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faculty
Grant O'Rielly, PhD
Associate Professor
Physics
Contact
508-999-8483
508-999-9115
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Science & Engineering 306A
Education
| 1997 | University of Melbourne, Australia | PhD in Nuclear Physics |
| 1987 | University of Melbourne, Australia | BSc (Hons) in Physics |
Teaching
Programs
Programs
Research
Research interests
- Few-body nuclear physics
- Nuclear detectors
- Photonuclear Physics
- Pion physics
Dr. O'Rielly's research interests are in the area of Intermediate Energy Photonuclear Physics, with special emphasis on few-body nuclear physics and pion photoproduction. He currently is spokesperson on an approved (A-rated) proposal to measure pion photoproduction very close to threshold at the MAX-lab facility in Sweden. He is also co-spokesperson on an approved proposal Pion Production from a Polarized Target to be performed at Jefferson Laboratory in Virginia.
He is awaiting results from the NSF CAREER program, on a proposal submitted in July, 2003 entitled "Investigation of near-threshold pion photoproduction and incorporation of computer simulation into the undergraduate curriculum at the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth." This 5-year program of research and teaching activities will support the experimental measurements described above together with the introduction of computational simulation and visualization methods into the undergraduate physics laboratory courses.