We include selected teachers and high school students in a summer training program in our laboratory at UGA. The summer research activities have two components:
A. The first component of the summer activity involves exposing the team (high school teacher and student/s) to modern research, specifically to nanoscience/nano-optics. We engage the summer team in learning how to use AFM. The AFM is a ubiquitous instrument that has a robust capability to study surfaces and nanoparticles. Since our research is based on AFM learning and using this instrument will give them a good understanding and introduction of other related modern experiments, such as s-SNOM.
B. Develop a demonstration experimental setup that centers on very simple concepts in electricity, magnetism and optics. The goal of this exercise is to enable the teacher/student team to share their demonstration and experiences with their school as well as provide the teacher with an additional tool to use in class demonstration. Our group continues to hear feedback from the teacher/students team and we plan to visit their school during the academic year to sustain the relationship.
AFRICAN IMMIGRANT AND AFRICAN AMERICAN YOUTH IN THE ATLANTA AREA
A physics education and mentorship program specifically for African immigrant students and their families as well as African American youth in the Athens/Atlanta area. We are organizing an annual event of talks on physics topics to expose, educate, and increase interest. We will focus on education excellence: for parents on methods of leading their children to success in the path of science education, and for students on what is necessary to succeed in undergraduate and graduate science study in the US. More coming soon…
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Recent (Summer 2019) activities of Westminster high school in our lab!
The students together with their science teacher used their 5 weeks of summer to perform macro and microscope experiments on RFID with a goal to adopt them to nanoscale optical devices. Our collaboration is continuing, we have posted a few pictures and more to come.
Westminister Students
Westminister Students
RFID Chip
RFID chip miroscope image
September 10, 2020, 3:55 pm
Speaker
Professor Olivier Pfister, Department of Physics, University of Virginia
Title
Quantum computing over the rainbow: the quantum optical frequency comb as a platform for measurement-based universal quantum computing
When
Thursday, September 10, 2020, 3:55 pm – 5:00 pm
Where
Meeting via zoom
September 3, 2020, 3:55 pm
Speaker
Professor James Gates, Jr., Department of Physics, Brown University
Title
SUSY Rilles: A Speculation on Superstring Signatures in the Cosmic Microwave Background
When
Thursday, September 3, 2020, 3:55 pm – 5:00 pm
Where
Meeting via zoom
August 27, 2020, 3:55 pm
Speaker
Professor David P. Landau, Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Georgia
Title
Uncovering a New Universality at a 1st Order Phase Transition
When
Thursday, August 27, 2020, 3:55 pm – 5:00 pm
Where
Meeting via zoom
November 22, 2019, 12:20 pm
Speaker
Professor Nathaniel P. Stern, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Northwestern University
Title
Engineering Excitons, Polaritons, and Defects for 2D Semiconductor Optoelectronics
When
Friday, November 22, 2019, 12:20 pm – 1:20 pm
Where
CSP Conference Room (322)
April 24, 2019, 12:00 pm
Speaker
Professor Balazs Rada, Department of Infectious Diseases, University of Georgia, Athens, GA
Title
The Molecular Mechanism of Influenza Virus Inactivation by Hypothiocyanite
When
Friday, April 26, 2019, 12:30 pm – 1:30 pm
Where
CSP Conference Room (322)
April 12, 2019, 12:00 pm
Speaker
Prof. Qun Zhao, Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Georgia
Title
Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Iron, and Machine Learning: From brain connectivity to stem cell tracking
When
Friday, April 12, 2019, 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm
Where
CSP Conference Room (322)
April 5, 2019, 12:20 pm
Speaker
Prof. Jeremy Levy, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Pittsburgh Quantum Institute, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA
Title
Over 100-THz bandwidth selective difference frequency generation at LaAlO3/SrTiO3 nanojunctions
When
Friday, April 5, 2019, 12:20 pm – 1:20 pm
Where
CSP Conference Room (322)
March 22, 2019, 12:20 pm
Speaker
Professor Frederick Quinn, Department of Infectious Diseases, University of Georgia, Athens, GA
Title
CModels for Evaluating Next Generation Vaccines and Diagnostics for Tuberculosis
When
Friday, March 22, 2019, 12:20 pm – 1:20 pm
Where
CSP Conference Room (322)
February 1, 2019, 12:20 pm
Speaker
Professor Ramviyas N. Parasuraman, Department of Computer Science, University of Georgia, Athens, GA 30602
Title
Current Trends in Micro and Nano Robotics
When
Friday, February 1, 2019, 12:20 pm – 1:20 pm
Where
CSP Conference Room (322)
January 24, 2019, 11:00 am
Speaker
