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Course Syllabi Available Online PDF Print E-mail

All current physics and optics course syllabi will now be offered online!  If you lose your syllabus, or your link to your course website, you can always visit us here at the DPOS website, and follow our link for "Courses" on the main menu to access info for your course.

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Associate Professor Vasily Astratov awarded NSF Grant PDF Print E-mail
astratov2.gifCongratulations to Dr. Vasily Astratov, who is a new recepient of a 3-year National Science Foundation ECCS award: Mesoscale Structures and Photonic Devices based on Coupled Spherical Cavities, $296,647.00, as of Aug 2008 to July 2011. This project is devoted to “mesophotonics” – novel area of photonics dealing with the optical properties of mesoscopic systems of coupled cavities with dimensions in the order of several wavelengths. The focus of this project is on developing new concepts related to light transport in such systems including photonic nanojet-induced modes, percolation of whispering gallery modes and the role of structural disorder and dimensionality. At the device level, the project will develop designs where coupled cavities are applied to tight focusing micro-probes, sensors, and compact spectrometers.  More information on Dr. Astratov and his research can be found on his Research Website .
 
Assistant Professor Ana Jofre wins ORAU Award! PDF Print E-mail

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Congratulations to Dr. Ana Jofre who has been awarded the Ralph E. Powe Junior Faculty Enhancement Award from Oak Ridge Associated Universities (ORAU).  The award recognizes faculty members who are within two years of their initial tenure-track appointments for their work in the sciences.  Dr. Jofre will use the award to conduct single molecule studies of myosin V conformations using optically trapped femtoliter droplets.  Myosin V is a motor protein that is responsible for intracellular transport.  Studying conformational changes in myosin V will address one of the main questions in the field of motor protein structure/function, which is how these proteins convert chemical energy into mechanical motions.
 
Graduate Student Mingzhen Tang Wins Spectra-Physics Research Excellence Travel Award PDF Print E-mail

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Spectra-Physics Research Excellence Travel Awards were presented this year at the SPIE conference in Newport.  SPIE Student Services hosted the Student Lunch with the Experts, to give students a chance to network and gain advice from industry and academic leaders. The Newport and Spectra-Physics Research Excellence Travel Awards presentations were made during the lunch. Randy Heyler, senior director of Strategic Marketing for Newport, (second from right, in front of podium) presented $15,000 in travel awards to student researchers at a luncheon at SPIE Photonics West

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Students who attended to accept the awards were as follows: Taeyoung Choi, University of Arizona; Eric Diebold, Harvard University; Juejun Hu, MIT; Toufic Jabbour, University of Central Florida; Chih-wen “Wendy” Kan, University of Texas at Austin; Matthew Lew, Calif.l Institute of Tech; Yutin Lin, UCalif, Irvine; Suprahja Murali, Univ. of Central Florida; Jaesook Park, University of Texas at Austin; Leo Siiman, U. Central Florida; Mingzhen Tang, U NC at Charlotte; Nitin Uppal, U Texas, Arlington; Hongying Zhu, U Missouri, Columbia; Narasimhan Rajaram, U Texas, Austin. Also winning an award, but not pictured: Tina Shih, Harvard Univ.

SPIE President Kevin Harding and representatives from Newport are also in the photo with the award winners.

 
Undergraduates Sarah Gray and Mark Green Win 2007 Scholarships PDF Print E-mail

Congratulations to our 2007 Professor Silverio Almeida Scholarship recipient, Sarah Gray!

sarahgray.jpg Sarah Gray is a senior, double majoring in mathematics and physics.  Physics has always been interesting to her, but it wasn't required in her high school and wasn't even offered every semester.  She did take her first physics course during her senior year in high school and that is when she decided to minor in it.  Sarah thanks Dr. Leilabady and Nic Scott, because during her sophomore year in college here at UNCC, they convinced her to become a double major.  Sarah is from Lincolnton, NC and tied for the youngest of 4 with her identical twin sister.  She likes to be involved at school and in her home life.  She loves animals and kids.  She tells us, "The reason I love physics so much is because it brings answers, it helps me understand everything in the world and universe around me."

Congratulations to our 2007 Professor Victor Pollak Scholarship recipient, Mark Green! 

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Mark Green is a physics major, hailing originally from a town located near Erie, Pennsylvania. He was originally planning to study engineering; however, he soon realized that physics would be a far better choice for him. He tells us, "I have always enjoyed the concept of understanding how the world works, so studying physics, which not only describes how the world works through math but also gives a theoretical framework to describe why it works the way it does, became my logical direction in college."  Mark enjoys working for Tutorial Services. In his free time he generally likes to read a variety of books or to spend time with my friends, whether playing pick-up games of basketball or just talking over lunch.

 

 

 

 

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University of North Carolina
at Charlotte
Physics and Optical Science
Grigg Hall 306
9201 University City Boulevard
Charlotte, NC 28223
Phone: 704-687-8132
Fax: 704-687-8197

Department Chair

Faramarz Farahi