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Venkataraman - Electrifying Chemistry
Latha Venkataraman pioneers a new method for ‘green chemistry’ MoreJun 24 2021 | Columbia Engineering Magazine
Applied Physics News
Learn more about the recent research accomplishments, contributions, and awards of our Applied Physics faculty members and students.
Crunching The Numbers
Frictionless optical components increase computer performance while lowering energy consumption MoreAug 27 2020 | Columbia Engineering Magazine
2020 Senior Award Winners
MoreMay 06 2020
Herman's New Book - Coming Home to Math
MoreMay 04 2020
A rainbow of layered paints could help buildings to keep their cool
MoreApr 30 2020 | Nature
Profs Michal Lipson and Mihalis Yannakakis Elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
Two Columbia Engineering professors are among the newly elected members of The American Academy of Arts and Sciences. MoreApr 28 2020 | By Holly Evarts
Enabling New DNA-Based Therapy For Anti-Cancer Drug Delivery
Scientists designed a tunable peptide-like molecular coating that enables 3-D DNA origami to maintain their structural integrity and functionality in different MoreMar 13 2020 | By Brookhaven National Laboratory | Images Courtesy of Brookhaven National Laboratory
Columbia Team Discovers New Way to Control the Phase of Light Using 2D Materials
Researchers use atomically thin materials—1/100,000 the size of a human hair—to manipulate the phase of light without changing its amplitude, at extremely low MoreFeb 24 2020 | By Holly Evarts | Images Credit: Ipshita Datta and Aseema Mohanty/Lipson Nanophotonics Group/Columbia Engineering
Mauel Named National Associate of the Academies
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Gaeta Named Highly Cited Researcher
MoreNov 20 2019
Beating the Heat in the Living Wings of Butterflies
Columbia engineers and Harvard biologists discover that butterflies have specialized behaviors and wing scales to protect the living parts of their wings. MoreJan 28 2020 | By Holly Evarts | Image Credit: Nanfang Yu and Cheng-Chia Tsai | Video Credit: Nanfang Yu and Jane Nisselson/Columbia Engineering
Nanfang Yu's Research Featured in the News
MoreFeb 20 2020
APAM Faculty Featured in Columbia Engineering Magazine
MoreJan 02 2020 | Columbia Engineering Magazine
Nano-objects of Desire: Assembling Ordered Nanostructures in 3-D
Scientists establish new nanofabrication platform for directing nanomaterial components of different natures into 3-D arrays with prescribed organizations; MoreJan 13 2020 | Team Photo Credit: Columbia Engineering | Assembly Schematic Credit: Brookhaven National Laboratory | Platform Schematic and Fluorescence Images: Courtesy of the Nature Materials Paper | VIDEO CREDIT: JANE NISSELSON/COLUMBIA ENGINEERING
Michal Lipson Elected to National Academy of Sciences
Lipson was named in recognition of her “continuing and distinguished achievements in original research.” MoreApr 30 2019 | By Joanne Hvala | Photo courtesy of Michal Lipson
Gaeta, Lipson, and Yu Win NSF Grants to Advance Quantum Research
MoreNov 13 2019 | By Holly Evarts | Photo Credit: Timothy Lee Photographers | Columbia Engineering News
Applied Physics Undergraduates Explore Entrepreneurship and Win 2nd Place in Columbia's Fast-Pitch Competition
MoreNov 25 2019 | By Michael Mauel
Columbia Team Receives $2M for Quantum Research Aimed at Stabilizing Atomic Excitation
