{"550761":{"#nid":"550761","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Physics Majors Doing Research at Georgia Tech Visit Oak Ridge National Laboratory","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp dir=\u0022ltr\u0022\u003EGeorgia Tech\u2019s \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.cos.gatech.edu\/content\/georgia-tech-partnership-ornl-heats\u0022\u003Epartnership with the Oak Ridge National Laboratory\u003C\/a\u003E (ORNL) continues to grow. The latest engagement is the early June visit of undergraduates doing research with Georgia Tech professors this summer. \u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp dir=\u0022ltr\u0022\u003ETen physics undergraduates doing research in the School of Physics traveled to Tennessee to see for themselves the cutting-edge research taking place at \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.ornl.gov\u0022\u003EORNL\u003C\/a\u003E, which is a \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.research.gatech.edu\/ornl\u0022\u003Estrategic research partner of Georgia Tech\u003C\/a\u003E. They met ORNL scientists, who described their research and the national laboratory\u2019s unique facilities, such as the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/neutrons.ornl.gov\/hfir\u0022\u003EHigh Flux Isotope Reactor\u003C\/a\u003E, \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/neutrons.ornl.gov\/sns\u0022\u003Ethe Spallation Neutron Source Facility\u003C\/a\u003E, and the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.olcf.ornl.gov\/titan\/\u0022\u003ETitan supercomputer\u003C\/a\u003E. \u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp dir=\u0022ltr\u0022\u003EA special treat was the opportunity to meet with \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.ornl.gov\/staff-profile\/james-b-roberto\u0022\u003EJames B. Roberto\u003C\/a\u003E, a scientist who was part of the\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.ornl.gov\/news\/ornl-team-officially-recognized-elements-115-117-discovery\u0022\u003E ORNL team that discovered element 117\u003C\/a\u003E, along with teams from Russia and the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, in California. ORNL received the privilege of naming \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.rsc.org\/chemistryworld\/2016\/06\/iupac-announces-proposed-new-element-names\u0022\u003Eelement 117 tennessine\u003C\/a\u003E (Ts), after the state of Tennessee. \u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp dir=\u0022ltr\u0022\u003EThe 10 students who visited ORNL are taking part in the National Science Foundation\u2019s Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) Program \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.physicsreu.gatech.edu\u0022\u003E\u201cBroadening Participation in Undergraduate Research in Physics.\u201d\u003C\/a\u003E Just established in 2016, the program enables undergrads to conduct research in one of the \u0026nbsp;program partner schools: Clark Atlanta University, Georgia Tech, Morehouse College, and Spelman College.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp dir=\u0022ltr\u0022\u003EDuring the 10-week summer program, the physics majors, who came from various parts of the country, will conduct research with Georgia Tech physicists and participate in professional development activities, faculty seminars, and a research symposium. One of the program\u2019s goals is to deepen the research experience and knowledge of high-achievement students\u0026nbsp;from groups that have historically been underrepresented in\u0026nbsp;physics and thereby increase the probability that they continue to graduate school. \u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp dir=\u0022ltr\u0022\u003EThe 10 participants, their home institutions, and their Georgia Tech research supervisors are as follows:\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp dir=\u0022ltr\u0022\u003EFrank Adams, \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.cau.edu\u0022\u003EClark Atlanta University\u003C\/a\u003E; with \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.physics.gatech.edu\/user\/simon-sponberg\u0022\u003ESimon N. Sponberg\u003C\/a\u003E, whose research interests include neuromechanics, locomotor control, and computational neuroscience.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp dir=\u0022ltr\u0022\u003EAndrew Blount, \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.psu.edu\u0022\u003EPennsylvania State University\u003C\/a\u003E; with \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/parkerlab.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003EColin V. Parker\u003C\/a\u003E, whose research interests are experimental ultracold atoms, quantum simulation, and condensed matter.