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August 15, 2024
The CfHEDS team gathered for three days of presentations and discussions on our collaborations in research, education, and training, Aug 13-15, 2024, at the University of California Livermore Collaboration Center next to Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory. There were also tours of the...
January 1, 2024
A Physics Today article discusses efforts by Dr. Dave Rakestraw (including with CfHEDS students) to develop and implement smartphone-based physics instructional activities. Teaching physics with phones: A game changer? Educators are creating new smartphone apps and designing new...
October 19, 2023
Dr. Graziani named fellow of the American Physical Society, for contributions including initiatives like CfHEDS. Frank R. Graziani [2023] Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory Citation: For original theoretical and computational contributions on the frontiers of fundamental properties...
October 6, 2023
The CfHEDS team gathered for two days of presentations and discussions on our collaborations in research, education, and training, Sept 28-29 2023, at the newly opened University of California Livermore Collaboration Center.   Front row: Brittany Harding, Tony Baylis, Sameen Yunus,...
May 16, 2023
CfHEDS PhD student Sameen Yunus has been awarded the prestigious Graduate Student Opportunity Program fellowship from UC Merced's Graduate Division, for academic year 2023-2024, to support her research on HED. Congratulations, Sameen!
May 11, 2023
CfHEDS undergraduate Maria Gamez has been given the UC Merced Department of Physics' Outstanding Undergraduate Research Award. Congratulations, Maria! She worked on the phone physics project with Dr. Dave Rakestraw from LLNL in summer 2021, co-authoring a paper in press at The Physics...
January 6, 2023
The University of California Office of the President has awarded a $1.4M grant "California Initiative for Solid-to-Plasma Dynamics for Fusion Energy" led by Prof. Strubbe, including CfHEDS team members Aurora Pribram-Jones at UC Merced, and Frank Graziani and Ronnie Shepherd at ...
December 14, 2022
A project entitled "Internship program for MSI undergraduates at LaserNetUS facilities" has been funded by the Department of Energy Fusion Energy Sciences. It is led by LLNL's Dr. Félicie Albert, and involves UC Merced, Florida A&M, and Morehouse College. It is based on LaserNetUS...
October 19, 2022
Dr. Ronnie Shepherd of Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory has been named a 2022 Fellow of the American Physical Society, nominated by the Division of Plasma Physics. Citation: For contributions to understanding HED plasmas through experiments at short pulse lasers, for the development of...
May 11, 2022
CfHEDS undergraduates Estefania Cuevas-Zepeda and Zachary Mauri have been selected for the annual Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting in Germany. CfHEDS undergraduate Maya Morris, who spent last summer at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, is a commencement speaker. See also here....

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