Liang Wu Awarded Grant Under Defense University Research Instrumentation Program

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Liang Wu, Assistant Professor of Physics and Astronomy, was announced as one of 150 researchers awarded grants totaling $50 million from the Department of Defense under the Defense University Research Instrumentation Program. The grant will allow the acquisition of a scanning magneto-optical microscope for topological materials for Wu's lab, allowing further cutting-edge research studying light-matter interaction in topological materials. Such research has wide implications, including significant advances in computing speed and technology.

Read the Department of Defense announcement here.

 

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