Professor of Physics Miguel Levy was recognized for outstanding and fundamental contributions in the areas of magneto-optic and opto-electronic films, and extensions of the theory and applications of magneto-optic photonic crystals. Election to the rank of Fellow is based on outstanding contributions to optics… [read more]
Syd Johnson, assistant professor of philosophy and adjunct professor of kinesiology and integrative physiology, has studied the impact of concussions and is joining those who urge revolutionary changes in hockey and football. Johnson promotes no body checking until elite level programs… [read more]
Robert Nemiroff of the Department of Physics presented at the American Astronomical Society meeting this month on gamma ray bursts. The work was on a race between two energetic photons that began more than 7 billion years ago and spanned half the cosmos, ending in a virtual dead heat… [read more]
Valoree Gagnon is Michigan Tech’s nominee for the Midwestern Association of Graduate Schools Distinguished Thesis Award. Gagnon is now a PhD student in environmental and energy policy, her work is funded by a National Science Foundation fellowship, and she was nominated for the thesis award by her advisor, Associate Professor Carol MacLennan, of the Department of Social Sciences… [read more]