Tag: science

Faculty Spotlight: James Sanders

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Zenith Shrestha photo Assistant professor of physics James Sanders began working for Troy University in 2014. Lirona Joshi Staff Writer What do you like about Troy? “I do like a lot of the students. We definitely have a lot of students who try very hard in their classes, and it’s nice to see that. Even if they come from a background where they don’t have much of a physics background when they come take my physics course, many of them they say this is the first physics course they’ve had.…

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Student studies under Nobel Prize winner

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(CONTRIBUTED/ Ty Naquin) Ty Naquin, a senior physics major from Millbrook, Alabama, had the opportunity to research optics under Nobel Prize-winning physicist Gerard Mourou in France during the summer of 2019. Lirona Joshi Staff Writer What if your job this summer was hanging out in the lab with one of the best people in your field trying to solve problems that you are passionate about? Ty Naquin, a senior physics major from Milbrook, Alabama, got a chance to spend his summer researching optics under a program run by Nobel Prize-winning…

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Troy student shares study abroad experience

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(CONTRIBUTED/ Rachid Bowles) Rachid Bowles, a junior physics major from Birmingham, researching nanofibers during his internship over the summer.  Luke Brantley Variety Editor Rachid Bowles, a junior physics major from Birmingham, Alabama, gave a presentation Tuesday about his experience studying abroad at an internship in the Czech Republic over the summer. Bowles’ internship was done through the International Research Experience for Students (IRES) program through the University of Alabama Birmingham (UAB). Bowles was referred to the program by Dr. Govind Menon, the director of the school of science and technology,…

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A Question of Unification: from atoms to galaxies

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Rakshak Adhikari Staff Writer Every Monday, Wednesday and Friday physics students at Troy take two very peculiar physics classes: General Relativity in the morning and Quantum Mechanics in the afternoon. General Relativity, Einstein’s magnum opus, deals mostly with large scale structures in the universe. The deviation of planetary orbits from Newtonian laws, the slowing down of time near massive objects, the existence of certain exotic objects called black holes and the recently discovered gravitational waves are all consequences of general relativity. Quantum Mechanics, on the other hand, was developed by…

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Students present summer research

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Pratibha Gautam Staff Writer The Physics Club held a student research presentation on Monday, Oct. 15, allowing students to gain experience in communicating their findings by displaying and explaining them to their friends and classmates. “Being able to communicate one’s research is almost as important as doing it,” said Ty Naquin, a junior physics major from Deatsville and the president of the physics club. These presentations allow student researchers to develop better communication skills while also giving the public an insight into some very interesting areas of current research, Naquin…

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