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Institute for Astrophysics and Computational Sciences (IACS)
The physics department is a medium-sized department with 30 regular, research, and adjunct faculty members and approximately 35 graduate students. Programs of study lead to M.S and Ph.D degrees in both pure and applied physics. The Institute for Astrophysics and Computational Sciences (IACS) also operates through the CUA Physics Department.
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Nobel Laureates R.A. Millikan and Niels Bohr at CUA |
Tanja Horn, assistant professors of physics, was invited for a series of lectures about her research at the Institute of Nuclear Physics of the University of Washington. Horn's talks on "The Jefferson Laboratory Upgrade to 12 GeV" (INT-09-3, Sept 14-18) and the "Physics at a High Energy Electron-Ion Collider" (INT-09-43W, Oct 19-23) also served as the prelude to the EICAC meeting at Jefferson Lab.
VSL awarded $36 million for research
CUA awarded $410,000 for Major Research Instrumentation
His Mission: To Resurrect a NASA Technology Whose Secrets Have Been Forgotten
Duilia de Mello and Steve Kraemer, both associate professors of physics, and physics doctoral students Rafael Eufrasio, Sara Petty and Elysse Voyer attended the XXVII General Assembly of the International Astronomical Union in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Aug. 3-14. De Mello was the keynote speaker at an Aug. 10 lunch organized by the union’s Working Group on Women in Astronomy and chaired an Aug. 12 session on “Complementary Insights from Mult-wavelength Coverage (UV-FIR)” at a symposium on “Star Clusters — Basic Galactic Building Blocks Throughout Time and Space.” Kraemer gave a talk on “Velocity Offsets Due to Mass Overflows in Active Galactic Nuclei” at a symposium on “Co-evolution of Central Black Holes and Galaxies.”
During the same trip, De Mello and Kraemer met with representatives of the Vatican Observatory, the Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile and the Pontificia Universidade Catolica de Rio de Janeiro to discuss ongoing collaboration with the Vatican Observatory. The International Network of Catholic Astronomers has provided CUA physics graduate students with access to the Vatican Observatory in Arizona and, in the near future, will facilitate interactions between faculty and graduate students among the member universities.
Duilia de Mello, associate professor, physics, wrote the book Vivendo com as estrelas (Living with Stars), published in August by Panda Books in Brazil.
Gordon Research Conference
