- Emeritus Professor Fred Wu Listed Among Physics GreatsEmeritus Professor Fred Wu has been listed on the Net Advance of Physics Website among the all time greats in Physics. List
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Professor Alain Karma and Other Members of the NU Mathematics and Science Faculty Garners a 5-Year $1.98 Million NSF GrantAn initiative developed by members of Northeastern's mathematics and science faculty that will promote interest in those subjects among college and high school students by connecting them to research has garnered a five-year, $1.98 million grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF).
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news@Northeastern - Professor Sri Sridhar Keynote Speaker at Int'l ConferenceProfessor Sri Sridhar is the keynote speaker at the international conference, "Materials and Processes for Medical Devices", being held in Minneapolis, MN, August 10-12, 2009. He will speak on "Nanoplatforms for Nanomedicine". See conference.
- Professors Latika Menon and Don Heiman receives a 4-Yr Grant Totaling $640KProfessors Latika Menon and Don Heiman have received a $640K grant for a period of 4 years from NSF (DMR) for a project entitled "Magnetic and Optical Properties of Titania Nanotubes."
- Professor Latika Menon Receives $330K GrantCongratulations to Professor Latika Menon who has received a grant totaling $330K over a 3-year period for her proposal, GaN Nitride and Related Nanowires for Nanoscale Devices.
- Professor Don Heiman Receives $360K and $420K GrantsCongratulations to Prof. Don Heiman who has received a 3-year $360K grant from the NSF Division of Materials Research, entitled, Hybrid Ferromagnet/Semiconductor Nanodots and Nanowires. He has also won a 3-year $420K grant, entitled, Materials World Network: The Magnetostructural Response in Heterostructured Systems: A US-UK Collaboration.
- Professor Albert-László Barabási Awarded the Cozzarelli Prize by the National Academy of SciencesPhysics Professor and Director of the Center for Complex Network Research Albert-László Barabási has been awarded the Cozzarelli Prize by the National Academy of Sciences for authoring an original scientific paper...more
- Biomedical Physics Major Brandon Taylor This Year's Student Commencement SpeakerThe Class of 2009 received their baccalaureate degrees in morning exercises held at Boston's TD Banknorth Garden on May 1. Biomedical physics major Brandon Taylor, was selected as this year's student commencement speaker. More
- Professor Latika Menon's Research on Solar Water-Splitting Cells to Appear as the Cover Story in the Journal of Materials ChemistryProfessor Latika Menon's paper on the discovery of an unexpected boost for solar water-splitting cells to be published in Materials Chemistry. More
- Instructor Henry Smith Receives Award from NU Disability Resource CenterDr. Henry Smith was recognized for his outstanding service to students with disabilities at the 30th Anniversary Award Ceremony, hosted by the Disability Resource Center. The ceremony was held on Wednesday, April 15, 2009.
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Professor Albert-Laszlo Barabasi and PhD Candidate Pu Wang: It's Only A Matter of Time Before Computer Viruses Attack Smartphones
Northeastern researchers say that it’s only a matter of time before computer viruses attack smartphones, like the Blackberry and iPhone, on a massive scale. But their study may also hold the key to blunting the effects of these attacks.
Northeastern University physicist and network scientist Albert-László Barabási and his coauthors tracked the spreading potential of Bluetooth and multimedia messaging service (MMS) viruses. Writing in the latest issue of Science, they predict that these viruses will become a real threat to those smartphones that gain at least a 10 percent market share. More
- Professor Darien Wood featured on NSF Discovery Video Prominent recent results from DZero and CDF featured in NSF "Discovery" pieces. Look for video with Professor Darien Wood, DZero Co-Spokesman and Jacobo Konigsberg talking about high energy matter-antimatter collisions. View...
- Physics Grad Students Place in the Physical and Life Science Category at this Year's Research ExpoAt the annual Research and Scholarship Expo, held on March 26, 2009 at the Cabot Cage, over 240 posters were displayed, representing faculty and student research projects. Seven team presentations won first place in their category, including Thaya Paramanathan who won in the physical and life sciences category. Kathy Chaurasiya, was selected as the runner up. Both students are working in the Williams Lab.
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Professor Darien Wood, DZero Co-Spokesman, Quoted on New Constraints on the Higgs Mass by Fermilab Experiments
CDF/DZero experiments exclude significant fraction of Higgs territory.
"Fermilab's Tevatron collider typically produces about ten million collisions per second," said DZero co-spokesperson Darien Wood, of Northeastern University. "The Standard Model predicts how many times a year we should expect to see the Higgs boson in our detector, and how often we should see particle signals that can mimic a Higgs..." More
- Physics Students Help Factory Go GreenFor juniors Mark Martino and Brendan Tanguay, a "Made in China" sticker conjures up fond memories of their co-op abroad rather than concerns about the world economy. That's because for six months, they called home a plastics and electronics factory in Fenggang, China. More
- NU Physics to host 2009 QuarkNet MasterclassThis year Northeastern and the Department of Physics will once again host the Boston area QuarkNet Masterclass. It will be held Saturday, March 28. Local high school students and teachers will participate.
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Professor Latika Menon Co-Authors Research Advancing Nanowire Technology for Large-Scale ApplicationsResearchers at Northeastern created a network of nanowires that can be scaled up more efficiently and cost-effectively to create displays such as the NASDAQ sign in New York City’s Times Square.
Using Gallium nitride (GaN), a highly effective semiconductor material, the team created, for the first time, a horizontally aligned network of GaN nanowires, which are integral components in the development of electrical circuits in the nanoscale. GaN is currently used to create light-emitting diodes (LED) and blue and ultra-violet emitting lasers.
"Making devices that emit blue light and ultra-violet light is currently very expensive," said Latika Menon, Assistant Professor of Physics and co-author of the study. "The horizontal structure of the GaN nanowire network will result in a more cost-effective way to advance this technology."
More... - Professor Latika Menon's Resesearch Profiled on Nano Science and Technology Institute SiteR&D Profile: Vertically Arrange Gold Nanowires: An Interface for Live Neuronal Recordings describes Professor Latika Menon's research to understand the dynamic communication of neural networks in the brain--a critical challenge to neuroscientist. The potentials of nanotechnology have opened a new technical dimension with which to effectively investigate live neural networks. More
- Physics Grad Students Daniel Feldman and Adam Friedman win Dissertation Completion FellowshipsCongratuations to grad students Daniel Feldman and Adam Friedman who have been awarded Dissertation Completion Fellowships for the 2009 spring term. More
- Professor Latika Menon's Paper To Appear on the Cover of Journal of Materials Chemistry"Epitaxially Grown GaN Nanowire Networks" has been selected to appear on the front cover of Journal of Materials Chemistry. The paper is authored by Zhen Wu, M.G. Hahm, Y.J. Jung, and Professor Latika Menon. Read...