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp dir=\u0022ltr\u0022\u003EKelimar Diaz Cruz, \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.uprrp.edu\/\u0022\u003EUniversity of Puerto Rico, Rio Piedras\u003C\/a\u003E, and Nathan Hines, \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.morehouse.edu\u0022\u003EMorehouse College\u003C\/a\u003E; with \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.physics.gatech.edu\/user\/daniel-goldman\u0022\u003EDaniel I. Goldman\u003C\/a\u003E, who studies the mechanics of locomotion of organisms and robots.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp dir=\u0022ltr\u0022\u003EEliza Gazda, \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.erau.edu\/\u0022\u003EEmbry Riddle Aeronautical University\u003C\/a\u003E; with \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.physics.gatech.edu\/user\/nepomuk-otte\u0022\u003EA. Nepomuk Otte\u003C\/a\u003E, whose research interests are astroparticle physics, instrumentation, and photon detectors.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp dir=\u0022ltr\u0022\u003EPeter Lott, \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www2.howard.edu\/\u0022\u003EHoward University\u003C\/a\u003E; with \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.physics.gatech.edu\/user\/ignacio-taboada\u0022\u003EIgnacio Taboada\u003C\/a\u003E; who studies neutrinos and gamma rays to find the sources of cosmic rays. \u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp dir=\u0022ltr\u0022\u003EHannahmariam Mekbib, \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.ncsu.edu\u0022\u003ENorth Carolina State University\u003C\/a\u003E; \u0026nbsp;with \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.physics.gatech.edu\/user\/alberto-fernandez-nieves\u0022\u003EAlberto Fernandez-Nieves\u003C\/a\u003E; whose research on the physics of soft materials focuses on the connection between microscopic order and macroscopic properties.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp dir=\u0022ltr\u0022\u003EShawn Sanderlin, \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.ggc.edu\u0022\u003EGeorgia Gwinnett College\u003C\/a\u003E; with \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.physics.gatech.edu\/user\/peter-yunker\u0022\u003EPeter J. Yunker\u003C\/a\u003E, who studies colloids, disordered solids, hierarchical structures, self- and directed-assembly of proteins, and fluid-fluid interfaces.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp dir=\u0022ltr\u0022\u003EDonavan White, \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.morehouse.edu\u0022\u003EMorehouse College\u003C\/a\u003E; with \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.physics.gatech.edu\/user\/harold-kim\u0022\u003EHarold D. Kim\u003C\/a\u003E, who studies the biophysics of the genome.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp dir=\u0022ltr\u0022\u003EWilliam Wills, \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.ggc.edu\u0022\u003EGeorgia Gwinnett College\u003C\/a\u003E; with \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.gravity.gatech.edu\/Shoemaker\/professor-shoemaker\/\u0022\u003EDeirdre M. Shoemaker\u003C\/a\u003E, whose work focuses on numerical relativity and its interface with gravitational wave astronomy. \u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp dir=\u0022ltr\u0022\u003EAccompanying the students were School of Physics\u2019 REU coordinator, \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.physics.gatech.edu\/user\/shaun-ashley\u0022\u003EShaun Ashley\u003C\/a\u003E; \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/mourigal.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003EMartin Mourigal\u003C\/a\u003E, who organized the Georgia Tech visit; and College of Sciences Director of Academic Diversity \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.cos.gatech.edu\/people\/keith-oden\u0022\u003EKeith L. Oden\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp dir=\u0022ltr\u0022\u003EAlso with the group but not part of the REU program was Maximilian Stumvoll. He is a physics undergraduate studying in the \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.gla.ac.uk\/\u0022\u003EUniversity of Glasgow\u003C\/a\u003E who is doing summer research in the lab of \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.physics.gatech.edu\/user\/james-jc-gumbart\u0022\u003EJames C. Gumbart\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp dir=\u0022ltr\u0022\u003EThe Georgia Tech contingent gratefully acknowledged the efforts of their ORNL counterparts: \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/computing.ornl.gov\/workshops\/JICSGRS2012\/bio\/i_anderson.pdf\u0022\u003EIan S. Anderson\u003C\/a\u003E, \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.ornl.gov\/staff-profile\/brittany-m-beitz\u0022\u003EBrittany M. Beitz\u003C\/a\u003E, and \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.ornl.gov\/staff-profile\/barbara-penland\u0022\u003EBarbara H. 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