Contact Information
Department of Physics525 Northwestern Avenue
West Lafayette, IN
47907-2036
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Telephone:
(765) 494-2970
Fax:
(765) 494-0706
Purdue Press Releases
2009
(07/21/2009)
Twinkling nanostars cast new light into biomedical imaging
2008
(11/07/2008)
Purdue receives grant to help students learn about climate change
(07/09/2008)
Stars aligned for Purdue physicist and international research group
(05/09/2008)
Purdue alumna establishes new graduate fellowship for Department of Physics
(02/13/2008)
Purdue scientists, students help create a key piece of one of the world's most powerful cameras
(01/22/2008)
Cell phone sensors detect radiation to thwart nuclear terrorism
(01/08/2008)
Purdue part of project to create telescope of astronomical proportions
2007
(08/29/2007)
Purdue helps teacher add science to students' iPod playlists
(05/17/2007)
Universities prepare as physicists plan to pop protons
(05/13/2007)
Prof. Ian Shipsey - Julian Schwinger Distinguished Professor of Physics
(03/06/2007)
Holographic images use shimmer to show cellular response to anticancer drug
2006
(11/13/2006)
Purdue Physics teams up with California university to raise the bar in grid computing
(02/19/2006)
Physics on the Road takes energy into Indiana classrooms
2005
(10/14/2005)
Doctoral student, Laura Biedermann, receives 2005 Purdue Excellence in Science and Engineering Fellowship from Sandia National Laboratories
(09/15/2005)
Prof. Jorge H. Rodríguez — Biochemistry's future - with quantum physics
(06/20/2005)
Physicists clarify exotic force, but no 'Theory of Everything' yet
(05/29/2005)
Prof. Mark Haugan - Service-learning projects to benefit community, students
(05/19/2005)
Purdue nanotechnology research showcased at children's museum
(05/14/2005)
Albert W. Overhauser - Doctor Of Science Honorary Degree
(04/26/2005)
Prof. Ephraim Fischbach - Pi seems a good random number generator - but not always the best
2004
(11/18/2004)
Prof. Nicholas J. Giordano - honored as top educator in Indiana
(10/13/2004)
Purdue professor puts new spin on quantum computer technology
(05/18/2004)
BioCDs could hit No. 1 on doctors' charts
(04/29/2004)
Quantum computers are a quantum leap closer, say Purdue physicists
(04/07/2004)
Purdue scientists help construct telescope for black holes, pulsars
2003
(08/28/2003)
Book of Great Teachers adds a new chapter
(08/11/2003)
Purdue physicists hone rules for nanotech game
(07/16/2003)
Purdue's 'QuarkNet' center to train high school physics teachers
(05/12/2003)
Purdue University Outstanding Undergraduate Teaching Award
(05/09/2003)
Purdue pits 'the Einsteins against the bugs'
(04/24/2003)
Purdue researchers determine age of fossilized human ancestor
2002
(06/07/2002)
Lark-Horovitz Distinguished Professor of Physics
(01/15/2002)
New Book: World will see computers in whole new light
Alumni in the News
Kristl Adams (PhD 2006) has recently accepted a full-time Physicist position at Lawrence Livermore
05/11/20092009 Distinguished Science Alumni Award
05/04/2009- Celeste Bottorff (BS 1975) received the 2008 Lettie Pate Whitehead Evans Award. 11/13/2008
- Mario Paniccia (MS 1990, PhD 1994) received the 2008 Scientist of the Year Award from R&D Magazine. 11/13/2008
News from the Department
- CLEO particle physics experiment breaks publication world record 09/22/2009
- Roger Boyce of physics outreach retires after 17 years on the road 09/03/2009
- Three faculty win NSF CAREER awards in 2009 09/01/2009
- Sponsored program awards in the College of Science up 18 percent 07/17/2009
- Prof. Bortoletto named Distinguished Professor of Physics 07/10/2009
- Professor Overhauser receives 2009 Russell Varian Prize 06/23/2009
- Professor Kim to speak on Bose-Einstein Condensation Nuclear Fusion 05/27/2009
Graduate student Steven Kane (major Professor David Koltick) received an award from the Midwest Crossroads Alliance for Graduate Education and Professoriate (AGEP)
