{"541451":{"#nid":"541451","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Martin Mourigal Receives ORAU Award","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp dir=\u0022ltr\u0022\u003EThe \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.orau.org\/about-orau\/default.aspx\u0022\u003EOak Ridge Associated Universities\u003C\/a\u003E (ORAU) have selected School of Physics Assistant Professor \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/mourigal.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003EMartin Mourigal\u003C\/a\u003E as one of 35 recipients of the 2016 \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.orau.org\/university-partnerships\/faculty-student-programs\/powe\/\u0022\u003ERalph E. Powe Junior Faculty Enhancement Awards\u003C\/a\u003E. The award represents public recognition by academic peers of the quality and promise of Mourigal\u2019s research.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp dir=\u0022ltr\u0022\u003EMourigal says he will use the award partly to pay for student trips \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.ornl.gov\/content\/core-universities\u0022\u003Eto Oak Ridge National Laboratory\u003C\/a\u003E to conduct experiments using the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/neutrons.ornl.gov\/sns\u0022\u003ESpallation Neutron Source\u003C\/a\u003E there.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp dir=\u0022ltr\u0022\u003EMourigal\u2019s research aims to connect atomic structure and dynamics to emergent collective phenomena, which occur when the behavior of a collection is different from that of its parts. Examples of such phenomena are superconductivity, which allows electron to flow without resistance, and quantum-spin liquids, which are exotic magnets arising from the entanglement of electrons\u2019 magnetic moments, or spins. \u0026nbsp;Both phenomena emerge from complex interactions among large numbers of electrons and are \u201cincredibly difficult to predict theoretically,\u201d says Mourigal. \u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp dir=\u0022ltr\u0022\u003ENeutron scattering is a major tool Mourigal uses to study how electron spins organize. ORNL\u2019s SNS, which generates an unprecedentedly high flow of neutrons and has exquisite detection efficiency, \u201callows radically new experiments to be performed,\u201d he says.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EIn particular, Mourigal aims to study three magnetic materials for which exotic behavior has been proposed or observed. He hopes to identify model behavior in these materials by comparing experimental results to the most advanced predictions from theory. \u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":[{"value":"Physicist will use award in part to pay for students\u2019 trips to ORNL"}],"field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Physicist will use award in part to pay for students\u2019 trips to ORNL"}],"uid":"32503","created_gmt":"2016-06-01 13:32:14","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:21:49","author":"Scotty Smith","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2016-06-01T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2016-06-01T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"541431":{"id":"541431","type":"image","title":"Martin Mourigal receives 2016 Ralph E. Powe Junior Faculty Enhancement Award. Photo courtesy of Martin Mourigal\/Georgia Tech.","body":null,"created":"1464876000","gmt_created":"2016-06-02 14:00:00","changed":"1475895331","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:55:31","alt":"Martin Mourigal receives 2016 Ralph E. Powe Junior Faculty Enhancement Award. Photo courtesy of Martin Mourigal\/Georgia Tech.","file":{"fid":"89828","name":"martin.mourigal.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/martin.mourigal.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/martin.mourigal.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":624337,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/martin.mourigal.jpg?itok=zSXkTkCL"}}},"media_ids":["541431"],"groups":[{"id":"1278","name":"College of Sciences"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EA. Maureen Rouhi\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EDirector of Communications\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ECollege of Sciences\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["maureen.rouhi@cos.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}