Kaan Aytekin Receives APS Outstanding Student Poster Award
Kaan Aytekin, a junior at the Hajim School of Engineering & Applied Sciences at the University of Rochester and a member of LLE’s Undergraduate Education Program, has just won an…
A Summer of Science for Rochester-Area High School Students
Congratulations to the students who dedicated their time to gaining invaluable hands-on experience in the fields of science and technology. Through the BEST (Broad Exposure to Science and Technology) and…
Pittsford Sutherland Graduate Eddy Wu Receives ISEF Award
Congratulations to recent Pittsford Sutherland High School graduate Eddy Wu, who attended the week-long Regeneron International Science and Engineering Fair (ISEF) in Los Angeles this past May, together with winners…
Hunter Markland Awarded 2024 Susumu Okubo Prize
Congratulations to University of Rochester graduate student and LLE Horton Fellow Hunter Markland, who received the prestigious Susumu Okubo Prize at the 2024 Department of Physics & Astronomy commencement ceremony…
New Diagnostic Platform for OMEGA EP Established by Team of Undergraduate Students
A team of five undergraduate seniors from the Mechanical Engineering Department at the University of Rochester performed the design and fabrication of original parts needed for the BBReflect-EP shot day…
Paper by LLE Summer High School Research Program Student Published in Optical Engineering
A paper by lead author Gregory S. Demos titled “Laser-damage performance of gallium-alloy liquid metal mirrors” has just been published in the journal Optical Engineering. Gregory, currently a senior at…
2024 Summer High School Research Program
The Laboratory for Laser Energetics announces its 35th Summer High School Research Program. Up to 16 students from Rochester-area high schools work full time for eight weeks between their junior…