05/13/2009Professor Ian Shipsey appointed to joint DoE/NSF panel
04/17/2009- Physics to host Nobel Prize-winning physicist Robert Laughlin on Tuesday, March 31st 03/30/2009
Professor Kruczenski selected as Alfred P. Sloan Fellow
03/20/2009- Graduate student Yu Zheng (major Professor Ian Shipsey) received the Research Poster Award at the 1st US Large Hadron Collider Users Meeting held on October 24 at Fermi Lab 11/17/2008
- Professor Daniela Bortoletto appointed to the Advisory Committee for the NSF Directorate of Math & Physical Sciences (MPSAC). 07/24/2008
- Prof. Fuqiang Wang has been appointed a University Faculty Scholar 02/26/2008
- The Department of Physics Welcomes President Córdova as its Newest Faculty Member
· "France Córdova becomes Purdue University's president." (Nature)
· President Córdova's home page 07/16/2007
Physics News
Particle physicists pick up Nobel Prize
10/07/2008Satellite captures HD video of earthrise over the moon (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency)
11/03/2007- 2007 Nobel Prize in physics awarded to Albert Fert and Peter Grünberg "for the discovery of Giant Magnetoresistance"
(nobelprize.org) 10/09/2007 - 2006 Nobel Prize in physics awarded to John C. Mather and George F. Smoot (nobelprize.org) 10/03/2006
Purdue Physics in the News
- Prof. Shipsey Appointed Co-Leader of the LHC Physics Center at Fermilab 11/18/2009
- Prof. Rokhinson describes his spintronics research at the Royal Society in London (physicsworld.com) 10/28/2009
- Professor overcomes leukemia, deafness (Purdue Exponent) 09/17/2009
- Graduate Students Sannah Ziama and Abraham Olson Awarded NSF Fellowships 09/02/2009
Alexander Nicolaas Gerritsen, Emeritus Professor of Physics, 1913-2009
05/20/2009Physics sophomore stars in Civic Theater of Greater Lafayette production
05/13/2009Most violent black hole jets are gamma-ray beacons - Cosmos Magazine
04/23/2009- Purdue researchers find correlations between nuclear decay rates and earth-sun distance 10/02/2008
Professors Ian Shipsey and Virgil Barnes interviewed about the LHC (WTHR.com)
09/10/2008Physics team finds indication of conical emission of subatomic particles
07/03/2008- Prof. Matthew Lister - Very Long Baseline Array Movies Reveal New Details of Cosmic Jets 01/08/2008
- Prof. Carlson brings Wiki to the classroom 08/20/2007
- Prof. Matthew Lister - 2012: Repeat of 1859 Solar ‘Super Storm’ Catastrophe? 06/07/2007
- Test of Newton's second law of motion cited as one of the ten top physics stories for 2007 05/11/2007
- Prof. Jorge Rodriguez Interviewed by Science Magazine 03/17/2006
Purdue Press Releases
Twinkling nanostars cast new light into biomedical imaging
07/21/2009Purdue receives grant to help students learn about climate change
11/07/2008Stars aligned for Purdue physicist and international research group
07/09/2008Purdue alumna establishes new graduate fellowship for Department of Physics
05/09/2008- Purdue scientists, students help create a key piece of one of the world's most powerful cameras 02/13/2008
- Cell phone sensors detect radiation to thwart nuclear terrorism 01/22/2008
- Purdue part of project to create telescope of astronomical proportions 01/08/2008
- Purdue helps teacher add science to students' iPod playlists 08/29/2007
- Universities prepare as physicists plan to pop protons 05/17/2007
- Prof. Ian Shipsey - Julian Schwinger Distinguished Professor of Physics 05/13/2007
- Holographic images use shimmer to show cellular response to anticancer drug 03/06/2007
- Purdue Physics teams up with California university to raise the bar in grid computing 11/13/2006
- Physics on the Road takes energy into Indiana classrooms 02/19/2006
- Doctoral student, Laura Biedermann, receives 2005 Purdue Excellence in Science and Engineering Fellowship from Sandia National Laboratories 10/14/2005
- Prof. Jorge H. Rodríguez — Biochemistry's future - with quantum physics 09/15/2005