Graduate Student News – 2008

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January 2008 – December 2008

  • December 5, 2008: Physics Department Winter Solstice Celebration (in the Nasher Museum of Art)
    See more pictures if you're in phy, tunl, and fel domains.

    In the right, you can see is the Magician!.
  • December 4, 2008:
    Carolyn Berger (G02) defended her Final Examination and her Thesis, and she passed. Congratulations! Her advisor is Prof. Dan Gauthier.
  • December 1, 2008:
    Dean Hidas (G02) defended his Final Examination and his Thesis, and he passed. Congratulations! His advisor is Prof. Mark Kruse.
  • November 17, 2008:
    Alan Dunn (G05) defended his Master's Examination and his Thesis, and he passed. Congratulations!
  • November 14, 2008: Physics Department Social (in the French Atrium)
    See more pictures if you're in phy, tunl, and fel domains.

    Right: Min Huang (G08), Yingyi Zhang (G06), and Prof. Haiyan Gao

    Sponsored by GSO.
  • November 1, 2008: Physics Department Fall Celebration
    The party was in celebration of Prof Tom Mehen's tenure, at the home of the Behringer's. In the picture, the faculty members were standing, while graduate students were sitting, just like in classes.
  • October 24, 2008:
    The GSO started to have a Physics Happy Hour last Friday. People seem to like it! There were ice cream instead of beverages.
    See more pictures if you're in phy,tunl, and fel domains.
  • October 1, 2008:
    James Joseph (G03) awarded a Fritz London Graduate Fellowship for 2008.
  • September 2008:
    Hans Norrell (G04) awarded a Graduate Teaching Fellowship (2008–2009). He will be helping Prof. Plesser with the PHY 55 course on astronomy.
  • September 2008:
    Again, Abhijit Mehta (G06) wins a research award in association with being chosen as a "Graduate Mentor in the University Scholars Program for 2008-09". He was given the award last year too.
  • August 23, 2008: Physics Picnic 2008
    See more pictures if you're in phy,tunl, and fel domains.
  • August 20, 2008:
    Huaixiu Zheng (G08) has been awarded a Nanoscience Fellowship for the Fall 2008. He will take his fellowship (RA) in the Spring Term 2009.
  • August 15, 2008:
    Left: Most of the 1st-year students, and with Richard Palmer (DGS), Donna Ruger (DGS-Assistant), and Martin Heinrich (second from the right). Right: Taritree Wongjirad (G08) was missing on the left.
  • August 9–12, 2008:
    Extended Orientation Outings: Min Huang (G08) Georgios Laskaris (G08), Baoei Li (G07), Yuan Lin (G08), Willie Ong (G07), Richard Palmer (DGS), Jie Ren (G07), Yu Song (G08), Mark Steadman (G07), Mengyang Sun (G07), Shangying Wang (G06), Yang Yang (G07), Qiujian Ye (G08), Huaixiu Zheng (G08), and Yunhui (Rena) Zhu (G07). Photographers: Yang Yang (G07), Baolei Li (G07), and an unknown tourist.
  • August 8, 2008:
    Qiang (Alan) Ye (G02) defended his Final Examination and his Thesis, and he passed. Congratulations! His advisor is Prof. Haiyan Gao.
  • July 31, 2008:
    Tony Hutcheson (G04) defended his Final Examination and his Thesis, and he passed. Congratulations! His advisor is Prof. Werner Tornow (right) and his colleague Prof. Anton Tonchev (left)
  • June 27, 2008:
    Matt Kiser (G02) defended his Final Examination and his Thesis, and he passed. Congratulations!
  • June 18, 2008:
    The department has nominated Kristine Callan (G05), Willie Ong (G07), Mark Steadman (G07), and Rena Zhu (G07) as the AAPT Outstanding Teaching Assistant Awards for 2008 through the American Associate of Physics Teachers (AAPT).

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    • June 10, 2008:
      Peidong Yu (G02) defended his Final Examination and his Thesis, and he passed. Congratulations!
    • June 4, 2008:
      Hana Dobrovolny (G00) defended her Final Examination and her Thesis, and she passed. Congratulations!
    • June 4, 2008:
      Kristine Callan (G05) defended her MSc Examination and her MSc Thesis, and she passed. Congratulations!
    • April 21, 2008:
      Nan Zheng (G05) passed his preliminary exam.
    • April 17, 2008:
      Wei Chen (G04) as been awarded the 2008/2009 JSA/JLab Graduate Fellowship Award. Congratulations!
    • April 14, 2008:
      Adam Sokolow (G05) passed his preliminary exam.
    • April 11, 2008:
      Andy Dawes (G02) defended his Final Examination and his Thesis, and he passed. Congratulations!
    • April 10, 2008:
      D.J. Cecile (G00) defended his Final Examination and his Thesis, and he passed. Congratulations!
    • March 27, 2008:
      Brian Bunton (G02) has accepted a tenure-track position here at Coastal Carolina University (Conway, SC). The title is Assistant Professor of Applied Physics.
    • March 27, 2008:
      Le Luo (G02) defended his Final Examination and his Thesis, and he passed. Congratulations!
    • March 21, 2008: Physics Department Social
      Physics Social in the French Atrium.
      Sponsored by GSO.
      See more pictures if you're in phy, tunl, and fel domains.
    • March 7, 2008:
      Joel Greenberg (G05) passed his preliminary exam.
    • February 29, 2008:
      Yu Zeng (G05) passed his preliminary exam.
    • February 28, 2008:
      Bason Clancy (G02) defended his thesis and passed. Congratulations!
    • February 27, 2008:
      Xing Zong (G03) was elected to serve as the next graduate Young Trustee by GPSC! Congratulations!
      See Chronicle 2/27/08
    • February, 2008:
      Andy Dawes (G02) has accepted a tenure-track position at Pacific University (Forest Grove, OR).
    • January 28, 2008:
      Jianrong Deng (G02) defended her thesis and passed. Congratulations! Jianrong, and her advisor Prof Al Goshaw, seem both happy.

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