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John Jaszczak Publishes in Rocks and Minerals

Rocks And MineralsJohn Jaszczak, professor of physics and adjunct curator of the A. E. Seaman Mineral Museum authored/co-authored three papers in the March-April 2013 issue of the journal Rocks and Minerals: “Raman Spectroscopy in the Identification of Minerals“, “Miracle at Merelani: A Remarkable Occurrence of Graphite, Diopside and Associated Minerals from the Karo Pit, Block D, Merelani Hills, Arusha Region, Tanzania,” and “Fluorapatite from a Remarkable Occurrence of Graphite and Associated Minerals from the Karo Pit, Block D, Merelani Hills, Arusha Region, Tanzania.”

From Tech Today.

Spacetime Brew in Michigan Tech Research Magazine 2013

Space Time BrewSpacetime: A Smoother Brew Than We Knew

Spacetime may be less like beer and more like cognac. Or so an intergalactic photo finish would suggest. Michigan Tech physicist Robert Nemiroff reached this heady conclusion after studying the tracings of three photons of differing wavelengths recorded by NASA’s Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope in May 2009.

Read more in Michigan Tech Research Magazine, by Marcia Goodrich.

Kantamneni, Gurganus, Beals, Yapici, Hao and Savailkar at GRC 2013

Graduate students in Physics will be giving poster and oral presentations at the Graduate Research Colloquium 2013. Their presentations will take place on the second day of the colloquium, February 22, 2013, in the MUB Ballrooms A & B. Presenters, abstracts, and schedules are posted on the Graduate Student Government website.

Day 2 Feb 22 Poster Presentations 10am-12pm
Abhilash Kantamneni

Day 2 Feb 22 Oral Presentations 1:00pm to 3:00 pm
Colin Gurganus
Matthew Beals
Tolga Yapici
Boyi Hao
Madhusudan Savaikar

GRC Awards Banquet 2013

A night of food and festivity to celebrate the best of Michigan Tech in research, scholarship and service.

View the gallery on the GSG Facebook page.