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2234 New Physics Bulding #92
PO Box 118435
Gainesville FL 32611-8435
Phone: (352) 392-1597
Fax: (352) 392-8722
Email:"lastname" qtp ufl edu
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News of 2005
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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
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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 |
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