Project+1

Choose one from the following (Project 1a or 1b) and upload your file and enter it into the corresponding table by 10/07 Monday midnight (11:59pm --- wiki will automatically time stamp your entry)

The pre-text pages following the cover of our textbook have a list of important milestones in the history of physics. Pick on that is after (including) 1900 and make a 1 powerpoint slide "nugget" summarizing that work and its importance. To help you and people pick different milestone, follow this guideline: find the last 2 digits ("xy") of your Purdue ID number and choose the milestone whose year is closest to "19xy" (for example, if your last 2 digits are 43, you would pick "1942 Enrico Fermi and colleagues produce first synthetic transuranic elements"). Alternatively, you can also pick the nobel physics prize awarded in the year "19xy" (found under [] for example, for 1943 it was Otto Stern"for his contribution to the development of the molecular ray method and his discovery of the magnetic moment of the proton")
 * Project 1a: Milestones in the history of Modern Physics.**


 * Your Name || Year and Title of Milestone || Link to your 1-slide ppt "nugget" uploaded ||
 * Niranjan Mandal (example) || 1896 Henri Becquerel discovers radioactivity. || [[file:mini_project-1896_discovery_of_radioactivity.pdf]] ||
 * Chuxuan Chen || 1939 Nobel Prize for the Invention and Development of the Cyclotron || [[file:phys344proj1a_chuxuan_chen.pdf]] ||
 * Ng, Han Lim || 1986 J. Georg Bednorz and Karl Alex Mu ̈ller produce first high-temperature superconductors. || [[file:Muller and Bednorz (1986).pdf]] ||
 * Cheng Ji || 1911 Nobel, Wilhelm Wien || [[file:Wilhelm Wien 1911.pptx]] ||
 * Daulet Shatekov || 1932 James Chadwick, discovery of neutron || [[file:Phys Project 1 Daulet Shatekov.pdf]] ||
 * R. Frankie Bouscher || 1964 Discovery of Quasars || [[file:Discovery of Quasars (1964); Bouscher.pdf]] ||
 * Xiao Zhu || =====1967: Discovery of first pulsar by Jocelyn Bell and Anthony Hewish===== || [[file:Phy project 1.pdf]] ||
 * Joe Kellenberger || 1940: Synthesis of first Transuranic Element by Edwin McMillan and Glenn Seaborg. || [[file:344 Project 1 Joe Kellenberger.pdf]] ||
 * Robert Caddy || 1945 Pauli Exclusion Principle || [[file:Mini-Project 1.pdf]] ||
 * Miranda Mott || 1977: Lederman and the Discovery of the Upsilon || [[file:MiniProject1.pdf]] ||
 * Samuel Higginbotham || 1960: Theodore Maiman Constructs First Ruby Laser || [[file:Project1 .pdf]] ||
 * Nathan Rapsinski || 1927: Germer and Davisson Demonstrate Wave Nature of light || [[file:Nathan Rapsinski 344 project 1.pdf]] ||
 * Dylan Smith || 1938: Discovery of Nuclear Fission || [[file:Dylan_Smith_phys344project1.pptx]] ||
 * Jeremy Armstrong || 1942: Fermi builds first Fission Reactor || [[file:PHYS344Project1.pdf]] ||
 * Sharat Bahl || 1994: Investigators at Fermilab discover evidence for sixth quark (top) || [[file:Project 1.pdf]] ||
 * Christopher A. Ashe || 1919: Ernest Rutherford is the first to transmute one element in another || [[file:Ernest Rutherford Transmutation.pdf]] ||
 * Isaac Madison || 1905: Albert Einstein proposes Special Relativity || [[file:Physics mini project 1.pdf]] ||
 * Brooke Waln || 1939: Ernest Lawrence creates the cyclotron || [[file:1939 Nobel Prize.ppt]] ||
 * Nathan Sahelijo || 1925: Samuel Gousmit and George Uhlenbeck Introduce Intrinsic Angular Momentum (Spin) || [[file:344 Project 1- electron spin.pptx]] ||
 * Dominic Vitello || 1986: Bednorz and Müller discover high-temperature superconductivity || [[file:Project 1.zip]] ||
 * Rachel Maxwell || 1967: Steven Weinberg and Abdus Salam independently propose a unified theory linking the weak and electromagnetic interactions || [[file:Project 1 EWT.pdf]] ||
 * Scott Mullen || 1945: Detonation of first fission bomb in New Mexico desert. || [[file:First Atom Bomb.ppt]] ||
 * Lauren Hucek || 1948: Demonstration of First Transistor || [[file:Demonstrates First Transistor.pptx]] ||
 * Hui yu || 1932: James Chadwick discovers the neutron || [[file:physics 344 project 1.pptx]] ||
