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We are approaching the end of an important year in the life of QTP. We have a new faculty member, Kennie Merz, who joined us as Professor this Fall. In other faculty maters, Hai-Ping Cheng was promoted to Professor, and Sam Trickey retired and became Professor Emeritus (not to worry, Sam remains active in his research!). This fall we had a fine symposium celebrating Sam's scientific accomplishments. The 2006 Sanibel Symposium will once again be on the beach, on St. Simons Island. The 3rd Löwdin Lectures were held this spring, with Mark Ratner as speaker. | |
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Dr. Erik Deumens has been appointed as the first Director of the High Performance Computing (HPC). Erik will also continue to be the Director for Computing for the Quantum Theory Project (QTP) where he is responsible for operating the computing environment at QTP. Since 1994, he has been involved in the development of a high performance, portable, parallel software library for quantum chemical integrals, called QTIP as testing ground for research and teaching of high quality software engineering. He also lectures on High Performance Computing Topics covering all issues involved in programming for scientific computing: including architecture of modern CPU's and parallel computers, object oriented design, correct programming, debugging and performance analysis, message passing programming, and thread programming. Erik received his Ph.D. in Physics in 1982 and his DSc in 1984 from the University of Brussels. Erik holds a Scientist faculty line in the departments of Chemistry and Physand has been at the University of Florida since 1990. | |
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Sanibel Participants and/or Former QTPers Displaced by Katrina | |
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Mr. Igor Schweigert, is winner of a Dow Research Award. These awards are made annually to recognize excellence in research among our upper level graduate students. As a 2005 recipient, Igor will receive a check for $500 and have his name placed on a departmental plaque. | |
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UF professor Frank Harris has been named a fellow of the American Physical Society. Harris was elected for his original research and innovative contributions in the application of physics to science and technology. Frank Harris is a member of UF's Quantum Theory Project, a group of researchers based in the chemistry and physics departments. He was honored for his contributions over a 50-year period for developing methods of electronic structure computation for atoms, molecules and solids. Harris came to UF as an Adjunct Professor of Chemistry in 1998 after teaching chemistry and physics at the University of Utah for 35 years. Seven of the twelve Quantum Theory Project faculty are fellows. No more than one half of one percent of the society's total membership is selected for fellowship status each year. The American Physical Society was founded in 1899 when 36
physicists gathered at Columbia University and proclaimed the mission
of the new society to advance and diffuse the knowledge of physics. The
fellowship program was created to recognize members who may have made
advances in knowledge through original research and publication. |
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| Ph.D.'s awarded in 2005 | ||
Last Updated 12/12/07
