Institute for Research in Electronics and Applied Physics

Welcome to IREAP

We invite you to take a look at our latest research, achievements, discoveries, expertise and events

About IREAP A Message from our Director

William Douglass Dorland

1965-2024

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Paint Branch Lecture - 2024

Tuesday, October 22, 2024, 1101 A.J. Clark Hall Speaker: Professor William D. Phillips Title: The Quantum Reform of the Modern Metric System: Mass becomes quantum, and electrical measurements become honest.

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Prof. Bill Dorland

Professor Bill Dorland has been awarded the 2024 APS James Clerk Maxwell Prize for Plasma Physics, "For pioneering work in kinetic plasma turbulence that revolutionizes turbulent transport calculations for magnetic confinement devices and inspires research in astrophysical plasma turbulence."

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Sasha Philippov

Professor Sasha Philippov has been awarded the APS Thomas H. Stix Award for 2024 "For seminal contributions to the theory and simulation of collisionless astrophysical plasmas, especially compact objects"

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Dedicated to research from the very beginning

IREAP was established with the purpose to introduce visibility into the world of applied physics with the mission to solve the world's problems by way of research and scientific innovations.

An institute born from two extraordinary colleges

IREAP is a joint institute of the College of Computer, Mathematical, and Natural Sciences (CMNS) and A. James Clark School of Engineering (ENGR) and works to support the research and sustained innovations of faculty from both fields.