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Lifetime and Efficiency of Dye-Sensitized Polymer Solar Cells
Kyle Bandaccari, Grace Chesmore, and Parisa Valverde aim to investigate the effects of dyes on the lifetime of the model PCBM:P3HT active layer.
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Major Grant Announcement
Professor Betty Young has received a 4 year subaward from the University of California Berkeley to support her SCU group's work on the SuperCDMS SNOLAB experiment.
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Pushing Technological and Geographical Boundaries in Pursuit of Excellence
Bryan Berggren '16 and Professor Chris Weber study materials with a sophisticated titanium sapphire laser.
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Student Research Spotlight: Superconducting Sensor Arrays
Senior Max Silva-Feaver works in the lab of Professor Betty Young building and optimizing advanced superconducting transition-edge sensor arrays.
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New Faces in the Department
Meet the new faces in the department: Dr. Kristin Kulas, Dr. Omid ahmadi-Gorgi, Dr. Sucheta Jawalkar, and Dr. Nathan Williams
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Faculty Spotlight: Professor Rich Barber
Solar Cells Made from Goo
Read about the collaboration between Rich Barber (Physics) and Brian McNelis (Chemistry and Biochemistry) and solar cells made from goo.
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Father Carl Hayn, S.J. (1916—2014)
Our beloved colleague, Fr. Carl Hayn, S.J., died October 21, 2014 at Sacred Heart Jesuit Center in Los Gatos at the age of 98. He had been the oldest living member of the California Province of the Society of Jesus.
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Charles Hall, Physics '13
Charles currently works on unmanned solar powered aircraft for Titan Aerospace Project at Google.
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Catching Up with Alumni: Will Boenig, Engineering Physics '04
Will earned his MS in Structural Engineering from Stanford and currently works in Denver.
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Catching Up with Alumni: Jimmy Williams, Engineering Physics '02
See what Jimmy Williams '02 is up to.
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Feb 9: Transport Phenomena and the Chiral Anomaly in Weyl Semimetals
In this talk, Pavan Hosur will discuss various transport properties of WSMs and describe a proposal to probe the chiral anomaly via optical transmission experiments.
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Feb 23: Quantum Computing with Bose-Einstein Condensates and Effective Nonlinearities
In this talk, Tom Wong will show that such realistic nonlinearities confer a significant, but not unreasonable, computational advantage when searching a "database."
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Physics Colloquium
Magnetic conducting two-dimensional electrons on the surface of a three-dimensional insulator
Monday, February 29, 2016 4:00 – 5:00 PM Daly Science 317 Dr. Alex Contryman Stanford University Physics Department
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Qubits as Nanoscale Sensors
Guy Ramon and collaborators just published an in-depth modern review paper on exciting developments in solid-state quantum qubits.
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Probing the Ultrafast Response of Atomically Thin Black Phosphorus
Bryan Berggren along with his faculty mentors, Keshav Dani and Chris Weber, research the ultrafast response of atomically thin black phosphorus.
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Orbital Modeling Two-Electron Spin Qubits in Semiconductor Quantum Dots
Zach White with his faculty mentor Guy Ramon explore orbital modeling two-electron spin qubits in semiconductor quantum dots.
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Summer internship Propels SCU Student Toward NASA Career
Applies math and physics to NASA simulation
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SCU Department of Physics Welcomes Dr. Bachana Lomsadze to Faculty
Excited to engage SCU students in laser spectroscopy research
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New Opportunities in Observational Astronomy and Astrophysics
Kristin Kulas and students collaborate with NASA Ames
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Bridging the Gap between Science and Technology
Bachana Lomasdze published a perspective article on frequency comb-based coherent spectroscopy.
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Two Santa Clara Students Win Goldwater Awards
Two Santa Clara University students have won Goldwater Scholarships, awarded to outstanding undergraduate students majoring in the natural sciences, engineering, or mathematics who intend to pursue research careers in these fields.
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Bachana Lomsadze Receives Prestigious NSF Early CAREER Award
This five-year grant will enable Professor Lomsadze and his group to work on a very exciting and cutting-edge research project.
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Geoff Fox Supercross videos aired on NBC Sports
Dr. Fox uses conservation of angular momentum to explain common motorcross dynamics.
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Going Beyond the Science
Senior Skyler Weight is a Physics wizz who has also loved taking humanities courses at Santa Clara University.
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New Faculty Member - Dr. Shan Wu
Dr. Shan Wu has joined the Physics Department as an assistant professor this Fall.
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Bachana Lomsadze Recognized by the College of Arts and Sciences
Bachana Lomsadze awarded the Professor Joseph Bayma, S.J., Scholarship Award
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Rich Barber Recognized by the College of Arts and Sciences
Rich Barber awarded the Bernard Hubbard S.J. Creative Collaboration Award
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2023 APS Far West Section Meeting
Eight SCU students present research at UC San Diego
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Astronomy Night
Students Travel to Lick Observatory
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2022-23 Distinguished SPS Chapter Award
Santa Clara University SPS Chapter recognized