WFU Physics News
2017
- July 2017: In Memoriam – Karen Logan
- April 2017: Congratulations to Dr. Crystal Bolden-Rush, Recent Ph.D. Recipient
- April 2017: Congratulations to Dr. Xiaohua Liu, Recent Ph.D. Recipient
- April 2017: Congratulations to Larry Rush, Recent M.S. Recipient
- April 2017: Congratulations to Dr. Ryan Godwin, Recent Ph.D. Recipient
- April 2017: Congratulations to Dr. David Harrison, Recent Ph.D. Recipient
- April 2017: Congratulations to Dr. Evan Welchman, Recent Ph.D. Recipient
- March 2017: Congratulations to Dr. Wenxiao Huang, Recent Ph.D. Recipient
- March 2017: Congratulations to Dr. Chaochao Dun, Recent Ph.D. Recipient
- Apr 2017: Prof Bonin receives Academic Leadership Award
- Mar 2017: Angela Harper awarded NSF Graduate Research Fellowship
- Mar 2017: Biophysics major Manal Ahmidouch interviewed about gender equality on Spectrum
- Feb 2017: Oana Jurchescu receives the Kulynych Family Omicron Delta Kappa Award
- Jan 2017: Angela Harper named Churchill Scholar
- Jan 2017: Major Manal Ahmidouch featured in article on gender diversity in STEM
2016
- Apr 2016: Congratulations to Dr. Katelyn Goetz, recent Ph.D. Recipient
- Apr 2016: Congratulations to Dr. Peter Diemer, recent Ph.D. Recipient
- Apr 2016: Congratulations to Dr. Matthew Walb, recent Ph.D. Recipient
- Apr 2016: Congratulations to Dr. Yaochuan Mei, recent Ph.D. Recipient
- Apr 2016: Congratulations to Calvin Arter, Recent M.S. Recipient
- Apr 2016: Undergraduate Student Hannah Smith awarded NSF Graduate Research Fellowship
- Apr 2016: Graduate Student Peter Diemer wins MRS Gold Award
- Apr 2016: Undergraduate Student Angela Harper selected as a Goldwater Scholar
- Mar 2016: Professor Matthews Wins Teaching Innovation Award
- Mar 2016: Professor Thonhauser named Simons Fellow
- Feb 2016: In Memoriam – Professor Emeritus Bob Brehme
- Feb 2016: Prof. Greg Cook Interviewed About Gravitational Waves on WUNC Radio’s “The State of Things”
- Feb 2016: Alum Dr. Jason Grigsby Creates Resource On the Detection of Gravitational Waves by LIGO
2015
- Dec 2015: Congratulations to Chad McKell, Recent M.S. Recipient
- Nov 2015: Ryan Melvin awarded Best Talk at High-Throughput Molecular Dynamics Workshop
- Nov 2015: Crystal Bolden Receives Young Investigator Award
- Nov 2015: SPS Team Sets Escape Room Record
- Nov 2015: In Memoriam – Professor Emeritus Jack Williams
- Oct 2015: Matthew Walb receives the 2015 Mike and Lucy Robbins Graduate Scholarship Fund Award
- Oct 2015: Thonhauser group publishes spin extension to van der Waals DFT in Phys. Rev. Lett.
