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 […]

This semester’s top three performers — Annie Pellegreen ’27 (first), Samuel White ’27 (second) and Alan Zhou ’27 (third) — each received a textbook for the second semester course (Physics 207) as well as a monetary award for their achievements. In addition, Pellegreen was presented with the inaugural Dr. Phyllis Toback Award recognizing this spring’s top student. The […]