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Press

•   07/2012:

  Benefits and Risks of Laser Isotope Separation (Online debate hosted by the Federation of American Scientists)
•   08/2011:

  Maxwell's Demons Appear in the Lab (Nikkei Science)
•   05/2011:

  Brownian Motion Goes Ballistic (Science Perspective)
•   02/2011:

  Maxwell's Demon Lives: And He's Devilishly Cool (sciencewrtier.org)
•   02/2011:

  March 2011 issue of Scientific American features article by Mark Raizen (Scientific American)
•   12/2010:

  Inaugural Jean Bennett Memorial Student Travel Grant Presented (OSA Foundation)
•   11/2010:

  Congrats to Inaugural Jean Bennett Travel Grant Recipient (OSA Today)
•   7/2010:

  Brownian Speedcam (Optics and Photonics Focus)
•   7/2010:

  Einstein, Right or Wrong...But Forever Relevant (Facts on File News Service)
•   6/2010:

  Instantaneous velocity of a Brownian particle captured (Materials Today)
•   5/2010:

  An optical speed trap for Brownian motion (physicstoday.org)
•   5/2010:

  Double-checking Einstein (Nature)
•   5/2010:

  AAAS Podcast Interview: Mark Raizen (Science)
•   5/2010:

  Physicists Prove Einstein Wrong with Observation of Instantaneous Velocity in Brownian Particles (University of Texas at Austin)
•   5/2010:

  Lasers make measurement Einstein called 'impossible' (physicsworld.com)
•   5/2010:

  Refuting Einstein in 4 Easy Steps: Physicists Measure Brownian Motion (Discover)
•   5/2010:

  Einstein was wrong: Brownian speed can be measured (Cosmos Online)
•   5/2010:

  Levitating glass bead proves Einstein wrong (NewScientist)
•   4/2010:

  Atom Stopper (University of Texas at Austin)
• 11/2008:

  Reflections on a Wall of Light (Science)
•   3/2008:

  Stopping and Freezing a Bullet (Physical Review Focus)
•   3/2008:

  Magnetic Gun Stops Teeny Bullets Mid-Air (Discovery News)
•   3/2008:

  Controlling Most Atoms Now Possible (University of Texas at Austin)
•   3/2008:

  Atomic Coilgun Halts Supersonic Beams (PhysOrg.com)
•   3/2008:

  Is a UT physicist an evil genius bent on world domination? (Houston Chronicle)
• 10/2007:

  Atomic Coilgun Used to Slow and Stop Atoms (University of Texas at Austin)
• 10/2007:

  Stopping Atoms (EurekAlert)
•   6/2007:

  Student Profile: Isaac Chavez (University of Texas at Austin)
•   3/2007:

  Physicists slow and control supersonic helium beam (University of Texas at Austin)
•   1/2006:

  Physicists capture small numbers of atoms in laser traps (University of Texas at Austin)
•   8/2005:

  New method for quantum cooling (University of Texas at Austin)
•   6/2001:

  Atoms perform a Quantum Flip (Physics World)
•   5/2001:

  Optical Billiards Break New Ground in Quantum Chaos (Physics World)

Student Awards/Fellowships

Fellowships

• Kirsten Viering: University of Texas Fellowship
• Tongcang Li: Biedenharn Graduate Fellowship
• Travis Bannerman: National Science Foundation Graduate Fellowship
• Adam Libson: University of Texas Fellowship
• Gabriel Price: University of Texas Fellowship
• John Robinson: University of Texas Fellowship
• Martin Fischer: University of Texas Fellowship
• Kirk Madison: Office of Naval Research Graduate Fellowship
• Dan Steck: National Science Foundation Graduate Fellowship
• Dan Steck: Hertz Foundation Fellowship
• Todd Meyrath: National Science Foundation Graduate Fellowship

Awards

• 2010 Chinese Government Award for Outstanding Self-financed Students Abroad (China Scholarship Council)
  Tongcang Li
• Inaugural Jean Bennett Memorial Student Travel Grant of the OSA
  Tongcang Li
• Humboldt Award
  Todd Meyrath
• Physics Department Outstanding Dissertation Award
  John Robinson, Kirk Madison, Martin Fischer, Dan Steck, Gabriel Price, Tongcang Li
• University of Texas Outstanding Dissertation
  John Robinson (finalist), Kirk Madison (finalist), Dan Steck (awarded)
• Outstanding Dissertations in AMO Physics recognized by The American Physical Society
  John Robinson, (finalist), Dan Steck (awarded)
• Council of Graduate School Outstanding Dissertation in Science and Engineering for 2003
  Dan Steck
• Hertz Foundation Outstanding Dissertation Award
  Dan Steck
• Walter E. Millet Endowed Undergraduate Scholarship in Physics
  Isaac Chavez