- Sep 2015: Congratulations to Dr. Nicholas Lepley, recent Ph.D. Recipient
- Aug 2015: Congratulations to Dr. Greg Smith, recent Ph.D. Recipient
- Jul 2015: Congratulations to Dr. Jie Liu, recent Ph.D. Recipient
- Jul 2015: Congratulations to Dr. Wei Li, recent Ph.D. Recipient
- Jul 2015: Graduate Student Lauren Nelson Selected for NIH Predoctoral Fellowship
- Jun 2015: Wenxiao Huang wins BASF Science Competition
- Jun 2015: Congratulations to Dr. Stephen Baker, recent Ph.D. Recipient
- May 2015: Breakthrough in solar cell material characterization
- Apr 2014: Department Recognizes 2015 Graduates and Award Winners
- Apr 2015: Congratulations to Dr. Jeremy Ward, recent Ph.D. Recipient
- Apr 2015: Congratulations to Dr. Inna McGowin, recent Ph.D. Recipient
- Apr 2015: Congratulations to Dr. Andrea Belanger, recent Ph.D. Recipient
- Apr 2015: Congratulations to Dr. Rongzhong Li, recent Ph.D. Recipient
- Apr 2015: Congratulations to Dr. Xinyi Guo, recent Ph.D. Recipient
- Mar 2015: Nicholas Lepley and Evan Welchman take top two places in Graduate Research Day Three Minute Thesis competiton
- Mar 2015: Senior Abdul Obaid awarded Gates Cambridge Scholarship
- Mar 2015: Senior Derek Fogel wins Best Presentation Award at APS March Meeting
- Feb 2015: Prof. Jurchescu receives 2015 Excellence in Research Award
- Feb 2015: Prof. Thonhauser awarded the Reid-Doyle Prize for Excellence in Teaching
- Jan 2015: Prof Matthews’ Studio Course Featured by Wake Forest News
- Jan 2015: Prof Carroll receives Innovation Award
2014
- Nov 2014: Hands on with hydrogen
- Oct 2014: 2014 Undergraduate Research Day
- Oct 2014: Department of Physics Hosts Partial Eclipse Viewing
- Oct 2014: Prof. Cho’s Review Article Commemorating 2013 Nobel Prize Written with Undergrads Highlighted in News
- Jun 2014: Andrea Belanger Awarded Poster Prize
- Jun 2014: Ryan Godwin Awarded Predoctoral Fellowship
- Apr 2014: Department Recognizes 2014 Graduates and Award Winners
- Apr 2014: Prof. Carroll awarded the Scott Family Faculty Fellowship
- Apr 2014: Prof. Cho awarded the Shively Family Faculty Fellowship
- May 2014: Congratulations to Dr. Qi Li, Recent Ph.D. Recipient
- Apr 2014: Nicholas Lepley receives top presentation award
- Apr 2014: Congratulations to Dr. Jennifer Dorand, Recent Ph.D. Recipient
- Mar 2014: Prof. Carroll named APS Fellow
- Mar 2014: Protein research led by Prof. Cho featured in news
- Feb 2014: Prof. Thonhauser receives Award for Excellence in Research
2013
- Dec 2013: Peter Diemer and Prof. Jurchescu receive Wake Forest Innovation Award
- Dec 2013: Article by Corey Hewitt and Prof. Carroll featured on the cover of Synthetic Metals
- Dec 2013: The Department Welcomes Our New Administrative Assistant, Karen Logan
- Dec 2013: Congratulations to Judy Swicegood on her retirement!
- Dec 2013: Congratulations to Dr. Corey Hewitt, recent Ph.D. recipient
- Nov 2013: Congratulations to Nicholas Lepley, recent M.S. recipient
- Nov 2013: Congratulations to Dr. Chen Liu, recent Ph.D. recipient
- Nov 2013: Congratulations to Dr. Justin Sigley, recent Ph.D. recipient
- Oct 2013: WFU organic electronics research highlighted in Nature
- Sep 2013: Graduate Student Andrea Belanger Selected for Technology Transfer Internship
- Jul 2013: Thonhauser group receives funding to investigate MOFs for carbon capture and catalysis
- Jul 2013: Brian Shoemaker and Prof. Thonhauser featured on WFU homepage
- Jun 2013: Congratulations to Graham Lopez, Recent Ph.D. Recipient
- May 2013: Kim-Shapiro Group Members Win Awards at Conference
- May 2013: Congratulations to Landon Bellavia, Recent Ph.D. Recipient
