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Author: Eric Chapman

  • Congratulations to Dr. Junwei Xu

    Congratulations to Dr. Junwei Xu

    On Friday March 30, 2018, the Department of Physics held a reception in honor of Junwei Xu, who successfully defended his Ph.D. thesis entitled: “Charges and Excitons in Field-Induced Organic and Pervoskite Light Emitting Devices “. Dr. Xu’s thesis was completed under the direction of Professor David Carroll. Please click here for photographs highlighting the […]

  • Congratulations to Dr. Ryan Melvin

    On Monday March 19, 2018, the Department of Physics held a reception in honor of Ryan Melvin, who successfully defended his Ph.D. thesis entitled: “Bias, Uncertainty, and Ions”. Dr. Melvin’s thesis was completed under the direction of Professor Fred Salsbury. Please click here for a slideshow of photographs highlighting the event.

  • Alum Dr. Chaochao Dun wins Outstanding Scholarship Award

    WFU Physics alum, Chaochao Dun (Ph.D. ’17), has been awarded the Chinese Government National Outstanding Self-funded Scholarship Award for 2017. This award was founded by Chinese government in 2003 with the purpose of rewarding the academic excellence of self-financed Chinese students studying overseas. This award is considered as the highest award given by Chinese government […]

  • Oana Jurchescu receives award for Excellence in Mentorship

    Physics professor Oana Jurchescu has been awarded the Wake Forest University Undergraduate Research and Creative Activities Center’s (URECA) Faculty Award For Excellence in Mentorship in Research and Creative Work. The award was presented at the 2018 WFU Founders’ Day Convocation held in Wait Chapel on Feb. 15, 2018. The award recognizes faculty members who engage Wake Forest […]

  • Career Event: Feb. 14 at 12:00 pm

    WFU Physics Career Advising Event SPEAKER: Dillon Sanders Department of Nuclear Engineering NC State University and Wake Forest Alum TIME: Wednesday, February 14, 2018 at 12:00 – 1:00 PM PLACE: Olin Lounge (Olin 106) Pizza will be provided. All interested persons are cordially invited to attend. BIO & TOPICS Mr. Sanders is nearing the completion […]

  • Colloquium: Feb. 14, 2018 at 4 PM

    WFU Physics Colloquium TITLE: “Properties and Dynamics of Jammed Matter: Insights from Simulations” SPEAKER: Mr. Dillon Sanders Department of Nuclear Engineering North Carolina State University TIME: Wed. Feb. 14, 2018, at 4:00 PM PLACE: George P. Williams, Jr. Lecture Hall, (Olin 101) There will be a reception with refreshments at 3:30 PM in the lounge. All […]

  • Announcing the Wake Forest Angela F. Harper Fellowship

    The Wake Forest Angela F. Harper Fellowship is a one-time award designed to promote the summer research of physics majors or those working in the physics department under the mentorship of a Wake Forest University faculty member across the summer months.  Applications must be written by the student and submitted to Eric Carlson ecarlson@wfu.edu, though […]

  • Career Event: Nov. 28 at 12:00 pm

    WFU Physics Career Advising Event SPEAKER: Jeremy W. Ward, Ph.D. Airmen Performance & Aeromedicine Applications Soft Matter Materials Branch Materials and Manufacturing Directorate Air Force Research Laboratory Wright-Patterson Air Force Base TIME: Tues. Nov. 28, 2017 at 12:00 – 1:00 PM PLACE: Olin Lounge (Olin 106) Pizza will be provided. All interested persons are cordially invited […]

  • Meet the Speaker: Nov 1 at Noon

    WFU Physics Meet the Speaker Event SPEAKER: Dr. Yves Chabal Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Texas at Dallas, Dallas, TX TIME: Wed. Nov. 1, 2017, 12:00 – 1:00 PM PLACE: Olin Lounge (Olin 106) Pizza will be provided. All interested persons are cordially invited to attend. INFORMATION Dr. Chabal is very interested in […]

  • Alum Angela Harper (’17) awarded the LeRoy Apker Award

    Angela Harper (’17) was awarded the 2017 LeRoy Apker Award, in recognition for outstanding achievements in Physics. This award is given by the American Physical Society and two awards are presented each year, one to a student from a Ph.D. granting institution, and one to a student from a non-Ph.D. granting institution. Angela was selected for […]