Using the Force: Force microscopy research nets Ph.D. student a scholarship—and a job—with DOD
¡MIRA! PhD student Jorge Muñoz receives DoD Fellowship! From the article: “Muñoz’s research is focused on using a type of microscope, called an Atomic Force Microscope (AFM), to measure materials properties with extremely high-resolution. The approaches he is utilizing and developing allow him to interrogate a variety of materials ranging from artificial aneurysm models to […]
NAU part of consortium working to improve cybersecurity education
Dr. Bertrand Cambou leads Northern Arizona University in its part of a five-university consortium that has recently received a grant to improve cybersecurity education. Read Arizona Daily Sun article.
¡MIRA! Students and Professors use the “weird” in quantum computing to answer hard questions
@media only screen and (min-width: 1000px) and (max-width: 5000px){body.kc-css-system .kc-css-1395207{width: 29.37%;}body.kc-css-system .kc-css-715303{width: 70.62%;}} Zeros and ones, qubits, superpositions, quantum photonics, entanglements, subatomic particles, artificial molecules; all terms that can sound like a foreign language—and that is because, in some sense, the world of quantum computing is. Ph.D. students Jaime Diaz and Taylor Begay-Wilson worked on a project in Bertrand Cambou’s class […]
Athletics and asteroids
Cross-country runner and physics and mathematics double major Beau Prince studies the surfaces of asteroids—but his dreams don’t stop there. Read NAU Boundless article.
Engineering the future of patient care
Ugrad Josette Vigil is doing some really amazing research in Tim Becker's Bioengineering lab! Read about what she is studying to further improve stroke treatment.