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MSU announces collaboration with CMU for nuclear physics research
Three CMU physics faculty to conduct research with students in $680 million FRIB laboratory
October 11, 2012 —
Central Michigan University and Michigan State University announced an academic partnership this afternoon that will involve three CMU physics faculty in nuclear physics research at MSU. Through the partnership, undergraduate and graduate students from both universities will have greater opportunities to conduct monumental research at the Facility for Rare Isotope Beams, a world-leading facility in East Lansing.
Three CMU assistant professors of physics will work at both CMU and MSU to further nuclear physics research as part of a research cohort at MSU. The academic initiative between CMU and MSU appoints the assistant professors into the department of physics at MSU, which allows the faculty members to supervise doctoral students at MSU while also working with both undergraduate and graduate students from CMU.
The FRIB laboratory will enable more than 1,000 nuclear physics scientists from around the world to conduct research producing the same rare isotopes found in stars or supernovae. The research will promote understanding of how nuclear particles can be used in diagnosing and curing diseases, advancing homeland security efforts through radiation detection, and uncovering the origin of matter.
Ian Davison, dean of CMU’s College of Science and Technology, says the collaboration will give CMU students a chance to be involved in extraordinary research.
“FRIB will be one of the leading rare isotope user facilities of its type in the world,” Davison said. “This partnership will allow CMU students to participate in some of the world’s most important and exciting research into the formation of elements.”
“This collaboration between MSU and CMU amplifies the impact of FRIB on the state by ensuring students and colleagues at CMU will be working with faculty with direct engagement in FRIB,” said Mark Burnham, vice president of governmental affairs at MSU. “This furthers the development of Michigan as a hub for nuclear physics.”
The CMU faculty members announced as part of the collaboration are:
- Georgios Perdikakis, an assistant professor of physics at CMU, who received his doctorate from the National Technical University of Athens in Greece. Perdikakis specializes in experimental nuclear physics and nuclear astrophysics. His research includes experiments to understand the nuclear reactions that occur in stars and supernovae.
- Matthew Redshaw, an assistant professor of physics at CMU. His research projects include the study of high-precision mass measurements with exotic nuclei and ultra-high-precision mass spectrometry with stable and long-lived isotopes. Redshaw received his doctorate from Florida State University.
- Kathrin Wimmer, an assistant professor of physics at CMU, whose research projects include the study of the structure of exotic nuclei. Her research is performed at the National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory in East Lansing. Wimmer received her doctorate at Technische Universitat München in Munich.
The $680 million rare isotope user facility is funded by the U.S. Department of Energy Office of Science, MSU and the State of Michigan.
“We want to understand the question of how all matter is created,” Wimmer said. “We want to understand the structure of nuclei and their reactions to each other in order to understand where we come from.”
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CMU and MSU collaborate on academic initiative
On October 11, Central Michigan University assistant professors of physics Georgios Perdikakis (left), Kathrin Wimmer (second left) and Matthew Redshaw (second right) are announced by CMU’s College of Science and Technology Dean Ian Davison (right) to lead the academic partnership with Michigan State University for nuclear physics research at the Facility for Rare Isotope Beams in East Lansing. FRIB will be one of the leading rare isotope user facilities in the world.