- Apr 2013: Grad Student Matthew Walb Wins First Place Poster at SEAAMP
- Apr 2013: Department Recognizes 2013 Graduates and Award Winners
- Apr 2013: Kristine Cantin Receives G. W. Greene Scholarship
- Apr 2013: Amanda Smelser Awarded NSF Graduate Research Fellowship
- Apr 2013: Dr. Canepa’s scientific artwork selected for PRB frontpage
- Apr 2013: Grad Student Katelyn Goetz awarded NSF Graduate Research Fellowship
- Mar 2013: Jack Dostal Receives Teaching Innovation Award
- Mar 2013: Grad Student Jeremy Ward Awarded Runner-up Poster at Graduate Student Research Day
- Mar 2013: Joel Grim Invited to Speak at International Conference
- Mar 2013: Article by Williams Group Selected as Phys. Rev. B Editors’ Suggestion
- Mar 2013: Research Focuses on Beet Juice After Stroke
- Feb 2013: Prof. Oana Jurchescu Awarded Reid-Doyle Prize for Excellence in Teaching
- Feb 2013: Physics Alumni Dr. Yuan Li’s Ph.D Thesis Highlighted in Nature Photonics
- Jan 2013: Prof. Oana Jurchescu wins the National Science Foundation CAREER Award
- Jan 2013: Prof. Thonhauser Recognized in International News
2012
- Dec 2012: Dr. Canepa’s research highlighted in PRL
- Nov 2012: Physics of Music Course Featured by WFU News
- Nov 2012: Carroll Group’s FIPEL Lighting Featured in Media
- Nov 2012: Article co-authored by Prof Salsbury featured on cover of the Journal of Medicinal Chemistry
- Nov 2012: Chen Liu Wins Young Investigator Award
- Nov 2012: Physics Alumni Dr. Yuan Li (’12) Wins Environmental Research Award
- Oct 2012: Physics Team to Lead Search for Drug Discovery
- Oct 2012: Article by Prof. Jurchescu and grad student Jeremy Ward featured on the cover of Advanced Materials
- Oct 2012: Wake Forest to Host Stuttgart NanoDays Conference
- Sep 2012: Workshop for Middle School Teachers Organized by Prof. Cho is Featured in Media
- Sep 2012: Article in WS Journal on Tech Expo Features Beet-Root Juice
- Aug 2012: Article by Lacra Negureanu of the Salsbury Group Selected for Inaugural Contribution to Proteopedia
- Aug 2012: Prof. Thonhauser receives NSF CAREER award
- Aug 2012: Carroll Group’s Power Felt Featured on CNN International
- Aug 2012: Prof. Cho Organizes the Wake@Hanes Computational Thinking Workshop for Middle School Teachers
- Jul 2012: Congratulations to Wanyi Nie, Recent Ph.D. Recipient
- Jul 2012: Congratulations to Joel Grim, Recent Ph.D. Recipient
- Jun 2012: Qi Li Wins Young Researcher Award at ICDIM 2012
- Jun 2012: Prof. Jurchescu Publishes a Book Chapter
- Jun 2012: Electronic Structure Conference at WFU
- Jun 2012: Graham Lopez Selected for Prestigious ORNL Fellowship
- Jun 2012: Congratulations to Dr. Brian Kolb, Recent Ph.D. Recipient
- Jun 2012: Power Felt Research by Carroll Group at the Nanotech Center Featured in Media
- May 2012: Congratulations to Dr. Ryan Best, Recent Ph.D. Recipient
- May 2012: Congratulations to Dr. Leo Ding, Recent Ph.D. Recipient
- May 2012: Congratulations to Eric Peterson, Recent M.S. Recipient
- May 2012: Department Recognizes 2012 Graduates and Award Winners
- Apr 2012: Society of Physics Students Helps Middle School Students Build Robots
- Apr 2012: Graduate Student Katelyn Goetz Awarded NSF Fellowship
- Apr 2012: Prof. Jurchescu awarded WFU Faculty Endowment Fund Fellowship
- Apr 2012: Congratulations to Dr. Jason Bates, Recent Ph.D. Recipient
- Apr 2012: Congratulations to Dr. Yuan Li, Recent Ph.D. Recipient
- Apr 2012: Nick Lepley and Greg Smith Awarded Venture Seed Grant for 3d Printing
- Apr 2012: Claire McLellan, President of Wake Forest’s Society of Physics Students (SPS), helps organize a SPS zone conference, for this weekend (April 20-21) in the Olin Physical Laboratory.
