Physics

An international leader in industrial crystal development, the Regents Professor and Eminent Faculty member died unexpectedly Jan. 2 while skiing in Utah. A memorial is set for Jan. 17 on the Pullman campus.

Yogendra Gupta, Regents professor of physics and director of the Institute for Shock Physics, will present an historical overview of the Institute’s significant scientific activity and achievements.

From critical early developments in television technology to recent detection of cosmic phenomena in faraway galaxies, WSU physicists have been at the forefront of scientific education, innovation, and discovery for 100 years.

The College of Arts and Sciences named its 2019 Outstanding Seniors, based on their remarkable academic performance and service to their respective departments or school and the WSU community.

Multiple graduate students, staff and faculty from the College of Arts and Sciences were honored for outstanding achievement in April.

Harvard University physicist to present free lecture at Webster Hall on “Quantum tools to explore the universe … and help life on Earth.”

PULLMAN, Wash. – Internationally renowned scientist and Nobel laureate W.E. Moerner will give the S. Town Stephenson Distinguished Lecture at Washington State University on Tuesday, April 3.

James W. Berger, 88, formerly of Pullman, died Oct. 6, 2017, at St. Luke’s Hospital in Meridian, Idaho.

By Siddharth Vodnala, intern, Voiland College of Engineering and Architecture

PULLMAN, Wash. – A group of WSU researchers has discovered a way to modify diamonds that opens up important applications in the field of quantum computing and in radiation detection.

The discovery could help planetary scientists use the presence of hexagonal diamond at meteorite craters to estimate the severity of impacts.