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New Astronomy and Physics professor will continue cosmic microwave background research at UNM
One of our two new faculty members, Darcy Barron, was the first highlight in August from Advance at UNM, an NSF project to recruit, retain and promote women and minority STEM faculty.
Barron's area of interest within cosmology includes the measurement of the cosmic microwave background (CMB).
"Surveys of the faint CMB polarization signal will provide detailed maps of the distribution of matter in the Universe, and could give new insight into the earliest inflationary period immediately after the Big Bang," Barron said.
See the article here: STEM Shoutout: Darcy Barron
Dr. Elizabeth Crosson looks forward to bringing her research to UNM in Fall 2018
Elizabeth Crosson, our new Quantum Computing faculty member, was also featured in one of Advance's August Highlights.
"In some ways, the most exciting thing about quantum information science is that we're still at the beginning and there are still many big questions in the field. Personally, I want to contribute to providing theoretical guidance of what people should do with a quantum computer," Crosson said.
See the article here: STEM Shoutout: Elizabeth Crosson
Fri 9/21, 3:30PM in Room 125, Prof. W. F. McDonough, Geoneutrinos and heat production in the Earth
Tue 9/25, 2:00PM in Room 190, Zhixiang Ren (UNM), Improve the Low Energy Sensitivity of the HAWC Observatory
Wed 9/26, 3:00PM in Room 190, Travis L. Scholten, Towards Scalable Characterization of Noisy, Intermediate-Scale Quantum Information Processors
Physics & Astronomy and Interdisciplinary Science building
The groundbreaking ceremony was held March 2018. The facility will be complete by July 2019.
Interactive Astronomy Apps
9 Educational Apps
Written by Kevin Dilts for the Astro 101 Lab, these free interactive javascript apps illustrate common astronomy concepts. Enjoy!