MoreOct 08 2019 | Columbia Science Commits
Sabbagh to lead $7.6 million international grant on sustained tokamak operation
MoreOct 03 2019 | By Dr. Steven A. Sabbagh
How to Make a Flat Lens
MoreJul 25 2019 | The Economist
Gaeta Receives OSA 2019 Charles H. Townes Award
MoreApr 02 2019 | The Optical Society | The Optical Society
AP News Archive
- In Memoriam: James “Jimmy” Florakis (11/2/2019)
- Navratil Hosts Workshop on MHD Stability Control 10/30/2019)
- 2019 Plasma Physics Reunion Dinner (10/30/2019)
- Zang Named Regional Blavatnik Post-Doctoral Award Finalist (9/4/2019)
- Making Her Mark: Q&A with Professor Michal Lipson (5/3/2019)
- Venkataraman Appointed Vice Provost of Faculty Affairs (4/24/2019)
- Plasma Physics Lab Outreach (4/22/2019)
- Student Spotlight: John Brooks (4/17/2019)
- Venkataraman Named Gussman Professor of Applied Physics Chair (3/29/2019)
- Non-chemisorbed gold–sulfur binding prevails in self-assembled monolayers (3/6/2019)
- First "Quantum Photonic Crystal" in Graphene (2/26/2019)
- Herman Quoted in Philadelphia Inquirer (1/24/2019)
- Lipson Receives NAS Comstock Prize in Physics (1/23/2019)
- Gaeta Elevated to IEEE Fellow (1/3/2019)
- Mauel Co-Chairs National Academies Committee on Burning Plasma Research (1/2/2019)
- Lipson Receives Honorary Doctorate from Trinity College, University of Dublin (12/10/2018)
- Applied Physics Students Present Lectures on Quantum Computing (11/30/2018)
- Applied Physics Alumni Win APS Awards (10/31/2018)
- Davidovits Wins Rosenbluth Award (7/16/2018)
- Frequency Multiplexing for Quasi-Deterministic Heralded Single-Photon Sources (6/5/2018)
- Stellarator Group Receives $2M Simons Mathematical and Physical Sciences Award (6/5/2018)
- Robert A. Gross - A Celebration of Life (5/31/2018)
- Irving P. Herman Named APAM Department Chair (5/30/2018)
- 2018 Simon Prize Winner: Zhaoyi Li (5/9/2018)
- Sabbagh granted funding for plasma stability research aimed at disruption prediction and avoidance on leading international spherical tokamak (4/3/2018)
- In Memoriam: Robert A. Gross (2/15/2018)
- Changing the Color of Light (2/5/2018)
- Banerjee Elected a Fellow of the Institute of Physics (1/18/2018)
- Dickerson Named Chief Scientific Officer for Consumer Reports (1/18/2018)
- Columbia Engineers Create Artificial Graphene in a Nanofabricated Semiconductor Structure (1/10/2018)
- Currents Always Find the Fastest Detour (12/20/2017)
- An Introduction to Quantum Physics (12/11/2017)
- Nuclear Fusion Project Hails Halfway Construction Milestone (12/11/2017)
- Gates '94 Named Editor-in-Chief of Plasma (11/20/2017)
- Grierson '09 Receives Kaul Foundation Prize (11/14/2017)
- Undergrads Attend 2017 APS Meeting (11/3/2017)
- Venkataraman Research Published in Science Advances (11/1/2017)
- Sabbagh leads study to predict and avoid disruptions on KSTAR tokamak (8/11/2017)
- Columbia Undergraduates Attend PPPL SULI Course in Plasma Physics (6/28/2017)
- Herman Named Columbia University Senator (6/1/2017)
- Yu Wins DARPA Director’s Fellowship (5/12/2017)
- Yu Group Invents Method to Control Light Propagation in Waveguides (4/21/2017)
- Senior Spotlight: Lauren Riddiford (4/10/2017)
- Launching Four Spacecrafts with One Rocket (3/16/2017)
- Venkataraman Featured in Chemical & Engineering News (1/23/2017)
- New Faculty Member: Renata Wentzcovitch (1/10/2017)
- Wentzcovitch Elected Vice Chair of APS/DCOMP (1/10/2017)
- Gaeta Group Research Named an APS Highlight of the Year (1/5/2017)