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[female voice] California State University, Fresno physics professor; Dr. Yongsheng Gao
has been awarded a three year $460,000 grant
by the Nat'l Science Foundation's Elementary Particle Physics (EPP) program.
The grant will help fund Gao and Fresno State students helping with research
at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) in Geneva, Switzerland during the summer
Students spend six weeks in Geneva working and learning with 8,000 other scientists from around the world
I had the opportunity to sit down with Fresno State, Lawrence Carlson, student and talk a little bit about what students can expect when they go to Geneva.
Lawrence had the opportunity to study last year at the Hadron Collider
[Lawrence speaks] Probably the biggest advantage is experiencing physics first hand
the latest technologies, the diversity from cultures all over the world.
Students can expect to learn the latest things computer-wise, physics-wise and even math-wise
There are even certain divisions that cover chemistry
and these applications are not only applied in the field of direct physics but in medicine, computers and engineering, etc.
I had the opportunity to work with 4 or 5 of the Phd's
that worked at the same time at the Stanford linear accelerator
so I was actually working with their group.
and you'd be surprised that they treated Fresno State students, because of our reputation and the hard work of previous students, with respect.
So when a student is given a project at Fresno State, they know that that project is going to get done and it's going to get done well.
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