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Biswas and her students featured on the College Tour Series Amazon Prime Video

Physics students - Amelia Korveziroska, and Marcos Perez; and Dr. Biswas featured on the College Tour series on Amazon Prime Video while working in the applied nanomaterials research lab in Moulton Hall.

Ian Freeman named a 2022-2023 Barry Goldwater Scholar

The award is one of the most prestigious national scholarships in the fields of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM).
ISU Physics to house NSF funded multi-user electron microscope facility

We received a $403,900 grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to purchase a state-of-the-art field emission electron microscope (FESEM).

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Students win national American Association of Physics Teachers scholarships

Naomi Satoh and Colin Hobart are winners of the prestigious Barbara Lotze Scholarship for Future Physics Teachers. The University now has a total of seven winners of the prestigious scholarship.