- Apr 2012: Two Physics Students Awarded NSF Graduate Research Fellowships
- Mar 2012: Physics Graduate Students Awarded Best Analytical Posters
- Mar 2012: Gale Burns Retires From The Physics Department
- Mar 2012: Physics Senior Brandon Turner Delivers Oration at Founders’ Day
- Mar 2012: Physics Undergraduate Soham Banerjee Awarded Fulbright Scholarship
- Mar 2012: Article Written by the Salsbury Research Group Selected for Journal Cover
- Mar 2012: Nanotech Center Develops Power Felt
- Mar 2012: Physics Undergraduate Kristen Binz Wins APS Presentation Award
- Feb 2012: Cho Research Group Highlighted in the Media
- Jan 2012: Grad Student Jeremy Ward Wins Best Presentation at ISDRS
- Jan 2012: Paper by Prof. Cho Highlighted in JACS
2011
- Dec 2011: Physics Undergraduates Win Bronze Medal in International University Physics Competition
- Dec 2011: Dr. Carroll and the Nanotech Center are trying to develop a feasible solar collector for third world countries
- Nov 2011: Brandon Turner, senior biophysics major, wins Rhodes Scholarship
- Nov 2011: Physics Team is working toward understanding cancer
- Nov 2011: Prof. Carlson Interviewed by Press About the Public’s Fascination with Numbers
- Nov 2011: Congratulations Samrat Dutta, Ph.D. Recipient
- Nov 2011: Prof. David Carroll interviewed on the importance of nanotechnology by Denise Franklin on Voices and Viewpoints Program on National Public Radio
- Nov 2011: Prof. Carlson Appears on News Program to Discuss the Public’s Fascination with Numbers
- Sep 2011: Physics Department Announces the New Randall D. Ledford Scholarship II
- Sep 2011: Thonhauser group receives funding to investigate MOFs for hydrogen storage and gas separation
- Aug 2011: Published work advances flexible electronics at WFU Nanotech Center
- Aug 2011: Wake Forest University Selected as NVIDIA CUDA Teaching Center
- Aug 2011: Claire McLellan wins National Society of Physics Students Leadership Award
- Aug 2011: Congratulations to Xiao Xu, Recent Ph.D. Recipient
- Aug 2011: Congratulations to Jillian Bjerke, Recent M.S. Recipient
- Aug 2011: Williams Group Awarded Grant to Further Radiation Detector Research
- Jul 2011: Graduate Student Andrea Belanger Selected for NIH Predoctoral Fellowship
- Jul 2011: Kim-Shapiro lab helps discover why stored blood deteriorates
- Jul 2011: Dr. Thonhauser interviewed by ScienceWatch, Thomson Reuters for most-cited paper
- Jun 2011: Graduate Student Yuan Li Wins Award
- Jun 2011: Dr. Guthold named a Wake Forest Faculty Fellow for 2011-2013
- May 2011: Congratulations to Dr. Jerry Kielbasa, recent Ph.D. Recipient
- Apr 2011: 2011 Honors, Awards, and Graduate Recognition Day
- Apr 2011: Dr. Thonhauser named a Ranlet and Frank Bell Jr. Fellow for 2011-2013
- Apr 2011: Ivan Azarov named 2011 Gordon A. Melson Outstanding Doctoral Student
- Apr 2011: Prof. Jed Macosko and colleagues awarded grant to develop interactive e-textbook, BioBook
- Apr 2011: Undergraduate Student Claire McLellan wins Goldwater Scholarship
- Mar 2011: Congratulations to Ivan Azarov, Recent Ph.D. Recipient
- Feb 2011: Graduate Student Joel Grim Wins Award
- Feb 2011: Article by the Williams Research Group Selected for Journal Cover
- Feb 2011: Associate Prof. Fred Salsbury wins the Award for Excellence in Research
- Jan 2011: Prof. Thonhauser selected as 2011 – 2013 KITP Scholar
2010
- Dec 2010: Congratulations to Ryan Best, Recent M.S. Recipient
- Nov 2010: WFU Team Wins Silver in University Physics Competition
- Oct 2010: Physics Undergraduates Present Research at International Conference
- Oct 2010: Physics Department Participates in Charity 5k Run
