INNOVATION & COLLABORATION

UCSB Graduate student Jack Bargemann lays down sheet metal to smooth the ride of the LZ Detector as it comes underground at the Sanford Underground Research Facility. Photo by Matthew Kapust.

At work in the Class 7 cleanroom in Broida Hall are from left to right Will Ortez operating the gantry robot, Onofre Jauregui modifying tooling, Susanne Kyre at the measuring microscope, and Alethea Butler-Nalin on the wirebond machine.  The team is made up of engineers, technicians, graduate students, and undergraduates.

Latest News

APS 2023 Einstein Prize Recipient: Gary T. Horowitz
  • Gary T. Horowitz, taken from APS website

"The biennial Einstein Prize recognizes outstanding accomplishments in the field of gravitational physics."

  1. Award
Asst. Professor Xiao Luo Receives DOE Early Career Award
  • Xiao Luo

Research Program Award For  "Searching for New Physics with Advanced Liquid Argon Detector Capabilities at Neutrino Experiments"

  1. Award

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Upcoming Event

**Rescheduled ** Department Colloquium: Tuesday, TBD, 2023 - Topological protection of Weyl fermions visualized on the atomic scale - protection, fragility and cooperation
Haim Beidenkopf, Weizmann Institute of Science 
 
 
  1. February 7, 2023 - 3:45pm
  1. Physics Department Colloquium