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Physics Today article on smartphone physics with LLNL

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...

Dr. Frank Graziani named American Physical Society fellow

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...

CfHEDS team meets in Livermore

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,...

Graduate Student Opportunity Program fellowship

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!

Outstanding Undergraduate Research Award

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...

University of California awards grant to CfHEDS team

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 ...

Reaching a New Energy Workforce grant awarded to CfHEDS team

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...

Ronnie Shepherd named Fellow of the APS

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...

CfHEDS undergraduates at UC Merced honored

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....

CfHEDS undergraduates receive Outstanding Student Awards at UC Merced

April 28, 2022
Spring 2022 Outstanding Student Awards from the UC Merced School of Natural Sciences were given to 3 graduating CfHEDS undergraduates. Awardees are selected based on criteria including academic excellence, achievements in research, service to UC Merced and service to the community....

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