Student at Argonne earns spot at prestigious Nobel conference
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ARGONNE, Ill. (June 23, 2008)—An Illinois Institute of Technology student
working on her doctoral thesis at the U.S. Department of Energy's Argonne
National Laboratory Materials Science Division has
been accepted to participate in the 58th Meeting
of Nobel Laureates in Lindau, Germany.
Cihan Kurter is one of a small number of students from around the world invited
to attend the meeting to hear lectures by Nobel laureates and participate in
discussions. Since 1953, a mere 500 to 700 top students and young researchers
from all over the world attend the event each year, often as a reward for the
quality of their performance and research work, according to the Lindau web
site.
Kurter's work at Argonne has focused on creating sources of terahertz radiation
by patterning high-temperature superconductors formed by intrinsic Josephson
junctions. These sources of terahertz radiation may soon find their way into
devices that could improve both security screening technology and medical diagnostics.
Born in Turkey, where she received both her bachelor's and master's degrees,
Kurter is currently pursuing her Ph.D. in physics at the Illinois Institute
of Technology. Kurter said she believes that the Lindau meeting will propel
her burgeoning academic life. " I believe this meeting will be a great
experience for my scientific career," she said.
Argonne National Laboratory brings the world's brightest scientists and engineers
together to find exciting and creative new solutions to pressing national problems
in science and technology. The nation's first national laboratory, Argonne
conducts leading-edge basic and applied scientific research in virtually every
scientific discipline. Argonne researchers work closely with researchers from
hundreds of companies, universities, and federal, state and municipal agencies
to help them solve their specific problems, advance America 's scientific leadership
and prepare the nation for a better future. With employees from more than 60
nations, Argonne is managed by UChicago
Argonne, LLC for the U.S.
Department of Energy's Office
of Science.
For more information, please contact Brock Cooper (630/252-5565
or bcooper@anl.gov) at Argonne.
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