- Sep 2010: Congratulations to Dr. Todd Fallesen, Recent Ph.D. Recipient
- Jul 2010: Claire McLellan named a Duke Energy Scholar
- Jul 2010: Wesley Matthews named a Duke Energy Scholar
- Jul 2010: Physics Team works on Drug Development
- Jun 2010: Prof. Jurchescu receives the Ralph E. Powe Junior Faculty Enhancement Award
- May 2010: Graduate Student Jason Bates Awarded Best Student Talk at Eastern Gravity Meeting
- May 2010: Prof. Macosko’s CellCraft Game to be Featured at the White House
- May 2010: Physics Undergraduate Brandon Turner Awarded APS Minority Fellowship
- May 2010: Congratulations to Dr. Christine Carlisle, Recent Ph.D. Recipient
- Apr 2010: Department Recognizes 2010 Graduates and Award Winners
- Apr 2010: WFU Undergraduate Physics Majors Present Research Results at SPS Meeting
- Apr 2010: Assistant Professor Jed Macosko promoted to the rank of Associate Professor
- Apr 2010: Associate Professor David Carroll promoted to the rank of Professor
- Apr 2010: Wake Forest receives patent for new fiber solar cells developed by Prof. Carroll’s group at the Center for Nanotechnology and Molecular Materials
- Jan 2010: Prof. Jed Macosko helps create “Cell Side Story”, an animated film by students at Atkins High School.
2009
- Dec 2009: Prof Jed Macosko and two WFU graduates are developing “CellCraft” game.
- Dec 2009: Professor Kim-Shapiro’s work cited in Wall Street Journal Article
- Oct 2009: Professor Kim-Shapiro Awarded Grant to Study Blood Storage
- Oct 2009: Physics Department Featured in Classroom Response Story
- Aug 2009: Graduate student Leo Ding’s work featured on AIP web site
- July 2009: Prof. Carroll to appear on History Channel program
- July 2009: Welcome to Dr. Oana Jurchescu, new Assistant Professor
- Jun 2009: Congratulations to Dr. Jason D. Grigsby, Ph.D. Recipient
- Jun 2009: Congratulations to Dr. William H. Hirsch, Ph.D. Recipient
- May 2009: Eric Peterson awarded NSF Graduate Research Fellowship
- May 2009: Prof. Macosko, Yuri Shtridelman, and a WFU alum win MacArthur Award
- May 2009: Prof. Thonhauser receives the Ralph E. Powe Junior Faculty Enhancement Award
- May 2009: 2009 Graduation Reception
- May 2009: Prof. Macosko presented with the first Hobbs Award for Faculty Entrepreneurial Achievement
- Apr 2009: Graduating Physics major Patrick Nelli wins US News All Academic Team Award
- Apr 2009: Congratulations 2009 Graduates and Award Recipients
- Mar 2009: Venture Directed by Prof. Macosko Funded by NC Grant
- Mar 2009: Prof. Martin Guthold is awarded the University’s 2009 Award for Excellence in Research
- Feb 2009: Prof. Kim-Shapiro named Harbert Family Distinguished Chair
2008
- Dec 2008: Reynolds Professor Fetrow named Dean of the College
- Oct 2008: Nanoscopic screening process to speed drug discovery
- Oct 2008: The Department welcomes its new Business Manager, Gloria Stickney
- Oct 2008: Research at the Nanotechnology Center has big potential
- Sep 2008: 2008 Undergraduate Research Symposium at WFU
- Sep 2008: Prof. Carlson explains the start-up of the Large Hadron Collider on WXII 12 News
- Sep 2008: Professor Kim-Shapiro to be first recipient of the new Harbert Family Distinguished Chair
- Aug 2008: Congratulations to Dr. Faith Coldren, Ph.D. Recipient
- July 2008: Congratulations to Dr. Douglas K. Bonessi, Ph.D. Recipient
- July 2008: Congratulations to Dr. William B. Hodge, Ph.D. Recipient
- July 2008: Welcome to Dr. Timo Thonhauser, new Assistant Professor
- July 2008: The Holzwarths Host a Summer Party
- July 2008: Prof. Carroll in TV interview July 6
- May 2008: Christine Carlisle wins prestigious American Heart Association Pre-doctoral Fellowship
- May 2008: Congratulations 2008 Graduates!
