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Image of a stack of atomically-thin layers

2018 Wei Family Foundation Lecture

Learn how atomic “sandwich” structures provide unprecedented opportunities for designing new materials

KC Walsh writing on the light board

Lights, Action, Physics!

KC Walsh brings a playful touch to science

A biological motor that switches gears from forward to reverse

The Qiu biophysics group discovered a biological motor that travels in different directions depending on context. Click to watch the animation. Their discovery is reported in Nature Communications.

Examining the link between gamma-ray bursts and gravitational waves

The Lazzati astrophysics group uses computational modeling to predict the signatures of powerful astronomical explosions

Graham Laboratory

Take a tour of the Micro-Femto Energetics Lab. Professor Matt Graham and graduate students Kyle Vogt and Hiral Patel discuss the research performed in their lab.

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Scheduled Events

Feb
20
2019
SSO Seminar Dr. Zhengjun Wang, West Virginia University Investigations into the nature of magnetism in transition-metal-doped phthalocyanines 304 Weniger at 16:00
Feb
25
2019
Colloquium Laura Jeanty (UofO) TBA WNGR 328 at 16:00
Feb
27
2019
SSO Seminar APS Speakers, Dan McCulley, Mitch Senger APS Practice: Field-Enhanced Exciton Dissociation in Carbon Nanotube Photodiodes, Universal interaction-driven gap in metallic carbon nanotubes 304 Weniger at 16:00
Feb
28
2019
Outreach event Student and faculty volunteers Periwinkle Family Science Night Periwinkle Elementary School, Albany at 18:30
Mar
04
2019
Colloquium Eric Kuo (University of Pittsburgh) TBD Weniger 328 at 16:00
Mar
11
2019
Colloquium Kazuhiro Oiwa (NICT, Japan) TBA WNGR 328 at 16:00
Mar
15
2019
Open House Prospective Grad Student Open House Weniger 328 at 08:00
Apr
03
2019
SSO Seminar Tyler Parsotan Photospheric Polarization Signatures of Long Gamma Ray Bursts 304 Weniger at 16:00
Apr
08
2019
Colloquium Prof. Vikram Deshpande, U. Utah Dirac Electrons in One, Two and Three Dimensions TBD at 16:00
Apr
10
2019
Colloquium David Sivak (Simon Fraser University) TBA WNGR 304 at 16:00

News from the Department of Physics Blog

Physics Feed

Prof. Ethan Minot receives the 2018 Milton Harris Award in Basic Research

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Feb 11, 2019

A belated post from last Fall: Ethan Minot, associate professor of physics, received the Milton Harris Award in Basic Research for his impressive accomplishments as a scientist. At Oregon State, Minot has built a world-class materials physics laboratory for the study of the structure and properties of carbon nanomaterials and devices for nanoelectronics. His research… Continue reading →

The post Prof. Ethan Minot receives the 2018 Milton Harris Award in Basic Research appeared first on The Spectrometer.

Science Outreach at Local School

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Jan 28, 2019

Undergraduate volunteers from the Department of Physics presented kid-friendly demonstrations at the annual Family Science Night at Franklin School, Corvallis, on January 24th. The hands-on demonstrations focused on the electromagnetic spectrum, from invisible infra-red wavelengths to ultra-violet wavelengths, and everything in between. With an infra-red camera, kids could see through black plastic bags and… Continue reading →

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Oksana Ostroverkhova is editor of Elsevier’s new Handbook

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Jan 7, 2019

Oksana Ostroverkhova, Professor of Physics at Oregon State University, and a leading expert on organic electronics, is the editor of the second edition of Elsevier Publishing Company’s “Handbook of Organic Materials for Electronic and Photonic Devices”. This 911-page handbook provides an overview of the materials, mechanisms, characterization techniques, and structure property relationships of organic electronic… Continue reading →

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Student Profile: A seniors gut decision in high school to major in physics holds steady four years later

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Aug 14, 2018

Reposted from impact.science.oregonstate.edu A seniors gut decision in high school to major in physics holds steady four years later Looking back on his gut decision in high school to major in physics after taking a class in it, graduating senior Abe Teklu remains somewhat mystified. I guess I was just really confident, he laughs. Abe… Continue reading →

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Bee-ophysics in the news – Ostroverkhova lab studies bee visual response

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Aug 8, 2018

The Ostroverkhova group’s work on bee vision had attracted a lot of attention! KATU has an interview with Oksana Ostroverkhova at: https://katu.com/news/local/wild-bees-are-attracted-to-blue-fluorescent-light-oregon-state-university-research-finds Sci-news has an article http://www.sci-news.com/biology/bees-blue-fluorescent-light-06121.html and there is a press release to go with their recent paper in Journal of Comparative Physiology A. https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00359-018-1269-x CORVALLIS, Ore. Researchers at Oregon State University have… Continue reading →

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