Professor builds Grindstaff Tricolor Camera with National Science Foundation funds Although photography is classified as an art form, Dr. Mike Reed, associate professor of astronomy at Missouri State University, has developed a new photographic instrument that can be used to … Continue reading
Student gives oral presentation at conference for biological science, physics, chemistry James Hansen, a senior physics major at Missouri State University, recently received 2nd place for his oral presentation, “Synthesis and Structural Characterizations of Graphene-supported Tin Oxide Nanoparticles,” at … Continue reading
Dr. Michael Reed, associate professor of physics and astronomy at Missouri State University, was recently awarded $41,000 from NASA (project #00029558-01) via Missouri S & T for continuation of the Missouri Space Grant Consortium (MSGC) project. The MSGC grant will … Continue reading
Research explores nanotubes, antibiotic effects Dr. Lifeng Dong, associate professor in the department of physics, astronomy and materials science at Missouri State University, recently had two research articles published in the Journal of Nanotechnology. They are titled “Antimicrobial Activity … Continue reading
Dr. Robert Mayanovic, professor in the physics, astronomy and materials science department at Missouri State University, won the National Science Foundation (NSF) DMR-1126375 award for the “MRI-RUI: Acquisition of a Micro-Raman-Photoluminescence Instrument for Materials-Related Research and Education” project. The $391,765 … Continue reading
A group of 11 Missouri State University students along with one faculty member attended and presented research at the Argonne National Laboratory’s 21st Symposium for Undergraduates in Science, Engineering and Mathematics in collaboration with The Central States Universities, Incorporated (CSUI) … Continue reading
Joe Demster, a graduate student and teaching assistant in the Physics, Astronomy & Materials Science department, presented a poster titled, “Modeling of in-situ XANES measured from Co2+ ion adsorbed on Fe3O4 nanoparticles in supercritical aqueous fluids,” at the 3rd Annual … Continue reading
Dr. Robert Mayanovic, professor in the physics, astronomy and materials science department, received a renewal grant from the U.S. Department of Energy via the Carnegie Institution of Washington for his project entitled “In-Situe Investigations of Materials Under Extreme Conditions in … Continue reading
Dr. Michael Reed, associate professor of physics and astronomy at Missouri State University, received a grant for the project, “Asteroseismology of Pulsating Subdwarf B Stars via Observational Mode Identification and Modeling,” from the National Science Foundation for $128,248. “Asteroseismology is … Continue reading
Dr. Robert DeLong, assistant professor in the department of biomedical sciences; and Dr. Kartik Ghosh, associate professor in the department of physics, astronomy and material science, co-published an article in the Journal of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (JNN). DeLong and Ghosh … Continue reading