A University of Iowa astrophysicist has been awarded funding from NASA to create imaging technology that could generate a fuller photographic scope of the Milky Way galaxy. Dustin Swarm, a postdoctoral research scholar in the Department of Physics and Astronomy, will use the award to design multi-layered coatings for grazing incidence optical technology.

Assistant Professor Casey DeRoo gave a presentation to 80 K-6 students on June 26 at Willowwind School's summer camp, talking about outer space, what stuff there is made of, and how we know/measure the composition of things in space.

Ravitej Uppu, assistant professor in the Department of Physics and Astronomy, will use a five-year grant from the National Science Foundation to expand his research of electronic and photonic properties.

As part of the Project HOPE career education program, the Hawk-Eyes on Science team of Dale Stille, Vincent Rodgers, Emma Burzynski, and Caroline Roberts conducted a soldering demonstration on May 16  for West Liberty High School students in Van Allen Hall.

Physics and Astronomy staff members Heather Mineart and Richard Dvorsky were honored with this year’s UI Staff Council Awards for accomplishments that significantly benefited the university.

Applications for the Iowa Space Grant Consortium (ISGC) Graduate Fellowship Program are now open. The program is designed to support outstanding graduate students pursuing NASA-aligned research opportunities in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) disciplines.

The College of Liberal Arts and Sciences at the University of Iowa has appointed David Miles as the F. Wendell Miller Associate Professor.

The National Science Foundation (NSF) has awarded Assistant Research Scientist/Engineer David Hartley a $345,680 grant to study how two types of plasma waves, called chorus and hiss, impact the Earth's radiation belts.

A University of Iowa quantum optics physicist has been awarded funding from the United States Air Force to advance how information is transmitted securely at the quantum level. Ravitej Uppu, assistant professor in the Department of Physics and Astronomy, will use the award through the Defense Established Program to Stimulate Competitive Research to investigate how to harness optical losses for fiber optical quantum communication.

Professor John Prineas has been named a member of the National Academy of Inventors and was elected to join the University of Iowa chapter. He is being recognized for his work developing patents in semi-conductor and materials physics.