 * Connor Feeney || 1994: Investigators at Fermilab discover evidence for the sixth quark (top). || [[file:Top Quark.pptx]] ||
 * David Bernstein || 1998: Discovery of Neutrino nonzero mass || [[file:1998- Neutrino nonzero mass.pptx]] ||
 * Rachel Lucas ||< 1967: Steven Weinberg and Abdus Salam independently propose a unified theory linking the weak and electromagnetic interactions || [[file:PHYS_344_Project1.pptx]] ||
 * Geyujiang Liu || 1929:Edwin Hubble reports evidence for the expansion of the universe || [[file:Phys project geyujiang liu 1929.ppt]] ||
 * Ting-Wei Hsu || 1955:Construction of the First Atomic Clock. || [[file:Construction of first atomic clock - 1955.pdf]] ||
 * Kudzo Ahegbebu || 1916 : Robert A. Millikan measures photoelectric effect to confirm Einstein’s photon theory. || [[file:1916 Robert Milikian.pdf]] ||
 * Gabriel Fritz || 1996: Discovery of Superfluidity in Helium-3 || [[file:Final Project One.pdf]] ||
 * Qingshuang Chen || 1928: Paul A.M.Dirac proposes a relativistic quantum theory || [[file:1928_Paul A.M.Dirac.pdf]] ||
 * Franklin Talbert || 1987: George Bednorz and Karl Alex M üller win the Nobel Prize in Physics for discovering high-temperature superconductivity in ceramics == || [[file:Johannes Bednorz and Karl Müller.pdf]] ||
 * Chris Gibbs || 1976: Nobel Prize for the "Discovery of a heavy elementary particle of a new kind" (J/Psi Meson) || [[file:1976-Discovery of J-Psi Meson.pdf]] ||
 * Kory Pritchett || 1925: Pauli Exclusion Principle || [[file:Pauli.pdf]] ||
 * Daniel Froemming || 1952: Attraction of Spin || [[file:1952_DanielFroemmingPhysics344 Project1.pptx]] ||
 * Ben Boersma || 1910: Nobel Physics Prize: Johannes D. van der Waals || [[file:Nobel Physics Prize 1910.pptx]] ||
 * John Wilkerson || 1960: First Helium Neon Laser || [[file:Wilkersj_project1.pptx]] ||
 * Andrew Wright || 1981: Siegbahn and High-resolution electron spectroscopy (XPS) || [[file:Siegbahn XPS 1981.pdf]] ||
 * Shane Swartzlander || 1993: Discovery of a New Type of Pulsar || [[file:1993 Nobel Prize in Physics.pdf]] ||
 * Cameron Norman || 1965: Discovery of Cosmic Background Radiation || [[file:344proj1.pdf]] ||
 * Eric Pujari || 1952: Detonation of First Thermonuclear Bomb || [[file:H bomb.pptx]] ||
 * Jonathan Porte || 1916: Millikan proves the Photoelectric Effect || [[file:1916.pdf]] ||
 * Samantha Sloan || 1976 Nobel Prize: Professors Burton Richter and Samuel C.C. Ting ||~ [[file:project 1.pptx]] ||
 * Jonah Polley || 1964: Allan R. Sandage Discovers first Quasar || [[file:Discovery of Quasars.pdf]] ||
 * Kevin Nejman || 1964 Nobel Prize: Charles Townes, Aleksandr Prokhorov, Nicolay Basov || [[file:Physics 344 Project - Nobel Prize 1964.pdf]] ||
 * Yan Li || 1905: Albert Einstein proposes the special theory of relativity || [[file:physics 344 project 1.pdf]] ||
 * Matthew Smith || 1974: First Evidence of Fourth Quark || [[file:project 1.pptx]] ||
 * Nathan Johnson || 1905: Einstein introduces concept of photon || [[file:Nathan_Johnson_344_proj1.pdf]] ||
 * Colin Ford || 1974: Discovery of first Binary Pulsar || [[file:PHYS 344 Project 1.pptx]] ||
 * Martin Kay || 1997: Nobel Prize in Physics || [[file:1997 Nobel Prize.pptx]] ||
 * Peter King || 1952: Detonation of First Thermonuclear Fusion Bomb || [[file:miniproject1_peterking.pdf]] ||
 * Alan Ponce de Leon || 1915: Proposal of the General Theory of Relativity || [[file:1915Einstein(PHYS344).pptx]] ||
 * Yanjun Li || 1924: Discovery of X-ray Spectroscopy || [[file:1924.pdf]] ||
 * Clive Townsend || 1970: Pioneering Work in Magnetohydrodynamics - Hannes O.G. Alfven || [[file:Project 1 - Hannes Alfven - Magnetohydrodynamics.pdf]] ||
 * Dylan Neff || 1905: Einstein introduced photon to explain photoelectric effect || [[file:Photoelectric Effect.pptx]] ||
 * Spencer Arnsberg || 1976: Nobel Prize in Physics - The Discovery of The J or Psi Meson || [[file:The Nobel Prize in Physics 1976.pdf]] ||
 * Giuseppe Giuliani || 1913: Nobel Prize- Discovery of Superconductivity || [[file:Project#1Phys344.pptx]] ||
 * Alex Miloshevsky || 1930 Nobel Prize: Sir Chandrasekhara Venkata Raman || [[file:Project_344.ppt]] ||

