Gary E. Copeland, Retired Physics Professor, passed away in October 2020
Mark D. Havey, Distinguished Physics Professor and Eminent Scholar, Dies at 68
Govind S. Khandelwal, Physics Professor from 1969-1998, dies at 88
ODU Chapter of Society of Physics Students Recognized as "Distinguished Chapter"
The SPS National Council has awarded the Old Dominion University SPS Chapter as a 2019-2020 Distinguished Chapter. (More)
Physics Professor Introduces a New Research Tool at Jefferson Lab
Dr. Moskov Amaryan, Professor and Jefferson Lab researcher, is leading a team of ODU physicists and postdocs to use CEBAF to produce a secondary beam of the so-called K-long, strongly interacting long-lived kaon particles. (More)
ODU Ph.D. Physics Student Selected for Department of Energy's Science Research Program
Keegan Sherman is the first graduate student from Old Dominion University to receive the Department of Energy's Science Graduate Student Research Program (SCGSR) supplemental award. (More)
Army Vet & ODU Ph.D. Alumnus Pursues His Passion in Physics
Nathan Dzbenski, a Ph.D. alumnus in the Physics Department at Old Dominion University, has always had an extreme passion and interest in particle physics, and that spark ignited at Old Dominion University. The road to getting his Ph.D. was filled with unexpected twists and turns. (More)
REYES Virtual Science and Engineering Program Is a Global Success for ODU
The HALES project was unfortunately cancelled this past summer because of concerns about COVID-19. From this, the REYES program was created. Called the Remote Experience for Young Engineers and Scientists (REYES), the program produced 81 live lectures on scientific topics that reached 7,335 people in 115 countries. (More)
Multiple Physics Graduate Students Win Awards
Bhawin Dhital awarded international fellowship from the EIC Center at Jefferson Lab. Keegan Sherman named part of the SCGSR program from the DOE. (More)
ODU Researchers Help Develop Revolutionary Tool to Peer into the Depths of the Ocean
Multidisciplinary researchers from Old Dominion University and Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences have developed a new device to peer further into the ocean's depths. This new instrument uses Light Detection and Ranging (LiDAR) to detect algae and other particles suspended in the ocean. (More)
Lindsay Thornton Shines at NASA Langley
Getting the word out about the goings-on at NASA is part of the job for Lindsay Thornton, a recent ODU graduate. The senior education specialist at NASA's Langley Research Center in Hampton, Virginia, does it with a bit of humor, which has been shown in a series of educational videos for a PBS affiliate. (More)
Mark D. Havey, Distinguished Physics Professor and Eminent Scholar, Dies at 68
ODU Physicists, Students Unlock the Mysteries Within the Atom
Unlocking the secrets at the heart of protons and neutrons is a central goal of nuclear physics research. Old Dominion University faculty and students are working alongside scientists at Jefferson Lab and two area universities to unravel this internal structure. (More)
Physics Alum has 147,000 YouTube Followers
Physics alum and Virginia Beach native, Andrew Dotson, scores big on YouTube with 147,000 subscribers from across the globe. (More)
ODU Physics Professor Published in Nature Chemistry Journal
Dr. Yuan Zhang, assistant professor of physics at Old Dominion University, was part of a joint effort between chemists and physicists to publish "Intra- and intermolecular self-assembly of a 20-nm-wide supramolecular hexagonal grid. (More)
Studying the Proton and Neutron
Co-led by Lawrence Weinstein, Eminent Scholar and professor of physics at Old Dominion University, a study by researchers at the Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility (Jefferson Lab) is featured in the current edition of the scientific journal Nature. (More)
Dr. Charles Hyde Publishes New Findings in Nature Physics
Charles Hyde, chair and professor of physics, and his collaborators may be one step closer to understanding the internal structure of the proton and neutron. (More)