A ceremony marking the opening of a new $3.2 million addition and renovation to the Physics and Astronomy Building at the University of Georgia will take place on Tuesday, June 16, beginning at 2 p.m.The new and renovated space, which is on the north end of the 50-year-old building, will include a new home for UGA’s Center for Simulational Physics, a conference room that will double as classroom space and much-needed additional space for graduate student offices, among many improvements.
Originally constructed as part of the burgeoning science complex on UGA’s South Campus in the late 1950s, the building on Cedar Street has long been in need of additional space. In special need of new quarters was the internationally known Center for Simulational Physics, which uses computers to develop techniques for solving problems that are intractable to current analytical theory and to gain insight into physical phenomena where the accuracy and scope of experimental results is limited.
Scheduled to be present for the ceremonies will be University of Georgia President Michael Adams, Provost Arnett Mace Jr., Vice President for Research David Lee, Dean Stokes of the Franklin College, David Landau, director of the Center for Simulational Physics, and faculty members and departmental alumni.
Included in the new space will be state-of-the-art research labs that will aid in recruiting new high-quality faculty to the department.
In particular, the upgraded facilities for graduate students will help the department in recruiting top students to continue their studies here. There will also be added space for the annual Computer Simulation Studies in Condensed Matter Physics Workshop that draws participants from all over the world.
The event is open to the public, and there will be a reception afterward for faculty, staff and alumni present.
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