Mahapatra joined the Texas A&M Department of Physics and Astronomy in 2008 after receiving his Ph.D. from the University of Minnesota in 2000 and completing postdoctoral work at the University of California, Santa Barbara. A member of the George P. and Cynthia Woods Mitchell Institute for Fundamental Physics and Astronomy, he is an international expert in […]

Dr. Krista Lynne Smith, an associate professor in the Department of Physics and Astronomy at Texas A&M University, has been selected by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Astrophysics Division to serve on the joint European Space Agency (ESA)-NASA Science Team for the Laser Interferometer Space Antenna (LISA) mission, which is set to begin […]

IDOM began developing the Giant Magellan Telescope enclosure design more than two years ago following a competitive, global search and extensive evaluation process. “Our team approached the challenge of the Giant Magellan Telescope enclosure, knowing that this structure would be responsible for enabling some of the most important scientific discoveries of our lifetimes,” said IDOM […]