Department of Physics faculty member earns NSF CAREER Award - David Hilton, Ph.D., an assistant professor of physics in UAB's College of Arts and Sciences, has received a National Science Foundation CAREER Award. The five-year $600,000 award benefits Hilton's ongoing UAB research into coherent manipulation in quantum systems. Coherence is a property of quantum mechanics that could complicate the design of future electronic components, like computer processors, as designers continue to reduce the size of components to the quantum scale in an effort to make them operate more efficiently. In particular, Hilton seeks to develop novel applications to facilitate computation on the quantum scale.
Media Contact: Andrew Hayenga, 205-934-1676 or ahayenga@uab.edu
UAB professor briefs Congress on obesity - Belinda Needham, assistant professor of Sociology and Social Work, presented her findings from an obesity study at a recent congressional briefing on Capitol Hill. She was one of four panelists, who, in December, discussed the topic, "Holiday Blues: Women, Depression and Obesity" as presented by the Society for Women's Health Research. Needham revealed that depression can lead to weight gain in women. She also found that women gain weight faster than men and are two times more likely to be depressed.
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