Archived PHY News

• Observatory Open House (2/5/2008)
  On Saturday, February 2, the Physics Department held its most successful Observatory Open House since the mid-1990s.
  
  
• Physics Undergraduate Students Present Their Research At American Met Society'S Annual Conference (1/31/2008)
  Physics Undergraduate Seniors David Beesley and Jason Olejarz presented their research at the American Meteorological Society's Seventh Annual Student Conference held on January 19th and 20th, 2008 in New Orleans, Louisiana.
  
  
• Golden Key International Honour Society (10/19/2007)
  The Physics Department's Professional Technician, Danielle LeMeur, also the UMass Dartmouth Chapter Advisor of the Golden Key International Honour Society held the annual induction ceremony.
  
  
• Physics professor uses Sony PlayStations for black hole research (10/18/2007)
  PS3 has unique features that make it suitable for scientific computations
  
  
• Sony PlayStations used in Astrophysics Research (9/17/2007)
  Dr. Gaurav Khanna and Mr. Glenn Volkema of the Physics department have built a small supercomputer using eight (8) Sony PlayStations 3 gaming consoles.
  
  
• University Collaborative for Intelligent Transportation Systems (UC-- ITS) (8/31/2007)
  The President's Office of the University of Massachusetts Science and Technology Program has awarded $160,000 to establish a Multi-campus University Collaborative for Intelligent Transportation Systems (UC-ITS).
  
  
• Physics students prototype fluids experiments at MIT (7/24/2007)
  Physics students accompanied Prof. Amit Tandon to Prof. John Marshall's laboratory
  
  
• Dr. Khanna published in Europhysics Letters (6/8/2007)
  Dr. Khanna's recent research was published in Europhysics Letters which is one of the leading European journals for Physics.
  
  
• Summer Internship (4/25/2007)
  An undergraduate summer internship is available for qualified undergraduate Physics,Engineering and Mathematics majors to work on problems relating Ocean Dynamics.
  
  
• Beautiful Patterns from the Atmosphere - Ocean Experiments (3/28/2007)
  Dr. Tandon's Physics 300 class, Undergraduate Seminar, work on a fluids experiment with the goal of creating fascinating Taylor columns, and ultimately to understand the consequences of the Taylor-Proudman Theorem.
  
  
• The Editor-in-Chief of the journal "Limnology" asks Dr. Amit Tandon to continue. (3/20/2007)
  The Editor-in-Chief of the journal "Limnology asked Dr. Amit Tandon, Associate Professor of Physics Department to continue his involvement as the foreign member of the editorial board.
  
  
• Dr. Hsu publishes book on the theory of Relativity (1/25/2007)
  Chancellor Professor of Physics, Dr. J.P. Hsu recently published a new edition of his book titled "A Broader View of Relativity".
  
  
• Dr. Khanna selected to be on the executive committee of MacResearch.org. (1/12/2007)
  Dr. Gaurav Khanna was recently selected to be on the executive committee of MacResearch.org, which is an open and independent community for scientists using Apple computers in their research.
  
  
• Book Review: The Electric Life of Michael Faraday (11/9/2006)
  Alan Hirshfeld's book is reviewed in The American Journal of Physics
  
  
• Gaurav Khanna Awarded 30,000 Hours of Supercomputing Time (10/19/2006)
  Prof. Gaurav Khanna has been awarded 30,000 hours of supercomputing time on the National Science Foundation's TeraGrid computing infrastructure.
  
  
• Rotating fluids in the curriculum - where UMass Dartmouth joins MIT, Penn State, Johns Hopkins University, U. of Wisconsin-Madison and Millersville University (10/2/2006)
  Associate Professor Amit Tandon of the Department of Physics has been awarded a subcontract for $28,475 by MIT along with four other universities to implement a series of atmospheric/ocean dynamics experiments into the undergraduate and graduate curriculum at UMass Dartmouth.
  
  
• Graduate Research Opportunity in Physical Oceanography: Collaborative Research -- UMass Dartmouth and Boston University. (9/29/2006)
  A Ph.D. research assistantship is available to study submesoscale dynamics and its effects on the vertical transport, mixing and distribution of properties in the upper ocean.
  
  
• Discussion and Book Signing by Alan Hirshfeld (9/27/2006)
  On Thursday, September 28, 2006, Dr. Alan Hirshfeld will be giving a talk at Baker Books, 69 State Road (Route 6), North Dartmouth, MA at 7:00 pm on the history of science and of Michael Faraday's special place in that history.
  
  
• Alan Hirshfeld Receives Contract to Write His 3rd Book (9/25/2006)
  Alan Hirshfeld just received a contract to write his 3rd book, entitled "Eureka Man: The Life and Legacy of Archimedes," to be published in late 2008 by Walker Books in New York.
  
  
• Amit Tandon and Collaborator Awarded NSF Grant (9/21/2006)
  Amit Tandon and Collaborator Awarded NSF Grant
  
  
• Amit Tandon and Collaborators Awarded NSF-NOAA Grant (9/3/2006)
  Associate Professor Amit Tandon of the Department of Physics and his collaborators from MIT, UCLA, Princeton University, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Florida State University and two federal labs (National Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder CO and Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Labarotary, Princeton NJ) have been awarded an NSF-NOAA grant to continue their work on mesoscale and mixed layer models as part of the Climate Modeling and Process teams.
  
  
• Dr. Gaurav Khanna pursues black holes with $50,000 grant (11/30/2005)
  A UMass Dartmouth physics professor recently received $25,000 from the Florence M. Glaser Gift Giving Trust to study the interior structure of black holes
  
  
• UMass Dartmouth physicist receives international honor (10/6/2004)
  UMass Dartmouth physicist receives international honor Among the  top winners in the John Templeton Foundation 'Power of Purpose' awards UMass Dartmouth physics professor Alan Hirshfelds essay about 19th century scientist Michael Faraday was among the top five winners of the prestigious John Templeton Foundation Power of Purpose awards announced recently.