News & Events
Recent news and updates from the UND Department of Physics & Astrophysics.
Dark Energy
The Dark Energy Survey, which Dr. Barkhouse is part of, has released its first major cosmology results showing the structure of dark matter in the universe.
UND Provost Postdoctoral Presentation Award
Dr. Soumya Banerjee, a postdoc with Dr. Öncel, won this award at the recently held Annual Conference of the North Dakota Academy of Sciences.
Book
Dr. William Schwalm has published a new book, "Lectures on Selected Topics in Mathematical Physics: Elliptic Functions and Elliptic Integrals," with accompanying video lectures.
New Faces
The Department takes pleasure in welcoming new faculty member Dr. Deniz Çakır and postdoctoral researcher Dr. Soumya Banerjee.
Recent Grants/Awards
ND NASA EPSCoR has funded a proposal by Dr. Wayne Barkhouse , "Utilizing NASA Space Telescopes to Uncover Secrets of Galaxy Evolution," for $55,471.
Dr. Öncel's group received EPSCoR grant to purchase X-Ray photoelectron spectroscopy system.
Dr. Wayne Barkhouse received a Theodore Dunham, Jr. Fund for Astrophysical Research, Inc. grant to upgrade computer equipment.
Dwarf Galaxies
Barkhouse's student Haylee Archer is featured on UND News.
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