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Laser Upgrade Project - Optical Mounts and Vacuum Chambers Designed in House
The rectangular mount is based on a photo of LLE's grating mounts.

HEDP Undergraduate and Graduate Students Present Novel Research at ICOPS
"Optimization of Shielded Scintillator for Neutron Detection" (pdf)
~ Patrick Belancourt (undergrad)
"Characterization of Heavy-Ice Deposition-Thickness on Flat Metal Targets for…

HEDP Undergraduate Students Win Prestigious Awards
"Optimization of Shielded Scintillator for Neutron Detection"Patrick Belancourt received the Department of Physics Summer Undergraduate Research Scholarship. This is a scholarship for…

Egyptian Scholars visit OSU
Scientists from Egypt visited the HEDP group at OSU for two weeks in October. They toured our facility and made presentations at or weekly group meeting.
Visiting scholars presentations

Five from Ohio State named to Princeton Review's Best 300 Professors
Five Ohio State professors are listed among the nation's best 300 in a new book about the country's top undergraduate professors. Published Tuesday (4/3), The Best 300 Professors profiles…

AFOSR Young Investigator Program
The Air Force Office of Scientific Research selects Dr. Kramer Akli as a recipient of an AFOSR Young Investigator Award
High energy density physics group (HEDP) Senior Research Scientist and…

400 TW Compressor Chamber has Arrived!
After unexpected delays and lots of hard work, the new 400 TW compressor chamber has arrived at the Physics Research Building at The Ohio State University and has been moved into the new lab space…

The National Academy of Sciences Reviews Fast Ignition
Distinguished Professor R.R. Freeman gave an invited Review of the Fast Ignition Concept to the National Academy of Sciences.
The talk in it's entirety is linked here: [Full FI Review…

Dr. Enam Chowdhury Receives AFOSR Grant
High-energy density physics group (HEDP) scientist at The Ohio State University (OSU), Dr. Enam Chowdhury has been awarded a 1.5 million dollar grant from the Air Force Office of Scientific…