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D'Souza's research focuses on mathematical models of self-organization, phase transitions and the structure and function of networked systems.

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Jack Gunion has been awarded the APS J. J. Sakurai Prize in Theoretical Particle Physics. The citation reads:

Jack Gunion has been awarded the APS J. J. Sakurai Prize in Theoretical Particle Physics. The citation reads:

The James D. Cone Graduate Fellowship has been established through a generous donation made by Dave Cone, one of our very successful alumni. Dave's donation will be matched by the Office of Graduate Studies. The endowment will generate awards to graduate students, with preference given to students with interests in the areas of condensed matter. Recipients will be known as "Cone Fellows."

Published: September 2, 2016, 2:36 pm

The James D. Cone Graduate Fellowship has been established through a generous donation made by Dave Cone, one of our very successful alumni. Dave's donation will be matched by the Office of Graduate Studies. The endowment will generate awards to graduate students, with preference given to students with interests in the areas of condensed matter. Recipients will be known as "Cone Fellows."

Published: September 2, 2016, 2:36 pm

The National Academies Keck Futures Initiative - a project of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine - announced today the recipients of 11 grants awarded to support interdisciplinary projects related to art and science, engineering, and medicine frontier collaborations, the subject of the 13th annual Futures conference, held last November.

The National Academies Keck Futures Initiative - a project of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine - announced today the recipients of 11 grants awarded to support interdisciplinary projects related to art and science, engineering, and medicine frontier collaborations, the subject of the 13th annual Futures conference, held last November.

Nick Walsh, University of California, Davis, a recently graduating PhD student, was one of two winners of the graduate research award at the annual University and Industry Technical Interchange meeting sponsored by the Dept. of Energy for his poster presentation on "Investigation of a Neutron Spallation Cross-Section in Argon".

Published: June 10, 2016, 8:30 am

Nick Walsh, University of California, Davis, a recently graduating PhD student, was one of two winners of the graduate research award at the annual University and Industry Technical Interchange meeting sponsored by the Dept. of Energy for his poster presentation on "Investigation of a Neutron Spallation Cross-Section in Argon".

Published: June 10, 2016, 8:30 am

By Andy Fell on May 19, 2016 in Science & Technology

By Andy Fell on May 19, 2016 in Science & Technology

Tom and Ginny Cahill

May 18, 2016 —gift from two UC Davis faculty members will enhance environmental research in the Department of Physics.

Tom and Ginny Cahill

May 18, 2016 —gift from two UC Davis faculty members will enhance environmental research in the Department of Physics.

Stepping inside the Crocker Nuclear Laboratory control room is like transporting onto the set of a 1960s sci-fi flick. Bakelite knobs and flashing switches parade across sofa-sized control banks.

But control room operator Randy Kemmler has a more modern analogy. "I feel like I'm in The Simpsons," said Kemmler, referring to the Springfield Nuclear Power Plant, where Homer Simpson dozes and drools. "All I need is the dozen doughnuts."