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AAAS Fellows elected
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. Four University of Illinois researchers Paul D. Coleman, Richard I. Gumport, Jean-Pierre Leburton and Bruce R. Schatz are among 288 scientists elected as 2001 fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. Fellowship recognizes “efforts toward advancing science or fostering applications that are deemed scientifically or socially distinguished,” according to the […]
State championship of Rube Goldberg Machine Contest to be held May 12
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. The Illinois State Championship Rube Goldberg Machine Contest for High Schools will be held in the Illini Union, 1401 W. Green St., Urbana, from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. May 12. The contest pays homage to Goldberg, a satirical cartoonist best known for his designs of ridiculously complicated gadgets that performed the simplest […]
Physics professor wins Guggenheim Fellowship
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. Dale J. Van Harlingen, a professor of physics at the University of Illinois and a researcher at the Frederick Seitz Materials Research Laboratory, has won a 2001 Guggenheim Fellowship. Van Harlingen will use his fellowship to explore phase coherence and dynamics in superconducting circuits and their implications for quantum computation in a sabbatical […]
Physics professor named to NATO Science Committee
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. Jeremiah D. Sullivan, professor and head of physics at the University of Illinois, has been appointed to the Advisory Panel of the Security-Related Civil Science and Technology Sub-Program by the NATO Science Committee. The appointment, which begins in September, is for four years. The NATO Science Program was founded in 1958, with the […]
State finals of Illinois Science Olympiad to be held April 7
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. The state finals of the Illinois Science Olympiad will be held April 7 at the University of Illinois. The event, which begins at 9 a.m., is part of a national competition in which middle and high school students compete in 24 events involving science concepts and engineering skills. The public is invited to […]
Department head David Daniel to be next dean of engineering
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — David E. Daniel, the head of the department of civil and environmental engineering at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, has been chosen to be the next dean of the College of Engineering, pending approval of the UI Board of Trustees at its meeting today in Urbana. Daniel, a member of the […]
Two researchers elected to the National Academy of Engineering
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — Two University of Illinois researchers — Karl Hess and Thomas S. Huang — have been elected to membership in the National Academy of Engineering. Hess and Huang were among 74 engineers selected for membership in the NAE, which was established in 1964 under a charter from the National Academy of Sciences as […]
Time capsule to be opened at Engineering Open House
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — Wild and wacky Rube Goldberg machines, robots racing through a maze, the unearthing of a 26-year-old time capsule, and more than 150 fun-filled exhibits are among the attractions awaiting visitors to the 81st annual Engineering Open House at the University of Illinois. The event, organized by students in the Engineering Council at […]
Amtrak official to speak on future of high-speed rail initiative
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — Michael Franke, assistant vice president and program director of AmtrakÕs Midwest Regional Rail Initiative, will discuss the initiative at a talk at noon Feb. 8 in Room 3269 of the Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology, 405 N. Mathews Ave., Urbana. The talk is being sponsored by the U of I […]
Pioneer in magnetic resonance imaging to receive National Academy of Sciences Award
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — Paul C. Lauterbur, a pioneer in the development of magnetic resonance imaging and director of the Biomedical Magnetic Resonance Laboratory at the University of Illinois, will receive the 2001 National Academy of Sciences Award for Chemistry in Service to Society. Lauterbur is being recognized “for his research on nuclear magnetic resonance and […]
‘First-look’ results with spectro-radiometer: All systems ‘Go’
‘First-look’ results with spectro-radiometer: All systems ‘Go’ James E. Kloeppel, Physical Sciences Editor (217) 244-1073; kloeppel@illinois.edu 12/19/2000 SAN FRANCISCO — Demonstrations of the unique, three-dimensional, cloud-imaging capabilities of the Multi-angle Imaging Spectro-Radiometer — one of the instruments on the satellite Terra — will be among highlights presented at a special session devoted to the satellite […]
Strange quark contribution to proton structure yields surprising result
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — Scientists seeking to confirm earlier measurements of the strange quark’s contribution to the proton’s magnetic moment have found several surprises, instead. As reported in the Dec.15 issue of the journal Science, physicists who combined results from two measurements have calculated a lower strange quark contribution, and provided evidence for the existence of […]