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Dr. Lauren Rast, Instructor of Physics and Project Leader for UAB Physics Online Education Project, offered her particular expertise in understanding how lightning works and how to stay safe.
April 03, 2018
They Persisted
Despite complex social, cultural, and professional trends that keep women from academic careers in the sciences and mathematics, a small percentage of female research faculty stay the course.
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Heating a mixture of gases to furnace temperatures is one way to make a diamond film, nature’s hardest substance. Adding boron to the gas mixture may create new materials.
October 17, 2017
Faculty Receive University Awards
Renato Camata, Roger Gilchrist, Samiksha Raut, and Nitesh Saxena were all recognized this year for their excellence in teaching, mentorship and advising.
September 20, 2017
Physics assistant professor selected for award focused on developing the next generation of scientists
The National Science Foundation will provide 30 non-tenured researchers, including assistant professor Cheng-Chien Chen, Ph.D., with fellowships that put them in partnership with other premier research centers, enhancing their ability to work at the frontiers of science and engineering.
September 19, 2017
UAB leads $20 million statewide grant to improve understanding of plasma processes and interactions
A five-year, $20 million award from the National Science Foundation will help universities across Alabama, including the University of Alabama at Birmingham, collaborate to better understand interactions of a key matter that could translate into the development of new technologies in areas ranging from food safety and aerospace to medicine.
Renato Camata, Ph.D., associate professor and undergraduate program director in the Department of Physics, has been named as a recipient of a 2017 UAB Outstanding Academic Advising Award.
Dr. Christopher Lawson, professor in the Department of Physics, has been elected board chair of a national nonprofit coalition.
January 04, 2017
Christopher Lawson to lead national science and technology coalition
The UAB physics professor will head the Coalition of EPSCoR/IDeA States, which promotes vibrant science and technology in underserved states.
October 07, 2016
Provost’s Office Honors College Faculty
Wendy Gunther-Canada, Ph.D. and Erika Hille Rinker, Ph.D. were named as this year’s recipients of the Provost’s Awards for Faculty Excellence. Yogesh Vohra, Ph.D. was named as the recipient of the Sam Brown Bridge Builder Award.
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The unique academic experiences available to students in the UAB Honors College are expanding with the selection of the college’s 2016-2017 Honors Faculty Fellows.
April 25, 2016
Budding Knowledge
The College of Arts and Sciences welcomed several new chairs last summer, including leadership for three of our popular and competitive science departments: Dr. Richard Dluhy in Chemistry, Dr. Ilias Perakis in Physics, and Dr. Yuliang Zheng in Computer and Information Sciences.
October 05, 2015
Mentors: New Programs Prove to Be Successful
What makes a student successful? Often it’s a faculty member, like Dr. David Hilton in the Department of Physics, who has guided undergraduates and graduate students to some prestigious awards and academic accomplishments.
October 01, 2015
Vohra Receives Alabama Innovation Funding
Yogesh Vohra at UAB and research partner Vista Engineering received $250,000 to explore the potential of developing Alabama ventures based on diamond-based technologies.
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Dr. Ilias Perakis, a professor in the Department of Physics of the University of Crete in Heraklion, Greece, has been named Chair of the College of Arts and Sciences Department of Physics.
April 10, 2015
A Place in Space
The late Thomas Wdowiak, Ph.D., taught astronomy at UAB for nearly 30 years. Now he is astronomy, thanks to NASA, which has named a prominent ridge on Mars to honor him and his crucial scientific contributions.
December 16, 2014
UAB Physicist Named Fellow of the National Academy of Inventors
Laser physicist Sergey Mirov, Ph.D., left Russia 22 years ago, after training in Moscow under the 1964 Nobel laureate Aleksandr Mikhailovich Prokhorov and working at the USSR Academy of Sciences.
November 12, 2014
Winners of Interdisciplinary Awards Announced
Dr. Ryoichi Kawai (Department of Physics) and Dr. Elizabeth Sztul (School of Medicine) are the latest winners of the UAB College of Arts and Sciences Interdisciplinary Awards.
September 10, 2014
Team Wins NIH Innovation Corps Grant
A UAB/Vivo Biosciences/Birmingham Business Alliance team will be participating in the National Institutes of Health (NIH) new Innovation Corps Program.
September 09, 2014
Physics Opens New Class 7000 Cleanroom Featuring Diamond-Based Sensor
The Center for Nanoscale Materials and Biointegration (CNMB), located within the Department of Physics, has a new Class 7000 Cleanroom.
