Department of Physics and Astronomy at a Glance
Degree enrollment as of November 24, 2021 69 Space Physics Majors 27 Astronomy Majors 2 Ph.D. students in Engineering Physics Advised by our Prescott faculty Student presentations for external audiences in 2021 8 American Astronomical Society Meeting Student Posters And Presentations 12 LIGO Student Presentations at Various Meetings/Symposia External funding New funding this fiscal year: LIGO Detector Characterization and Supernova Data Analysis, $150,000 Optical Path and Birefringence Characterization of Crystalline Coatings for Gravitational-wave Detectors, $143,000 The Spectroscopic Signature of New Dust Forming Around WR137, $40,000 Continued funding: Eta Carinae: X-ray Emission Line Diagnostics on the Approach to Periastron Passage The Current Dusty Outburst of the Long-Period Binary WR125 Eta Carinae: Taking the Plunge Multi-Messenger Astronomy with LIGO Gravitational-Wave Bursts
Grants concluded this fiscal year: RUI: Testing Spacetime Symmetry Foundations of General Relativity
New submissions (funding status pending): Improving Retention Rates and Computing Skills For Physics and Astronomy Students Through the Analysis of Binary Stars Theory and phenomenology of Einstein Equivalence Principle violations Recognition Professor Michele Zanolin awarded honorary title “Cavallieri della Croce” (Knight of the Cross) in his home municipality of Collechio, Italy Astronomy graduate Ashley Elliott received Chancellor’s Award at Spring 2021 graduation Society of Physics Students named an Outstanding Chapter for 2nd consecutive year
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