PROSPECTing for Antineutrinos
The Precision Reactor Oscillation and Spectrum Experiment (PROSPECT) has completed the installation of a novel antineutrino detector that will probe the possible existence of a new form of matter...
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Battery Researchers Publish Findings
Longtime Illinois Tech battery researcher and faculty member Carlo Segre, Duchossois Professor of Physics and interim chair of the Department of Chemistry, along with Research Associate Professor of...
Five Physics Undergraduates Win Competitive Summer Research Positions
Five Illinois Tech physics undergraduates have won competitive research internships for summer 2018 at Argonne National Laboratory, Northwestern University, Princeton University, and University of...
Physics Professor Jeff Terry Featured on the New 3M "Champions of Science" Podcast
In the new 3M podcast series "Champions of Science," issues related to the global perception of science are discussed "with some of the brightest minds in the field." "Science has advanced rapidly in...
College of Science’s Segre and Timofeeva Publish Three New Papers on Battery Research
Illinois Tech researchers have recently published three new papers that study the structural basis for improved battery electrode performance and suggest that higher capacities are possible with...
Physics’ S.Y. Chen Chairs and Gives Talk at NCRP Symposium on Radioactive Waste Management
S.Y. Chen, Master of Health Physics program director and senior lecturer in physics, was chair of the National Council on Radiation Protection and Measurements (NCRP) symposium, “Emerging Issues in...
College of Science Now Accepting Undergraduate Summer Research Stipend Nominations
The College of Science is now accepting nominations for Undergraduate Summer Research Stipends for summer 2018. This program allows undergraduates to do paid research with College of Science faculty...
Recent Physics Ph.D. Alum Martina Martinello Wins Prestigious Doctoral Award
Martina Martinello (PHYS Ph.D. ‘16) has won the 2018 Particle Accelerator Science and Technology (PAST) Doctoral Student Award “for contributions to physical understanding of limiting factors in SRF...
Illinois Tech’s PROSPECT Team Helps To Construct and Assemble Neutrino Detector
The Precision Oscillation Spectrum Experiment (PROSPECT) is closer to realization, thanks in part to the work of Illinois Tech researchers. This summer and early fall, members of Illinois Tech’s...
Physics Ph.D. Candidate Nicole Neveu Shares Career Path, Argonne Wakefield Accelerator (AWA) Research in Adopt-a-Physicist Program
Physics Ph.D. candidate Nicole Neveu researches next-generation particle accelerator technology at the Argonne Wakefield Accelerator (AWA) facility at Argonne National Laboratory. This fall, for three...