ZEUS News

ZEUS First Annual User Meeting Announced

The first NSF ZEUS user meeting will take place in partnership with the 2025 LaserNetUS annual meeting. ZEUS is sponsoring a dedicated session at the meeting to showcase the recent ZEUS experiments. ZEUS users are encouraged to attend and present their work. The deadline to submit an abstract as well as the deadline for to apply for travel support have been extended to Friday, April 4, 2025. 

Six faculty receive 2025 Ted Kennedy Family Faculty Team Excellence Award

These six research scientists helped design, build, and implement the ZEUS laser facility, which is the highest power laser in the U.S.

Two ZEUS staff honored with 2024 College of Engineering Staff Incentive Awards

Two ZEUS staff received the 2024 College of Engineering Staff Incentive Award for their outstanding contributions to the ECE community. These awards recognize staff who consistently demonstrate creativity, innovation, collaboration, and daring in helping Michigan Engineering strengthen its vision, mission, and culture of equity and social impact in engineering.

ZEUS Laboratory Engineer, Rich Van Camp, recipient of ECE Core Values Award

Rick Van Camp is a laboratory engineer for the ZEUS laser facility, which serves an international community of researchers. He is credited with bringing a spirit of positivity and collaboration that has greatly enriched the ZEUS team and fostered an environment where all staff feel respected and heard.

2024 ECE Core Values Excellence Award Winners

The recipients for 2024 are Shelly Feldkamp, Nancy Slowey, and Rick Van Camp.

New ZEUS outreach initiative aims to increase access and engagement

The University of Michigan’s ZEUS Laser Facility has been awarded a National Science Foundation grant to enhance outreach and education at the ZEUS Laser Facility. Led by NERS Associate Professor Carolyn Kuranz, this initiative aims to broaden access and engagement in STEM through innovative educational programming and an inclusive visitor experience.

X-ray vision

One of the first experimenters at the new flagship US laser, Michigan alum Franklin Dollar’s mission is bigger than research.

Soon-to-be most powerful laser in the US is open for experiments

The NSF-supported facility at U-M is about to begin welcoming researchers to study extreme physics that could advance medicine, microelectronics and more.

Louise Willingale elected Fellow of APS

Willingale is a plasma science leader who is currently helping launch the ZEUS laser facility.

First light soon at the most powerful laser in the US

The ZEUS laser at the University of Michigan has begun its commissioning experiments

ZEUS Joins International Community of Extreme Light Virtuosos

As a member of the X-lites program, ZEUS joins an international community of extreme light labs working together to advance laser science for the benefit of society

Amy Brooks awarded Staff Excellence Award for extraordinary efforts in difficult times

In addition to stepping up in remarkable ways during the past two years, Brooks has been known for her collaborative initiative, technical competence, and empathy to those in need.

Louise Willingale named Kavli Fellow by the National Academy of Sciences

Willingale was a featured speaker at the 2022 Kavli Frontiers of Science U.S. Symposium, where she presented on high intensity lasers, including ZEUS.

Most powerful laser in the U.S. to begin operations soon, supported by $18.5M from the NSF

With first light anticipated in 2022, the NSF will provide five years of operations funding, ramping up as the ZEUS user facility progresses to full capacity.

Anatoly Maksimchuk recognized for his achievements in high-intensity lasers and laser-plasma interaction

Building on decades of groundbreaking research, Maksimchuk is a key member of the team building the $20M laser facility known as ZEUS

U-M to become Mount Olympus with ZEUS, the most powerful laser to be built in the U.S.