- May 2008: Department honors new Associate Provost of Information Systems, Rick Matthews
- May 2008: Prof. Bill Kerr Retires from the Department of Physics
- May 2008: Honors, Awards, and Graduate Recognition Day
- Apr. 2008: Rick Matthews Appointed WFU Associate Provost, Information Systems
- Mar. 2008: WFU Physicists Present Research at APS Meeting
- Feb. 2008: Congratulations to Dr. Kevin J. Conley, Ph.D. Recipient
- Feb. 2008: Prof. Carroll discusses nanotechnology on PBS
- Jan. 2008: Prof. Carroll featured in The Business Journal
2007
- Dec. 2007: Physics Holiday Luncheon
- Nov. 2007: Prof. Carroll featured speaker at the Winston-Salem Chamber of Commerce
- Nov., 2007: WFU researchers discover new hemoglobin function
- Oct., 2007: WFU hosts Undergraduate Research Symposium
- Sep., 2007: Prof. Fetrow selected for NIH Center for Scientific Review study section
- Sept., 2007: Homecoming Weekend at WFU
- July, 2007: WFU Launches Two Nanotechnology Startup Companies
- July, 2007: Welcome to Eric Chapman, New Instructional Resources Manager
- June, 2007: Zachary Vance Wins Randall D. Ledford Scholarship
- June, 2007: Bonin Appointed Chair, Guthold Appointed Graduate Program Director
- June, 2007: Rick Matthews Named Associate Provost
- June, 2007: SCINT 2007 (IEEE – 9th International Conference on Inorganic Scintillators and their Applications), organized by Richard Williams at WFU.
- April, 2007: Prof. Jed Macosko Wins Teaching Award for Entrepreneurship Class
- April, 2007: Kim-Shapiro Wins Prestigious NIH Merit Award
- April, 2007: Martin Guthold Promoted to Associate Professor.
- Mar., 2007: Physics Major Patrick Nelli is awarded a scholarship by the Barry M. Goldwater Foundation
- Jan., 2007: Prize winning physicist David Vanderbilt gave Physics Colloquium
2006
- Sept., 2006: Blood clot research by Guthold and colleagues published in Science
- Sept., 2006: Physics Fall Picnic
- June, 2006: Daniel Kim-Shapiro interviewed on WFDD Voices and Viewpoints
- June, 2006: 7th International Conference on Excitonic Processes in Condensed Matter
- April, 2006: Recognition of our Administrative Professionals
- March, 2006: Graduate Student Research Day
- March, 2006: Fetrow and John win Teaching Innovation Award
- February, 2006: Greg Cook wins Excellence in Research Award
2005
- November, 2005: Breakthrough in organic photovoltaics
- November, 2005: Letter to Wall Street Journal regarding Intelligent Design article
- October, 2005: Project Pumpkin Mad Scientists
- September, 2005: Physics homecoming reception
- September, 2005: Homecoming announcement
- September, 2005: Fall Department Picnic
- May, 2005: Reception for Graduates
- April, 2005: Daniel Thomason wins Ledford Scholarship
- April, 2005: WFU welcomes 8th Eastern Gravity Conference
- March, 2005: Greg Cook Awarded Z. Smith Reynolds Foundation Fellowship
- February, 2005: Martin Guthold wins Reid-Doyle Prize for Excellence in Teaching
2004
- October, 2004: Judy Swicegood named WFU Employee of the Year
- October, 2004: 2004 Nobel in Physics announced for explaining strong force
- October, 2004: Department Photo
- September, 2004: Carroll Co-organizer of MRS Nanotube Symposium
- September, 2004: Department invites applications for Ledford Scholarship
- August, 2004: New Generation of Physicists
- August, 2004: Cable elected PIRA VP
- August, 2004: Welcome Back!
