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Physics Today news story on Wooster research
Observing geometric phases in the lab New analysis, simulations, and 3D printing expand the scope and appeal of a classical geometric phase. Richard J. Fitzgerald Falling cats and Olympic divers share the ability to twist, spin, and reorient themselves to land on their feet or make minimal splash. To accomplish that feat, they bend and…
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Standard Model at 50
From Haidar Essili: All I can think of to describe my experience in the Standard model’s 50th anniversary conference is to repeatedly yell the word wow, until I have lost the will to do so. I am at a loss of words, but I will attempt to put my flustered speech in perspective. Imagine Albert Einstein dedicating…
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A look back on 2017-18
Congratulations class of 2018! I’ve attached a few pictures of some of our seniors and professors who gathered for a quick photo on graduation day (pics courtesy of Zane Thornburg). Special congratulations are in order for Avi Vajpeyi (far left in the second photo), who was selected to be one of the College’s commencement speakers…
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Justine Walker’s senior thesis is a highlight of the world’s largest physics meeting
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March Meeting 2018 – Days 2 to 4!
The March Meeting is always so exciting — there is so much information here! On Tuesday morning, I went to an outstanding session on Atomic Origami. There is some truly amazing work out there with people designing shapes of graphene (mostly) that fold up on their own into boxes or flowers. Post-doc Marc Miskin gave…
