Archive: Physics

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Wise Fools: College Students Reflect on First-Year

Last year, we took the opportunity to ask fresh faces on campus about themselves and their plans for their career at Georgetown. This year, we revisited with those students to…

October 19, 2022

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What’s Goo Got to Do with It? Georgetown Physicists Study Fundamental Structure of Flowing Cornstarch-Water Mixture

A team of Georgetown College of Arts and Sciences physicists has captured, in high resolution, video of cornstarch grains flowing through water and interacting to jump between…

August 1, 2022

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Georgetown Researchers Design Effective, Reusable Mask to Fight Airborne Threats

A team of Georgetown researchers are one of ten groups in the running for a $400,000 prize for designing an innovative, lightweight and reusable. …

June 10, 2022

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Georgetown Physicist Studies Glass Transition in Polymers

A paper co-authored by Peter Olmsted examines how polymers become glassy at the molecular. …

May 27, 2022

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Striving for a Sustainable Future with Materials Science

Kai Liu, a physicist and materials scientist, is developing new materials that can create greener, more sustainable. …

April 28, 2022

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Physics Students Recognized for Fostering a Robust, Inclusive Community

The Georgetown University Society of Physics Students (SPS) was recently recognized as an Outstanding Chapter by its parent organization, the American Institute of Physics. The…

March 1, 2022

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Georgetown Researchers Aim to Clean Up U.S. Cement Production with Policy Solutions for Technological Upgrades

A team of Georgetown researchers from across disciplines are collaborating to investigate a set of technology solutions and policy proposals that can drastically reduce the…

February 11, 2022

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First-of-Its-Kind Research by Physics Professor and Graduate Student Lays Foundations for Future Studies on Sustainable Concrete

In a recent paper published in Science Advances, Emanuela Del Gado, Ph.D. and a professor in the Department of Physics and post-doctoral researcher Abhay Goyal create a novel…

August 4, 2021

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Professor, Graduate Students Named Finalists for BARDA-NIOSH Mask Innovation Challenge

Department of Physics professor Kai Liu and PhD students James Malloy (G’22) and Christopher Jensen (G’25) were named one of the 10 Phase 1 Winners, and the only university…

July 8, 2021

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Biophysics Major Who Hopes to Help Fight Climate Change Contributes to Interdisciplinary Oceanographic Research

Biological physics major Victoria Boatwright (C’22) has always been fascinated by the ocean. In a recent publication through the Georgetown Scientific Research Journal (GSR),…

April 30, 2021