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The 125 anniversary events and activities that were set to take place in June have been postponed to the the COVID-19 pandemic. 

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2020 marks the 125th year of Guelph Physics!

Established in 1895, the Department of Physics has been part of the University of Guelph since the days when it was the Ontario Agricultural College. This year we will be celebrating Guelph Physics 125 with historical posts, events and outreach.

Nawar Ismail successfully defended his MSc Thesis, Wednesday, September 9th, 20200: Effective Mass and Machine Learning in Strongly Interacting Neutron Matter.

Melanie Hiles successfully defended her MSc Thesis, Friday, September 4th, 2020: Classifying Formulations and Tracking Accelerated Aging of Crosslinked Polyethylene Pipes by Applying Machine Learning Concepts to Infrared Spectra

Andrew Harris successfully defended his PhD Thesis, Thursday, September 3rd, 2020: Spectroscopic characterization of atypical ion pumping microbial rhodopsins

Erin Shelton successfully defended her PhD Thesis, Friday, August 28, 2020: Quantifying Bacterial Motion in Twitching Colonies and the Effect of the Agar-Glass Interface on Bacterial Twitching Motility

Daniel Cureatz successfully defended his MSc Thesis, Wednesday, August 26, 2020: Refinement of the GUPIX Treatment of Multiple Ionization Satellites and Detector Non-linearity.