Director's WelcomeThe mission of the Institute for Physical Science and Technology (IPST) is to foster excellence in interdisciplinary research and education at the University of Maryland. IPST accomplishes this by Integrating People, Science and Technology. Our selective and highly ranked graduate programs in the fields of Applied Mathematics, Applied Statistics, Chemical Physics, Maryland Biophysics, and Scientific Computation provide specialized training at the intersection of traditional fields, and are a central component of our mission. |
News and Special Events
Fifteenth Annual Shih-I Pai Lecture Devarajan Thirumalai receives Humboldt Research AwardOct. 8, 2009. Devarajan Thirumalai has been elected the recipient of the Humboldt Research Award after having been nominated for this award by the German scientist Prof. Dr. Matthias Rief, Technische Universität München, Garching. This award is conferred in recognition of lifetime achievements in research. In addition, the awardee is invited to carry out research projects of his own choice in cooperation with specialist colleagues in Germany. We hope that thereby the international scientific cooperation will be further promoted. Dio Margetis receives NSF Career AwardDio Margetis of the Institute for Physical Science and Technology and the Department of Mathematics has been awarded an NSF Career Award for the project Thermodynamic and kinetic approaches for expitaxial material systems. These five year awards are among the most prestigious that a junior faculty member can receive in the nation. Dr. Margetis was tenured and promoted to Associate Professor earlier this year. |
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