October 1, 2025

Robert Streubel, Assistant Professor of Physics and Astronomy, transfers samples in an ultrahigh vacuum before co-evaporating amorphous magnetic films at cryogenic temperatures inside his lab in Jorgensen Hall. He has been awarded a five-year, $849,399 grant from the National Science Foundation’s CAREER program to study how disordered, noncrystalline materials could power the next generation of microelectronics, including computing systems that mimic the human brain. October 1, 2025. Photo by Jordan Opp / University Communication and Marketing.