[NEIU Physics Students] Graduate Studies - GAANN Fellows available

[Gregory Anderson]

Dear Faculty Advisor:  Attached is a graduate poster describing exciting
graduate research opportunities in Physics & Astronomy at Washington
State University, Pullman, Washington


The Department of Physics and Astronomy at Washington State University
(WSU) offers fellowships for graduate research, with stipends up to
$30,000/year.

Students have the opportunity to perform experimental and theoretical
physics, including:

• Astrophysics Work at LIGO (Hanford,Washington) searching for
gravitational waves. Observe galaxy formation using the Hubble Space
Telescope. WSU’s rapidly growing Astrophysics program offers an
expanding universe of research.

• Matter under Extreme Conditions Generate extreme pressures at the
multi-disciplinary Institute for Shock Physics. Squeeze semiconductors
and organic solids with diamond-anvil cells. Participate in
reduced-gravity acoustics experiments and take a spin on the “vomit
comet.”  Experiments don’t get any more extreme.

• Materials and Optical Physics Use femtosecond lasers to probe
ultrafast phenomena in solids. Investigate energy efficient
semiconductors and hydrogen storage materials. Study interactions
between photons and matter in nanostructures and biological materials. 
Push the limits of nonlinear optics to make the Internet faster. This is
fundamental research with important applications.

• Novel States of Matter View weird quantum effects in the Bose-
Einstein Condensate laboratory. Investigate the theory of cold quantum
gases, many-body physics, chaos, and complexity. Make Buckyballs out of
gold. Here, “normal” rules do not apply.

Fellowships include the prestigious Graduate Assistantships in Areas of
National Need (GAANN), Millennium Research Fellowships, Graduate Scholar
Awards in Shock Physics, and many others.

Send inquiries to: 

Graduate Studies Office, Department of Physics and
Astronomy, Washington State University, 
PO Box 642814, Pullman WA
99164-2814. 

Email inquiries should be sent to physics at wsu.edu. 

Visit our web page at http://www.physics.wsu.edu/.

Please share this poster and message with your students.  Thank you.

  

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Department of Physics and Astronomy
Washington State University
PO Box 642814
Pullman, WA  99164-2814

(509)  335-9532
(509)  335-7816 (FAX)
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Greg Anderson, Northeastern Illinois University  
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5500 N St. Louis Ave Chicago, IL 60625-4699
Office: S217D SCI   Phone (773) 442-5753
Email:  g-anderson AT neiu DOT edu
URL:  http://physics.neiu.edu/~anderson/
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