newsletter of the Homer L. Dodge Department of Physics and In addition, our graduate recruiting committee Astronomy, College of Arts and Sciences, University admitted 17 graduate students out of more than of Oklahoma, and is published each spring by OU 180 applications. Printing at a cost of $1.70/copy to the taxpayers of the State of Oklahoma. The newsletter staf includes Dick Henry, Kim Milton and Bruno Uchoa The Former alumni and Board of Visitor member A.T. University of Oklahoma is an equal opportunity Stair received the Distinguished Alumni Award institution, http://www.ou.edu/eoo. All photographs from the College of Arts and Sciences. Professor are by Robert H. Taylor unless otherwise noted. 2 THE UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA!SPRING 2012 Hats Off to Our Students! Homer L. Dodge Departmental Awards Fowler Prize Kalbfleisch Prize Nielsen Prize Logan Maingi Kesheng Yang Chia-Hsun Chuang Andre Lessa Arne Schwettmann Physics and Astronomy Awards Dodge Scholarship Stephen Holleman Dodge Outstanding Junior J. Clarence Karcher Award Adrian Lucy Thana-Nhan Do, Adam Fallon Dodge Outstanding Sophomore Duane E. Roller Award Zachary Eldredge Stephen Holleman, Caleb Holt, Meritorious Scholarship Savannah Logan, Michael Wilkinson Hunter Ash, Nathaniel Beck, Robert Behlen, Christopher Bender, Ismael Beraza, Jodi Berdis, William Schriever Award Anita Bhagat, Galen Buttitta, Dustin Clouse, Bailey Bedford and Michael Reynolds Sagen Cocklin, Daniel Dobrosky, Kreg Flowers, Outstanding Graduating Senior Jeffrey Gillean, Kramer Harrison, Justin Hayden, Steven Hefner, Jeffrey Herring, John Hollrah, Whitney Costello, Andre Goran and Jacob Stinnett Stephen Kane, Sean Kavin, Andrew Meador, Karcher Scholarship Anthony Meleco, Alexander Mutz, William Parker, Austin Burkett, Don Carmichael, Catherine John Pritchard, Michael Ray, Amanda Truitt, Ciampa, Zachary Eldredge, Savannah Logan, Brendon Watts, Aaron Wegner, John Weis, Adrian Lucy, Neil McGlohon, Michael Reynolds, Matthew Wepel, Mallory White, Edward Wilkinson, Kyle Yates Matthew Young Engineering Physics Awards J. Clarence Karcher Award Webb Scholarship Robert Free Chase Hennion Duane E. Roller Award Adams Scholarship Jeshurun Chisholm & Chase Hennion Jocelyn Roberts William Schriever Award Jacob Young 3 THE UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA!SPRING 2012 Meritorious Scholarship Karcher Scholarship Tyler Ashley, Arthur Bulin, Robert Bush, Becca Nathan Barry, Dillon Carroll, Joshua Hardisty, Castleberry, Timothy Corbly, Kevin Everly, Alec Kendall Harper, Erik Holbrook, Nils Schlupp Forbes, Brandon Hennessy, Seth Hodgson, Rachel Outstanding Graduating Senior Rogers, Derek Sealey, Nathan Sheely, David Jody Bringhurst, Curtis Doiron and Scott Lowe Slemmons, Seth Strout, Peter Tower 2012 student award recipients following the annual awards ceremony. Photo by Mike Santos Distinguished Dissertation Defenders Performance Award To PhD: Sharon Widner Prachi Parashar (Milton) Mohamed Razzak Merra Lebbai (Skubic) Sharon Widner, the department’s account and budget representative, Samanatha Gunawardana (Mullen) received a Distinguished Chia-Hsun Chuang (Wang) Performance Award from the OU Hourly Employees Council during Arne Schwettmann (Shaffer) Sharon Widner Staff Week in April. The award Parshuram Dahal (Abraham) included a monetary prize. Since joining the department in 2006, Sharon’s main responsibility Dharshani Bopege (Furneaux) has been to manage all of the grant accounts, which total about $4.5M. In this capacity, her Abdella Ait Moussa (Mullen) efficiency, thoroughness and kindness in working Dilhani Jayathilaka (Murphy) with students and faculty are outstanding. Sharon’s monthly budget status report for each Tao Yang (Shafer-Ray) grant account is so clear that “even a physicist Roshan Bokalawela (Johnson) can understand it,” as one faculty member pointed out. Sharon is a tremendous asset to the MS: department and contributes very positively to the Henry Bradsher (Henry) work environment at Nielsen Hall. We congratulate her on her award! Leah Morabito (Dai)
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