Graduate Student News – 2009


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January 2009 – December 2009


  • December 10, 2009:
    Ethan Elliott (G07) passed his preliminary exam. His advisor is Prof. John Thomas.
  • December 9, 2009:
    Seth Cohen (G07) passed his preliminary exam. His advisor is Prof. Dan Gauthier.
  • November 30, 2009:
    Shangying Wang (G06) passed her preliminary exam. Her advisors are Prof. Sridhar Raghavachari (Neurobiology) and Prof. Henry Greenside.
  • November 25, 2009:
    Changchun Sun (G04) defended his Final Examination and his Thesis, and he passed. Congratulations! His advisor is Prof. Ying Wu.
  • November 18, 2009: Physics Department Social
    See more pictures if you're in phy, tunl, and fel domains.
  • October 15, 2009: Ice Cream Social
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  • September 30, 2009:
    Nathan Kundtz (G04) defended his thesis and passed. Congratulations!
  • September 30, 2009:
    Phillip Wu (G03) awarded a Fritz London Graduate Fellowship for 2009.
  • September 12-13, 2009: The CampOut
    See more pictures if you're in the phy,tunl, and fel domains.
  • September 9, 2009
    Seth Henshaw (G05) awarded a Henry W. Newson Fellowship.
  • August 22, 2009: Physics Picnic 2009
    See more pictures if you're in phy,tunl, and fel domains.
  • August 14, 2009: The New Students!
    Most of the 1st-year students, and with Richard Palmer (DGS) and Donna Ruger (DGS-Assistant).
  • August 5–12, 2009: Physics Extended Orientation
    Some international new students met our students with outings, parties, tours, etc.
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  • July 21, 2009:
    Hans Norrell (G04) defended his Final Examination and his Thesis, and he passed. Congratulations! His advisor is Prof. Joshua Socolar.
  • July 20, 2009:
    Ravi Shekhar (G05) defended his MS and his Thesis, and he passed. Congratulations! His advisor is Prof. Ashutosh Kotwal.
    • June 30, 2009: Reception for Prof. Haiyan Gao.
      Prof. Gao is the Outgoing Associate Chair for Teaching.
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    • June 26, 2009:
      Willie Ong (G07) has been awarded the Mary Creason Memorial Award for Undergraduate Teaching in Duke Physics in the 2008-2009 academic year. Congratulations!
    • June 26, 2009:
      Bryon Neufeld (G04) defended his Final Examination and his Thesis, and he passed. Congratulations! His advisor is Prof. Berndt Mueller.

      Bryon is the first person having a Ph.D degree from the 2004/05 class.
    • May 10, 2009: Physics Diploma Ceremony 2009
      The Department of Physics and Department of Mathematics Diploma Ceremony.
      Left: Dr. Jie Hu (G02).
      Right: Dr. Qiang (Alan) Ye (G02) with Prof. Richard Palmer (DGS) and Prof. Seog Oh (DUS).
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    • April 24, 2009: Physics Posters 2009
      Annual Poster Presentation by Graduate and Undergraduate Students.
      Left: Seth Cohen (G07) and his poster.
      Right: Professor Kotwal congratulating the graduate student winner, Mengyang Sun (G07).
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    • April 27, 2009:
      John Foreman (G02) defended his Final Examination and his Thesis, and he passed. Congratulations! His advisor is Prof. Henry Everitt.
    • April 17, 2009:
      Junyao Tang (G06) passed his preliminary exam. His advisor is Prof. Bob Behringer.
    • April 15, 2009
      Taritree Wongjirad (G08) awarded National Science Foundation (NSF) Graduate Research Fellowship!
    • April 13, 2009:
      Horacio Carias (G06) passed his preliminary exam. His advisor is Prof. David Beratan (Chemistry) and Prof Stephen Teitsworth.
    • April 10, 2009:
      Chenglin (Charles) Cao (G06) passed his preliminary exam. His advisor is Prof. John Thomas.
    • April 3, 2008: Physics Department Social (in the French Atrium)
      See more pictures if you're in phy, tunl, and fel domains.

      Sponsored by GSO.
    • April 2, 2009:
      Josh Albert (G06) passed his preliminary exam. His advisor is Prof. Mark Kruse.
    • April 2, 2009:
      Jie Hu (G02) defended her Final Examination and her Thesis, and she passed. Congratulations! Her advisor is Prof. Tom Mehen.
    • April 1, 2009:
      Wangzhi Zheng (G06) passed his preliminary exam. His advisor is Prof. Haiyan Gao.
    • March 27, 2009:
      Yingyi Zhang (G06) passed her preliminary exam. His advisor is Prof. John Thomas.
    • March 23, 2009:
      Dong Liu (G06) passed his preliminary exam. His advisor is Prof. Harold Baranger.
    • March 9, 2009:
      Ivan Borzenets (G06) passed his preliminary exam. His advisor is Prof. Gleb Finkelstein.
    • March 2, 2009:
      Henok Mebrahtu (G06) passed his preliminary exam. His advisor is Prof. Gleb Finkelstein.
    • March 2, 2009:
      Hung-Ming Tsai (G06) passed his preliminary exam. His advisor is Prof. Berndt Meuller.
    • February 13, 2009: Physics Department Happy Hour
      See more pictures if you're in phy, tunl, and fel domains.
    • February 9, 2009:
      Abhijit Mehta (G06) passed his preliminary exam. His advisor is Prof. Harold Baranger.

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