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Josh Larson

I had a chance to work with students and researchers across the country and the globe. Learning that you cannot do everything on your own and leaning on others’ expertise helped me to develop as a student and researcher.

Joshua Larson
Class of 2019

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Alumni News

Iowa group at FermiLab

DOE Awards Wetzel, Onel $1.3 million grant for particle physics instrumentation project

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has awarded a $1.3 million grant to James Wetzel—University of Iowa Physics and Astronomy alumnus and Coe College Adjunct Assistant Research Professor— for the development of novel calorimeter prototypes using never-before-tested materials. UI Professor Yasar Onel is receiving a $325,000 subaward to support the University of Iowa’s contribution to this research.

NSF Awards Grant to Study Dust Contamination in Semiconductor Manufacturing

The National Science Foundation has awarded Prof. John Goree in the University of Iowa Department of Physics and Astronomy a $405,000 grant to study how to mitigate dust contamination in semiconductor manufacturing.

NSF funds alum's effort to sharpen view of the cosmos

University of Iowa alumnus Jacob Isbell, a postdoctoral researcher in the University of Arizona Department of Astronomy, has been awarded nearly $1 million from the National Science Foundation to lead the development of a breakthrough optical instrument for the Large Binocular Telescope.
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