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- Professors Stephen Reucroft and John Swain and Senior Research Scientist Thomas Paul are members of the collaboration at the Pierre Auger Observatory, which studies ulta-high energy cosmic rays. The AAAS (American Association for the Advancement of Science) recently posted a press release on new and important results from the Observatory which may solve a problem that has been puzzling high energy astro/physicists for some time--namely the origin of high energy paticles. Article: http://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/full/318/5852/896?rss=1
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- Professor Lev Perelman will be joining the department in January 2008. He will also hold a joint appointment in ECE.
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- Professor Albert-László Barabási has been elected into the Academia Europaea as a Foreign Member. Professor Barabási joined the department in September.
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- Under Professor Latika Menon, high school student David Yin of Singapore, was awarded on of the top ten commendations for research this summer by the Research Science Institute (RSI). The Research Science Institute Program is a program in which students are paired with research mentors. Students complete the program by submitting a summary of their research and providing a 10-minute oral presentation. For more information, visit the following website: http://www.cee.org/rsi/index.shtml
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- The department is hosting the annual clambake on Saturday, September 8, 2007. All Physics students welcome and are free. There is a $5 charge for faculty, staff, and guests. Volunteers are needed for various tasks, including pit digging, grilling, and carrying supplies and sports equipment. A volunteer sign-up sheet is in 114 Dana. You can also contact Barbara Najarian at b.najarian@neu.edu to volunteer.
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- Professor Darien Wood has been elected Spokesperson for the DZero Experiment at the Department of Energy's Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory in Batvia, IL. The DZero Experiment explores the fundamental nature of matter, and is well-known for its pursuit of the Higgs particle. More information can be found at http://www.neu.edu/nupr/news/0807/Fermilab.html.
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- An article in Nature Methods from the research group of Professor Mark C. Williams, entitled "Quantifying force-dependent and zero-force DNA intercalation by single-molecule stretching" has been published in the June 2007 issue of Nature Methods; http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/nmeth1044. This article results from the graduate work of Ioana Vladescu (PhD 2007), and demonstrates a novel method for studying the DNA binding of small molecules with unprecedented accuracy.
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- Matthews Distinguished Stephen Reucroft , was recently selected a Fellow of the American Physical Society, in recognition of "his leadership and outstanding contributions to the precision determination of fundamental quantities in particle physics."
To achieve the rank of Fellow within the APS, a member must be nominated by two other members of the society, at which point the application is reviewed by a Fellowship Committee that submits annually to the APS Executive Officer a list of nominees recommended for such election. The number of recommended nominees in each year does not exceed one-half percent of the then-current membership of the Society. Recommended nominees are presented to Council at the Elections Meeting and a majority vote of the Councilors present results in election.
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- Matthews Distinguished Professor Nath, gave the Rajendra Lal Mitra Professorship lecture (previously named Lord Ripon Endowment lecture) titled the "Quest for a Unified Theory", at the Indian Institute for the Cultivation of Sciences (IACS) at Calcutta on March 9.
He gave a public lecture on unified theories at the Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee on March 17, and received a plaque commemorating these lectures.
He also gave a plenary talk, "The Stueckelberg Extension of the Standard Model" at the International Workshop on Theoretical High Energy Physics at Roorkee March 15, and a talk of the same title at the IACS, Calcutta. His lecture at Roorkee was taped by the All India Television network (Doordarshan) for educational broadcast.
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- Professor Arun Bansil gave a talk at the international conference, "Science + Society: Closing the Gap," which was at the Westin Copley Place Hotel, January 19-21, 2007. He spoke about Northeastern's unique PASTEL Program, a major initiative designed to deliver a new generation of informal science programming to children and families in Boston through a collaboration by Northeastern University, The Museum of Fine Arts, the Boston Symphony Orchestra, Boston Public LIbraries, and the Citi Performing Arts Center. The talk was presented on Saturday, January 20 in the afternoon in the 1-3:30 pm concurrent session B. For more on the conference, visit: http://www.scienceandsocietyconference.com.
Read Northeastern's press release on the PASTEL Project: http://www.nupr.neu.edu/0107/pastel.shtml
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- Professor Stephen Reucroft was recently selected a Fellow of the American Physical Society, in recognition of "his leadership and outstanding contributions to the precision determination of fundamental quantities in particle physics." Full List of 2006 Fellow Selections: http://www.aps.org/programs/honors/fellowships/2006-fellows.cfm
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- 2006 Klein University Lecturer Professor Alain Karma's paper, "Orientation Selection in Dendritic Evolution" has been posted to Nature's Advance Online Publication website. Abstracts are available to everyone, full text to subscribers: http://dx.doi.org. DOI (digital object identifier) number is 10.1038/nmat1693.
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- Matthews Distinguished University Professor Pran Nath and graduate students Daniel Feldman and Zuowei Liu have shown that the discovery of a proposed particle, dubbed the Stueckelberg Z prime, is possible utilizing the data being collected in the CDF and DO experiments at the Fermilab Tevatron. The Stueckelberg Z prime particle, originally proposed by Boris Kors currently at CERN, Geneva, Switzerland and Pran Nath at Northeastern University in 2004, is so narrow that questions had been raised as to whether or not it could be detected. This new research, published in the July issue of Physical Review Letters, confirms that it can. The results are of importance because the discovery of this particle would provide a clue to the nature of physics beyond the Standard Model and a possible link with string theory.
http://www.northeastern.edu/newpr/7-06/particle.shtml
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- Congratulations to Assistant Professor Latika Menon who has received a 2006-2007 Research Development Award for her project, "Nano-Biodevices for Reliable, Long-term Stimulation and Recording of Neural Activity."
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- Congratulations to College of Arts and Sciences Distinguished Professor Alain Karma who has been selected Northeastern's 2006 Robert D. Klein University Lecturer. Professor Karma delivered histalk, "Ways of the Heart: Taming Cardiac Fibrillation", on Thursday, March 30, 2006 in 105 Shillman.
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- Vice Provost of Research and CAS Distinguished Professor Srinivas Sridhar is the Principal Investigator of a $3.3 million grant awarded by NCI and NSF. The co-principal investigators are Mansoor Amiji (Pharmaceutical Sciences), Gilda Barabino (Chemical Engineering), Sanjeev Mukerjee (Chemistry and Chemical Biology), and Mary Jo Ondrechen. The grant was awarded to fund a program to establish a new interdisciplinary doctoral education program in Nanomedical Science and Technology. http://www.nanotech.neu.edu/medicine/igert.htm
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