Ohio University Hosts Midwest Physics
Conference and
Symposium
What
do forecasting epileptic brain seizures
and developing laser-driven devices have
in common? They both owe a lot to
physics.
Researchers
from across the Midwest will meet at Ohio
University this week to discuss the
science behind these and other
advancements at the 47th Annual Midwest
Solid State Conference and Solid State
Theory Symposium. The meeting will be held
for the first time on the Athens campus
Oct. 15-17 and will feature presentations
from 17 top researchers.
Presentations
will include developments in wide bandgap
semiconductor research, how physics works
on a minuscule scale such as in tiny
computer circuits and using new analysis
tools to understand brain wave activity in
epileptics.
Among
the Ohio University presenters will be
Paul Gailey, an associate professor of
physics and astronomy. Gailey's research
involves using nonlinear analysis to
predict epileptic seizures. Examining
brain wave data of epileptic patients,
Gailey and colleagues at the Oak Ridge
National Laboratory in Oak Ridge, Tenn.,
have been able to forecast attacks between
eight minutes and almost one hour before
they strike.
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