HU Computational Physics Lab

09/07/2018

This summer, 20 science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) undergraduates funded by the National Science Foundation came to Brookhaven Lab for a new three-week workshop to develop their scientific computing skills for solving real-world problems.

09/07/2018

Webb telescope update!

From the moment NASA's James Webb Space Telescope launches, and through the first six hours of flight, five different telecommunications networks located strategically around the world will hand off command and telemetry data to keep Webb’s controllers in touch with their spacecraft. The mission recently completed a successful test of communications handoffs between these networks.

After six hours, Webb will be about halfway to the Moon and six times farther from Earth than the geosynchronous Earth orbit where NASA's Tracking and Data Relay Satellite fleet and many communications satellites dwell. When the telescope reaches its destination, it will be nearly a million miles from Earth and will depend on NASA’s three Deep Space Network centers around the globe.

With NASA Space Communications and Navigation

Read more: https://go.nasa.gov/2NOluxz

11/28/2017

Fight the : The tax bill passed by the House of Representatives threatens to devastate graduate education by reclassifying tuition waivers as taxable income--a move that, if it becomes law, would result in an untenable financial burden for many graduate students. The Senate is pushing to pass its version of a tax plan, possibly as soon as this week, and grad students and supporters across the country are uniting in a walkout tomorrow to urge Senators to fight these provisions. Take action and learn more at aaup.org/tax.

Photo: Claudio Gonzáles, Graduate Students United

09/30/2017

Who wants to go to Mars? SpaceX BFR update

http://www.spacex.com/mars

This week at the International Astronautical Congress (IAC) in Adelaide, Australia, SpaceX CEO and Lead Designer Elon Musk will provide an update to his 2016 presentation regarding the long-term technical challenges that need to be solved to support the creation of a permanent, self-sustaining human...

09/18/2017

We were at the NAC V meeting this weekend. Some amazing people. Almost all of our recent grads have participated in some way. Thanks NRAO!
https://info.nrao.edu/do/odi/meetings/2017%20NAC/NACV/nacvmeeting

09/07/2017

If you are around DC tomorrow, you might want to swing by NASA Goddard for a seminar - "Gender and Racial Harassment in Planetary Science and Astronomy". 12 pm, building 34, Room W150 - Dr. Christina Richey and Dr. Erica Rodgers

08/31/2017

I want to thank Prof. Cecilia Chirenti from the Center for Mathematics, Computation and Cognition of UFABC (the Federal University of the ABC Region in the metropolitan area of São Paulo), in Brazil for giving a talk yesterday here at Howard and talking with students and faculty in the lab! Her talk was on gravistars and she was addressing the question if they are viable alternatives to black holes.

08/26/2017

08/15/2017

XSEDE workshop in the lab today!

https://www.psc.edu/136-users/training/2591-xsede-hpc-workshop-august-15-2017-openmp

XSEDE HPC Workshop: OpenMP August 15, 2017 XSEDE along with the Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center are pleased to announce a one day OpenMP workshop. This workshop is intended to give C and Fortran programmers a hands-on introduction to OpenMP programming. Attendees will leave with a working knowledge...

08/04/2017

3/30/17 HU CPL astronomy and astrophysics friends – congratulations! – we along with UMCP, UMBC, CUA, and SURA have been awarded the contract to lead the Center for Research and Exploration in Space Science & Technology (CRESST) under the CRESST II contract ! https://www.nasa.gov/press-release/goddard/2017/nasa-selects-university-of-maryland-to-continue-work-of-space-science-technology

NASA has selected the University of Maryland, College Park (UMD) to lead the continuation of valuable research performed by the Center for Research and Exploration in Space Science & Technology (CRESST) under the CRESST II contract.

08/04/2017

9/9/16 – 9/11/16 We hosted the NAC IV Workshop (4th year!) https://info.nrao.edu/do/odi/meetings/2016/naciv/

The National Astronomy Consortium (NAC) student program features a cohort-based, year-long student research experience for undergrads. The NAC program is designed to broaden participation in 'full-spectrum' astronomy for underrepresented and under-served students. Our NAC students spend their summer...

08/04/2017

Also HU and CPL have joined sPHENIX at Brookhaven National Laboratory ! What's sPHENIX? https://wiki.bnl.gov/sPHENIX/index.php/SPHENIX

sPHENIX is a collaboration, detector, and experiment proposed to succeed the PHENIX experiment at the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider (RHIC).

08/04/2017

This is a bit more recent : 5/13/17 Congratulations to CPL graduates: Mr. Ameer Baker, Ms. Brianna Thomas, Ms. Adria Peterkin, Mr. Sheldon Takeall, and Mr. Sergio Smith. All are going to grad school.

08/04/2017

Sorry this should have gone out a looong time ago - 5/7/16 Congratulations to CPL graduates: Ms. Aara’L Yarber, Ms. Olivia Dickens, Ms. Smita Speer, Mr. Nathaniel Lashley-Colthirst III, Mr. Kahlil Dixon, and Mr. Majed Awaji.

02/25/2016

Through the CPL, Howard University has joined the PHENIX collaboration http://www.phenix.bnl.gov

PHENIX collaboration at RHIC - front page

02/25/2016

PHENIX collaboration: Fermilab beam test in 2014

02/25/2016

Thank you to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC), the National Science Foundation (NSF), and the DC Space Grant Consortium! These organizations are providing scholarship funding to many of our students!

02/25/2016

We have about 28 physics students in the CPL now. 23 undergraduates and 5 graduate students! The physics department at Howard has about 35 undergraduate students total and 13 graduate students. We've been busy!

02/25/2016

Dr. Harry Partridge (NASA Ames CTO) visiting during group meeting Thursday 2/18/16

02/25/2016

Sorry for neglecting the site for soooooo long. Will try to update several years worth of updates!