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Group photo of BEST students (top) and High school students program (bottom).

A Summer of Science for Rochester-Area High School Students

August 30, 2024

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…

Awards, Honors, & Fellowships

LLE and Focused Energy, Part of the INFUSE Network, Secure DOE Grant to Advance Fusion Research

August 16, 2024

Portrait of Jason Puth.

Jason Puth Takes Helm as Omega Facility Division Director

Portrait of JJ Ruby

LLE Alumnus JJ Ruby Supports Houston Astros with Physics and Engineering

Varchas Gopalaswamy Appointed Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering

Varchas Gopalaswamy, LLE Scientist in the Integrated Modeling Group, has been appointed to the position of Assistant Professor (Research) in the Department of Mechanical Engineering. Gopalaswamy, who has worked at…

Eddy Wu standing by his scientific poster at a conference booth.

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…

Segev BenZvi shakes hands with award winners Hunter Markland and Md Reshad Rahman, each holding their wards.

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…

Laser Focus World magazine cover and inside pages spread across a light gray background.

LLE Featured in May 2024 Edition of Laser Focus World

Group of people cutting ceremony ribbon outside of LLE's Office and Lab Expansion building.

Ribbon-Cutting Ceremony Officially Opens LLE Office and Laboratory Expansion

A brilliant warm and sunny day made for the perfect backdrop at this past Friday’s ribbon-cutting ceremony at the Laboratory for Laser Energetics, where invited officials, university personnel, scientists, staff,…

Group photograph of Neel Kabadi, Mokin Lee, Edban Watt, Alex Kulvivat, Julie Hernandez, and Adam Cummings on the East Lobby staircase, a colorful illustration with an image of a diagnostic.

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…

Portrait of Julia Kubes at the Laboratory for Laser Energetics.

Chemical Engineering Undergraduate Julia Kubes Inducted into Tau Beta Pi Honor Society

Photo of Declan Walden.

Declan Walden Selected for CLEO 2024 Post-Deadline Session