On Tuesday, October 29, 2024, Dr. Jesus Rios from the Department of Physics presented the second lecture of the STEM Speaker Series at the University Libraries. Dr. Rios first discussed how he and his research team used artificial intelligence (AI) to predict molecular properties of diatomic molecules. They found that
On September 14, 2021, Dr. Luis Alvarez-Gaume presented the first lecture of the fall 2021 STEM speaker series at the University Libraries. Dr. Alvarez-Gaume talked about the interconnection of the microscopic and macroscopic world of the universe. He discussed the physics of the life and death of stars, and further
On November 18, 2020, Dr. Seghal talked about how the oldest light in the Universe, called Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB), is being collected using the Atacama Cosmology Telescope (ACT) and the Simons Array in the Chilean Atacama Desert. Using data gathered from the ACT and Simons Array, Dr. Seghal’s research
On October 16, Dr. Thomas Allison, from the Department of Chemistry and Department of Physics, passionately presented his lab’s innovative research on frequency comb lasers, nonlinear optics, and the ultrafast dynamics of molecules and materials. Details can be found at http://allisongroup.physics.sunysb.edu/?page_id=7. Dr. Allison also highlighted how coherent short pulses
The University Libraries is very pleased to announce its second lecture of the fall 2018 STEM Speaker Series presented by Dr. Thomas Allison from the Department of Chemistry and Department of Physics. Title: “Mastering the Electromagnetic Spectrum and Using it to Learn About Nature” Date: Tuesday, October 16 from
On September 19, Dr. Chang Kee Jung, SUNY Distinguished Professor in Physics, kicked off the first lecture of the fall 2017 University Libraries STEM Speakers Series and engaged audiences with his talk, “Capturing Innovations and Underlying Physics in Sports” in the Special Collections Seminar Room of the Melville Library.
The University Libraries is honored to have Dr. Chang Kee Jung, a SUNY Distinguished Professor in Physics, significant contributor to the 2015 Nobel Prize in Physics, and shared award winner of the 2016 Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics, present the first lecture of the fall 2017 STEM Speakers Series. Dr.
On November 30, Dr. Joanna Kiryluk engaged the audience in the Special Collections Seminar Room with a journey from outside our Galaxy to the earth’s South Pole. Dr. Kiryluk discussed how cosmic neutrinos were tracked, the discovery of the elusive neutrinos in 1956, and the 7 year long construction of
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The 2012 Nobel Prize in Physics will be awarded to Serge Haroche of the Collège de France and Ecole Normale Supérieure, Paris, France; and David J. Wineland of the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and the University of Colorado, Boulder, Colo., “for ground-breaking experimental methods that enable measuring
