Department of Physics Alumni
News and Events
Department News
- Purdue researchers find correlations between nuclear decay rates and earth-sun distance
- Purdue scientists helped build giant collider (Chicago Tribune)
- Professors Ian Shipsey and Virgil Barnes interviewed about the LHC (WTHR.com)
- Physics team finds indication of conical emission of subatomic particles
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Press Releases
- Stars aligned for Purdue physicist and international research group
- Purdue alumna establishes new graduate fellowship for Department of Physics
- Purdue part of project to create telescope of astronomical proportions
- Purdue scientists, students help create a key piece of one of the world's most powerful cameras
- Cell phone sensors detect radiation to thwart nuclear terrorism
- Professor Matthew Lister - Very Long Baseline Array Movies Reveal New Details of Cosmic Jets
- Purdue helps teacher add science to students' iPod playlists
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Physics News
- Particle physicists pick up Nobel Prize (physicsworld.com, Oct 7th 2008)
- Giant Furnace Opens to Reveal 'Perfect' LSST Mirror Blank
- Satellite captures HD video of earthrise over the moon (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency)
- String Theory in Two minutes (Discover Magazine)
- physics.physorg.com
The Purdue Department of Physics is proud to have been associated with a large number of quality scientists over nearly a century as students, faculty or staff. Among them are such illustrious people as Julian S. Schwinger (Purdue faculty in 1940's, Nobel Prize 1965) and Ben Roy Mottelson (BS Purdue 1947, Nobel Prize 1975).
These pages are intended as both a tribute to our alums as well as an inspiration to our students. Here you will find our stories about our Distinguished Alumni, reports of recent alumni events, and the results of an alumni survey. The survey was designed to provide a link between our alums and our students. If you have not contributed to the survey, we encourage you to do so. Be sure to come back often to keep up to date on Purdue Physics Alumni.
2008 Distinguished Science Alumni Award
BS '71, Purdue University
MS '73, Purdue University
PhD '75, Purdue University
2007 Outstanding Alumni Award
The 2007 Physics Outstanding Alumni visited Purdue University on Friday, 4 October. Recipients Mario Paniccia, William Morse, J. Thomas Gruenwald, and Celeste Bottorff were honored for their contributions and leadership within their professions. During their visit the honorees met with the College of Science Dean, Jeffrey Vitter, addressed the faculty, and toured the campus and the Physics department.
