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Image Credit: Chris Fassnacht

Graduate student Geoff Chen, Professor Chris Fassnacht, and colleagues published in the Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society describing their work on estimating the Hubble constant.

See the UC Davis News article here: https://www.ucdavis.edu/news/new-measurement-hubbl...

Dr. Gong Chen, Project Scientist in the UC Davis Physics Department, submitted his Spin polarized LEEM image to the Molecular Foundry nanoscience research facility at Berkeley Lab as part of their National Nano Day celebration. He won First Place! Read more about the image and the competition here:

https://foundry.lbl.gov/2019/10/17/announcing-the-...

Published: October 22, 2019, 4:53 pm

Diversity and Inclusion in Physics, or DIP, is an organization of graduate students committed to creating a safe and inclusive work environment and discussion forum. Our meetings are a way to participate in active and reflective discussions and events that address diversity, inclusion, social justice, race, and equity issues.

The work of Andrew Wetzel, UC Davis Hellman Fellow 2019, was featured in a PNAS article on simulations of galaxy formation, aimed at the general public.

Please read the full article here: https://www.pnas.org/content/116/40/19765

Melting Protons at CERN, Professor Calderon de la Barca Sanchez's research, featured on the UC Davis curiosity news site.
See the full article here: https://www.ucdavis.edu/curiosity/news/melting-protons-at-cern

Published: September 20, 2019, 10:18 am

From the article on the UC Davis Office of Research Website:

Maxwell Chertok and other researchers at UC Davis are testing mechanical structures at the McClellan Nuclear Research Center to find a material that will be able to withstand the radiation environment of the [Large Hadron Collider].

Distinguished Professor Emeritus Chuck Fadley succumbed to cancer on August 1, 2019. Chuck was an Advanced Light Source professor with a split appointment between UC Davis and Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory. He proved by example how well such an appointment could work, seeming to give 100% of his effort to each institution.

Winston Ko, professor emeritus of physics and former department chair and Dean of Mathematics and Physical Sciences, died unexpectedly on July 26, 2019 while hiking in Big Sur. A campus memorial service will be planned.

https://physics.ucdavis.edu/people/memorials/winsto...

"Secrets of the Universe" world premiere was held July 10th at the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum, Washington, DC. In this IMAX movie, UCD Physics Professor Manuel Calderon de la Barca Sanchez takes us on a tour of CERN.

Theater Listings https://secretsoftheuniversefilm.com/theater-listings/

Raissa D'Souza, Professor in the University of California, Davis departments of Computer Science and Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, and faculty member of the Physics Graduate Program, has been appointed Lead Editor of Physical Review Research.

From the APS Website:

"Hyperion Research today announced the 14th round of recipients of the HPC Innovation Excellence Award at the ISC19 supercomputer industry conference in Frankfurt, Germany. ... The HPC Innovation Excellence Award recognized achievements by users of high performance computing (HPC) technologies.
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The Physics show, "Avengers: Infinity Wire", won the Picnic Day Exhibit Award in 2019 for most fascinating demonstration that stimulates the imagination!

Are you excited for Avengers: Endgame? Did you want a refresher on the first film? Watch the Physics Club Picnic Day show as Tony Quark and his young pupil Peter Plancker stop Thorium Americium Osmium (ThAmOs) from collecting the fundamental particles and altering reality.

Published: April 30, 2019, 2:26 pm

Congratulations to the following graduate students:

Vsevolod Ivanov for being selected by Graduate Studies to receive a 2018-2019 Outstanding Graduate Student Teaching Award and to Vincent Cheung and Michael Flynn for receiving the Ryan Couch Travel Award!

Vsevolod Ivano

Vincent Cheung

MIchael Flynn

Published: April 26, 2019, 4:03 pm