JQI Undergraduate Researcher Deven Bowman Named 2023 Goldwater Scholar

Deven Bowman, a JQI undergraduate researcher and junior physics and mathematics double-degree student at the University of Maryland, has been awarded a 2023 scholarship by the Barry Goldwater Scholarship and Excellence in Education Foundation, which encourages students to pursue advanced study and research careers in the sciences, engineering and mathematics.

Alumnus Jonathan Hoffman Heads Toward New Horizon in Navigation Science

As a PhD graduation present, UMD physics alumnus Jonathan Hoffman’s adviser gave him a signed copy of the book Longitude: The True Story of a Lone Genius Who Solved the Greatest Scientific Problem of His Time. The book follows John Harrison, an 18th-century carpenter who took it upon himself to solve what was known as the longitude problem by building a series of 5 clocks, the best timekeepers to date. Eight years later, as a program manager at the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), Hoffman has started a new program called H6 seeking to build a spiritual successor to Harrison’s clocks: a “6th clock” that would be a compact, affordable, and precise device that would help navigate in situations where a GPS signal is unavailable.