The Physics Department is starting a new communication program, using online media to communicate to the world about our scholarly activities. Over the next year we will be developing a collection of multi-media “stories” for a range of audiences with whom we wish to be in touch – prospective students, prospective faculty, and Department alumni, among others.
We’re always looking for good stories. If you’re a member of the Duke Physics community, past or present, let us know what you’re up to.
Stay in touch,
Dan Gauthier,
Chair of Duke University’s Physics Department,
Professor of Physics and Biomedical Engineering
The quest for understanding often leads physics researchers and students to the far corners of the world. This summer, Horacio Carias, graduate student at Duke Physics, spent five weeks in Cyprus and Israel studying electron tunneling. He participated in an international symposium, spent untold hours doing research, and still found time to ride a camel and visit the Pyramids.
Ariana Minot, a senior physics and mathematics major from Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida, spent nearly three months at the Large Hadron Collider at CERN this summer, observing the paths of sub-atomic particles and the working habits of high-energy physicists.
Professor Henry Greenside has co-authored a graduate-level textbook called Pattern Formation and Dynamics in Nonequilibrium Systems.