Pick a notable achievement in physics that you believe should be awarded a Nobel prize, and write a 1-page nomination letter to explain why you think so (summarize the work and its importance, you may include 1 figure in your letter and some references). Obviously you should pick an achievement that has //not// already been awarded Nobel prize before (past prizes listed in []). [Note: your grade will NOT be based on whether you correctly predicted this year's Nobel, though that will be fun to see!] Some suggested places to look for important work in physics maybe: [] and also previous years's list)
 * Project 1b: Nobel prediction**:
 * physics achievements that made into Science magazine's annual list of "breakthrough of the year" (see eg. 2012 list in
 * Physics World's annual "top 10 physics stories of the year" (see eg. 2011 list in [] as well as other years list)
 * APS (American Physical Society) annual "top 10 physics news stories of the year" (see, eg. 2008 list in [], as well as other years' list, eg. found by google it)
 * Go to [|Web of Science] (or another similar publication/citation database) and enter a topic and find out which is the most cited (original work, not review) papers published on that topic


 * Your Name || Title of the achievement nominated for Nobel prize in physics || Link to the 1-page nomination letter you uploaded ||
 * Klimes, Jeffrey || Scattering Amplitudes and the Positive Grassmannian || [[file:AmplituhedronNobelPrizeLetter.pdf]] ||
 * Kun Chen || Higgs Boson ||
 * ||  || [[file:344.pdf]] ||
 * Yiqing Ding || Higgs Mechanism || [[file:Nobel Prize Nomination.pdf]] ||