News
May
Alumni news: Khandaker Zahid (MS 2005) joins Chevron
05/23/2013
Alumni news: Khandaker Zahid (MS 2005) joins Chevron
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Paper Featured in Phys. Rev. Letters
05/22/2013
A colloboration including Prof. F. Robicheaux of the Auburn University Physics Department has published a paper featured in Phys. Rev. Letters. It describes a newly-developed quantum microscope that uses photoionization and an electrostatic magnifying lens to directly observe the electron orbitals of an excited hydrogen atom.
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Congratulations to Nur Uddin Md Khaled Chowdhury
05/22/2013
Congratulations to Nur Uddin Md. Khaled Chowdhury for receiving an AAPG grant in aid through SEAPEX, the South East Asia Petroleum Exploration Society, for his thesis research on the petrofacies and geochronology of Gondwanan sequences in South Asia. Khaled was the only AAPG awardee from the state of Alabama, and he also received a large research grant from GSA in April. Khaled is shown here in the field in Jharia basin in Bihar, India. The rocks are alternating arkosic cross-bedded sandstones and laminated mudrocks of an upper Paleozoic Gondwana sequence.
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05/20/2013
More than 80 scientists attended the 2013 meeting of the Southeast Theoretical Chemistry Association at Auburn University on May 9-11, 2013. This meeting was organized by faculty and graduate students in the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry and was sponsored by Gaussian, Incorporated, the College of Sciences and Mathematics and the Office of the Vice President for Research. Pictures of the conference will be posted at the conference web site.
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Dr. Ralph B. Bennett Memorial Endowed Fund for Excellence
05/20/2013
The Department of Mathematics and Statistics (DMS) received the Dr. Ralph B. Bennett Memorial Endowed Fund for Excellence. The Fund will be used to recognize outstanding DMS graduate students in the form of Dr. Ralph B. Bennett Memorial Graduate Fellowship. The Fund may also be used as an undergraduate scholarship for students majoring in mathematics or statistics according to the Agreement.
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Nicholas Giordano named dean of Auburn’s College of Sciences and Mathematics
05/15/2013
AUBURN UNIVERSITY – Following a national search, Purdue University Professor and Head of the Department of Physics Nicholas Giordano has been named dean of the Auburn University College of Sciences and Mathematics, effective Aug. 5.
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SWSM Outstanding Graduate Student Award for Caley Allen
05/13/2013
The Society of Women in Sciences and Mathematics has given its Outstanding Graduate Student Award to Caley Allen, who received her Ph.D. at the May commencement. Dr. Allen was a graduate student in the research group of Associate Professor Orlando Acevedo and will soon begin a postdoctoral fellowship at Georgia Tech.
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Behind the predictions at The Weather Channel: student group receives tour
05/09/2013
Students in assistant professor Chandana Mitra's Climatology class in the Department of Geology and Geography visited The Weather Channel in Atlanta in March. The purpose of the trip was to engage students in learning opportunities outside of the classroom.
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Dr. John Dykes makes emergency trip to Panama to save two-day old infant
05/09/2013
Dr. John Dykes, microbiology '05, is conducting a three-year fellowship in pediatric cardiology at Miami Children's Hospital. As a fellow, Dykes rotates through the Cardiac Catheterization Lab, Cardiac Intensive Care Unit, Echocardiography, and inpatient and consultation services. When needed, he assists in medical transport and flies with the specialized pediatric paramedic transport team to retrieve high-risk patients. Recently, he even made an emergency trip to Panama to pick up a two-day-old baby who was suffering from a complex congenital heart disease called Transposition of the Great Arteries, a condition where the major vessels leaving the heart are switched, and oxygenated blood cannot get to the baby's systemic circulation. This is the infant-rescue story in Dykes' own words:
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Arboretum honored for sustainability at first annual Spirit of Sustainability Awards
05/09/2013
The Donald E. Davis Arboretum received a Spirit of Sustainability Award from the Auburn University Office of Sustainability. Winners were announced at the first annual Spirit of Sustainability Awards ceremony on April 16. The campus-wide awards program was established to recognize Auburn University students, faculty, staff and alumni that exemplify the Auburn spirit by demonstrating accomplishments promoting sustainability on campus or in the community at large.
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Engleman discusses what to look for in the summer night sky, upcoming celestial events and tips
05/09/2013
Do you want to learn more about the night sky? Nicole Engleman, a graduate student in physics at Auburn who has taught the astronomy lab, suggests two simple things people can do to enhance their sky-watching enjoyment: purchase a pair of binoculars and locate a start chart.
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COSAM opens Biodiversity Learning Center
05/09/2013
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New Summer Course, 'Survey of Multi-modality Molecular Imaging' to be offered.
05/06/2013
Recently university approval was given to offer a 2 hr course for senior undergrads and graduate students called "Survey of Multi-modality Molecular Imaging." The course is a collaboration between Drs. Peter Panizzi (Pharmacy) Thomas Denny (Au MRI / Electrical Engineering), Ronald Beyers (Au MRI / Electrical Engineering), Raj Amin (HSOP), Michael Miller (OVPR / COSAM) and Anthony Moss (COSAM). In short, the course is designed to present background, significance, usage and limitations to current imaging modalities, like basic / fluorescence microscopy, flow cytometry, bioluminescence imaging, x-ray, CT, and MRI. There are also selected tours of the Auburn's various imaging capabilities / cores / centers, which will be scheduled so that members of the class will meet at that location on the indicated day. No transportation will be arrange by the lecturers for this purpose. The tentative time for the course is Tuesday / Thursday 1:30-3pm starting out in the HSOP.
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Geology and Geography Canoe Trip
05/01/2013
Geology and Geography Canoe Trip
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