Katrina Black
University of Maine
Research Associate
Thursday, March 31, 2011
4:00 pm, Fisher 139
Professor John Jaszczak (Physics), adjunct curator of the Seaman Mineral Museum, coauthored a paper, “Relationship between structure, morphology, and carbon isotopic composition of graphite in marbles: Implications for calcite-graphite carbon isotope thermometry,” which was recently published in an issue of the American Mineralogist.
Ashim Chakravarty
Physics Department
Michigan Technological University
Thursday, March 24, 2011
4:00 pm, Fisher 139
Amir Shahmoradi
Physics Department
Michigan Technological University
Thursday, March 24, 2011
4:00 pm, Fisher 139
Dr. Joseph Roti Roti, a 1965 physics graduate, has many interests. He is a retired radiation biologist still involved in the teaching of radiation oncology residents and currently professor emeritus, department of radiation oncology at Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri. He holds a BS in physics from Michigan Tech and a PhD in biophysics from the University of Rochester.
Joseph Roti Roti will present a gallery talk entitled “The Fascinating World of Dragonflies: Dragonflies through the Camera Lens” on April 7 in the Niles District Library in Niles, Michigan. The Roti Roti family been involved with nature art and conservation for four generations. There is a Roti Roti Gallery in the Buchanen Art Center, Buchanen, Michigan. Joseph Roti Roti is among the Distinguished Alumni in the Academy of Sciences and Arts at Michigan Tech.
The Graduate School Government sponsored a campuswide research symposium on March 3-4, 2011. The main events of this symposium were a Poster Presentation Session and a Research Colloquium. A joint physics and mechanical engineering-engineering mechanics poster was presented, Zinc Oxide nanostructures decorated with Core Shell quantum dots for energy harvesting applications by Abhishek Prasad, Archana Pandey, Karl Walczak, Advisors: Drs. Craig Friedrich and Yoke Khin Yap.
W. Patrick Arnott
Department of Physics and Atmospheric Sciences
University of Nevada Reno, Reno NV
Thursday, March 17, 2011
4:00 pm, Fisher 139
The Outstanding Young Alumni Award is presented each year to alumni under the age of 35 who have distinguished themselves in their careers. The award recognizes the achievement of a position or some distinction noteworthy for one so recently graduated. The 2011 recipient is Katerina Aifantis, BS Engineering 2002.
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Madhusudan Savaikar
Physics Department
Michigan Technological University
Thursday, March 3, 2011
4:00 pm, Fisher 139