Professor Michael E. Flatte’, Departments of of Physics and Astronomy, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA
Title
The Quantum Limit of Interacting Magnetic Waves
When
Thursday, January 24, 2019, 11:00 am
Where
CSP Conference Room (322)
January 18, 2019, 11:15 am
Speaker
Stephen R. Leone, Departments of Chemistry and Physics and Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, University of California, Berkeley, CA
Title
Ultrafast X-Ray Molecular Dynamics
When
Friday, January 18, 2019, 11:15 am
Where
Chemistry Building, Room 400
November 9, 2018, 12:00 pm
Speaker
Professor Zhiwen Liu, Department of Electrical Engineering, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA
Title
Smartphone based optical spectroscopy
When
Friday, November 9, 2018, 12:00 pm – 1:20 pm
Where
CSP Conference Room (322)
October 19, 2018, 12:20 pm
Speaker
Professor Sharon M. Weiss, Department of Electrical Engineering, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN
Title
Deep-subwavelength Confinement in Dielectric Optical Resonators
When
Friday, October 19, 2018, 12:20 pm – 1:20 pm
Where
CSP Conference Room (322)
October 12, 2018, 12:20 pm
Speaker
Professor David P. Landau, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Center for Simulational Physics, University of Georgia, Athens, GA
Title
Combined molecular dynamics-spin dynamics simulations of BCC iron
When
Friday, October 12, 2018, 12:20 pm – 1:20 pm
Where
CSP Conference Room (322)
September 28, 2018, 12:20 pm
Speaker
Professor Varsha P. Kulkarni, Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC
Title
Applications of Atomic Physics and Condensed Matter Physics in Studies of the Interstellar and Circumgalactic Medium
When
Friday, September 28, 2018, 12:20 pm – 1:20 pm
Where
CSP Conference Room (322)
September 14, 2018, 12:20 pm
Speaker
Prof. Gary Hastings, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA
Title
Mechanisms Underlying Highly Efficient Solar Energy Conversion in Photosynthetic Organisms
When
Friday, September 14, 2018, 12:20 pm – 1:20 pm
Where
CSP Conference Room (322)
September 7, 2018, 12:20 pm
Speaker
Luke Mortensen, Assistant Professor of Regenerative Medicine and Engineering, University of Georgia
Title
Intravital imaging of MSCs and bone regeneration
When
Friday, September 7, 2018, 12:20 pm – 1:20 pm
Where
CSP Conference Room (322)
Friday, August 31, 2018 at 12:00pm
Speaker
Xianqiao Wang, Associate Professor of College of Engineering, University of Georgia
Title
Physical Principles of Brain Folding: Computational Modeling and Data Interrogation
When
Friday, August 31, 2018, 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm
Where
CSP Conference Room (322)
Friday, August 17, 2018 at 12:20pm
Speaker
Michael R. Geller, Professor of Physics, University of Georgia
Title
Recent Developments and New Opportunities In Quantum Computation
When
Friday, August 17, 2018, 12:20 pm – 1:20 pm
Where
CSP Conference Room (322)
Friday, July 27, 2018 at 11:30am
Speaker
Mukesh Dhamala, Associate Professor of Physics, Georgia State University
Title
Synchronization of nonlinear oscillators under time-delayed coupling
When
Friday, July 27, 2018, 11:30am – 12:30pm
Where
CSP Conference Room (322)
Friday, July 13, 2018 at 11:30am
Speaker
Prof. Nazanin Bassiri-Gharb, G.W. Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology
Title
Phase Transitions in Ferroelectric, Relaxor-Ferroelectric and Antiferroelectric Materials
When
Friday, July 13, 2018, 11:30am – 12:30pm
Where
CSP Conference Room (322)
Thursday, June 28, 2018 at 11:30am
Speaker
M. Filler, School of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology
Title
Vapor-Liquid-Solid Mechanism: Programming Heterogeneity at the Nanoscale
When
Thursday, June 28, 2018, 11:30am – 12:30pm
Where
CSP Conference Room (322)
Friday, June 15, 2018 at 11:30am
Speaker
M. Reber, Department of Chemistry, University of Georgia
Title
Developing ultrafast spectroscopies with frequency combs: new frontiers in ultra-sensitive and multidimensional measurements
When
Friday, June 15, 2018, 11:30am – 12:30pm
Where
CSP Conference Room (322)
Friday, May 18, 2018 at 11:30am
Speaker
T. Salguero, Department of Chemistry, University of Georgia
Title
Nanomaterials at the 2D Limit: Challenges and Opportunities
When
Friday, May 18,2018, 11:30am-12:30pm
Where
CSP Conference Room (322)
Friday, May 4, 2018 at 11:30am
Speaker
H.Meyer, Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Georgia
Title
Gas Phase Reaction Dynamics: An Experimental Perspective
When
Friday, May 4,2018, 11:30am-12:30pm
Where
CSP Conference Room (322)
Friday, April 20, 2018 at 11:30am
Speaker
J. Xie, Department of Chemistry, University of Georgia
Title
Nanoparticles to Enhance Photodynamic Therapy and Radiation Therapy
When
Friday, April 20, 2018, 11:30am – 12:30pm
Where
CSP Conference Room (322)
Friday, April 6, 2018 at 11:30am
Speaker
Y. Zhao, Physics and Astronomy, University of Georgia
Title
Glancing angle deposition for plasmonics
When
Friday, April 6, 2018, 11:30am – 12:30pm
Where
CSP Conference Room (322)