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Satish Desai is a research associate working on the NOvA experiment, which is searching for the rate of neutrino oscillations. Desai’s role on the experiment is to oversee the reconstruction of simulated data. After managing quality assurance for the NOvA Module factory, which was staffed by several hundred University of Minnesota Students, Desai has moved on to measuring neutrino cross-sections. Desai uses data from NOvA’s near detector which is located near the neutrino beam at Fermilab, outside Batavia, IL, and compares it to data at the far-detector located in Ash River, Minnesota. |
NewsCrowell receives Taylor Teaching Award
Professor Paul Crowell of the School of Physics and Astronomy received the 2018 George W. Taylor Distinguished Teaching Award from the College of Science and Engineering. Crowell will receive $3,000 to be used for professional development in teaching and research. More » Kakalios Receives Taylor Service Award
Professor James Kakalios of the School of Physics and Astronomy received the 2018 George W. Taylor Award for Distinguished Service. Kakalios will receive $3,000 to be used for professional development in teaching and research. More » Greven named McKnight Professor
Professor Martin Greven of the School of Physics and Astronomy has been selected as a Distinguished McKnight University Professor. The award recognizes Greven's research in the field of experimental condensed matter physics. Greven will receive a grant of $100,000 to be used over a five year period. More » Dahlberg receives education award
Professor Dan Dahlberg of the School of Physics and Astronomy will receive the 2017-2018 Award for Outstanding Contributions to Graduate and Professional Education by the University. Recipients of the award are made members of the University's Academy of Distinguished Teachers and are conferred with the title of "Distinguished University Teacher." Dahlberg will also receive a $15,000 award to go toward toward research support. More » SPS Named Outstanding Chapter
The School's chapter of the Society of Physics Students (SPS) was named "Outstanding Chapter" by the national organization. Chapter President Levi Walls said that "despite being confined to Shepherd Labs due to the Tate remodel, SPS was able to increase the number of opportunities for members to volunteer within the department and community at large." More » |
CalendarThursday, April 19th
3:35 pm: Physics and Astronomy Colloquium
in B50 Tate Astronomy's Newest Extragalactic Mystery: Fast Radio Bursts! — Victoria Kaspi, McGill University. Friday, April 20th
12:20 pm: Condensed Matter Sack Lunch Seminar
in Tate 301-20 Interplay between interaction and disorder: Existence of many-body mobility edge in a modified Sachdev-Ye-Kitaev model. — Hanteng Wang, University of Minnesota 12:30 pm: High Energy Theory Lunchtime Seminar
in Tate 201 SU(5) x U(1)_X grand unification with Minimal Seesaw and Z′-portal dark matter — Nobuchika Okada (U. Alabama) 2:30 pm: MN Institute for Astrophysics Colloquium
in Tate 101 No colloquium - See info for the Kaufmanis Public Lecture on the 18th 3:35 pm: History of Science and Technology/Minnesota Center for Philosophy of Science Colloquium
in 155 Nicholson Roberta Humphreys, Minnesota Institute for Astrophysics, University of Minnesota Refreshments served at 3:15 p.m. 3:35 pm: Physics Education Seminar
in B45 Tate Using the Claim, Evidence, and Reasoning Framework to Develop Prospective Teachers’ Scientific Explanations in Physics — Jennifer Docktor, University of Wisconsin – La Crosse Dept. of Physics 4:40 pm: Career Panel
in Tate 120 Careers in Industry and Academia for Physics PhDs Everyone welcome, see abstract for full information. Monday, April 23rd
12:15 pm: Cosmology Lunchtime Seminar
in Tate 301-20 Broadband anti-reflection coatings using “moth-eye” structures in millimeter and submillimeter astronomy — Qi Wen, UMN 4:40 pm: Honors Thesis Presentation
in Tate 301-20 Bolometer Response to Elevation Angle in EBEX: How can we detect evidence of inflation in the early universe? — Irene Moskowitz (University of Minnesota) 
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