- August, 2004: Welcome, Lucasz Turski
- July, 2004: George Holzwarth retirement celebration
- July, 2004: Ben Harrison wins ACS Fellowship
- June, 2004: Welcome, Jiwen Liu
- May, 2004: Reception for Graduates
- May, 2004: WFU Outstanding Doctoral Student
- March, 2004: Spring 2004 department photo
- March, 2004: Welcome, Jed Macosko
- February, 2004: One-Dimensional Metals — new book by Dave Carroll
2003
- November, 2003: New York Times Cites Department Research
- October, 2003: Mad scientists help host Project Pumpkin
- September, 2003: Nobel Prize in Physics announced for superconductivity and superfluidity
- September, 2003: Physicist wins Nobel in Medicine
- September, 2003: New Baby Guthold
- August, 2003: New Faces
- April, 2003: Graduate Research Day
- March, 2003: Welcome, Jacque Fetrow!
- March, 2003: Students and faculty present papers at national meetings
2002
- December, 2002: Holiday party
- October, 2002: Homecoming reception
- September, 2002: New Physicist Ian Thomas Hirsch
- August, 2002: Welcoming Tea.
- May, 2002: Physics department spring photo.
- April, 2002: Physics Awards and Honors: Sigma Pi Sigma, Speas, Outstanding TA.
- April, 2002: John Wilkinson and Gang Xiong win Richter Awards.
- March, 2002: Faculty and Students attend APS March Meeting in Indianapolis.
- February, 2002: WFU physicists attend Biophysical Society Meeting in San Francisco.
- February, 2002: Daniel Kim-Shapiro wins Excellence in Research award.
2001
- October, 2001: Students conduct research at NHMFL.
- October, 2001: Homecoming
- October, 2001: 2001 Nobel Prize in Physics awarded for Bose-Einstein Condensation. (Local note: Neil Claussen, ’96, works with Cornell and Wieman on this problem.)
- September, 2001: University Open House
- August, 2001: Welcome back!
- July, 2001: Pizza at the Holwarth’s.
- May, 2001: Howard Shields retires.
- April, 2001: Department honors administrative coordinator Judy Swicegood.
- April, 2001: Graduate research day.
- March, 2001: Physics welcomes Martin Guthold to faculty.
- February, 2001: Yip and Yue-Ling in WOWF.
- January, 2001: New physicists! (New babies.)
2000
- December, 2000: Judy hosts the department for a holiday dinner and party.
- November, 2000: Welcome, Sebahattin Tüzemen, Visiting Fulbright Scholar
- November, 2000: International Who’s Who publishes article by Judy Swicegood.
- October, 2000: Nobel Prize in Physics
- October, 2000: License tag spotting: DemoLady.
- September, 2000: Wave studies before seminar led by Ben Alston.
- September, 2000: Fall seminars begin
- July, 2000: Pizza! Pizza!
- July, 2000: Judy Swicegood admitted to Who’s Who in Office Management
- May, 2000: Yip and Yue-ling win citzenship
- May, 2000: Awards Ceremony and Sigma Pi Sigma induction
- April, 2000: Wake Forest welcomes Jeremy Qualls.
- March, 2000: Physics major Jacob Klein and teammates win COMAP competition
1999
- December, 1999: Holiday ’99 party highlights
- December, 1999: Einstein chosen Time Magazine Person of the Century.
- November, 1999: SP2 arrives.
- October, 1999: Deborah Waldron wins teaching award.
- October, 1999: Celebrating 10 years in Olin Physical Laboratory
- August, 1999: Summer ’99 Ph.D.’s.
- May, 1999: Jack Williams retires.