On August 31st Professor and Associate Chair Joanne O'Meara was featured on CBC's Quirks & Quarks science question segment to explain that the Earth does gain weight as a result of meteor showers.
Thanks to all students who participated in our annual PhsPhest event. It was a great day!
Best Ph.D. Talk
Best M.Sc. Talks
Rachel Brown successfully defended her MSc. Thesis on August 31, 2018: "Adaptation of Green Proteorhodopsin to Changes in Membrane Lipid Composition".
Mateusz Buraczynski successfully defended his MSc. Thesis on August 27, 2018: "Static Response of Neutron Matter".
Congratulations to physics graduate student Christina Burbadge for her 2nd place winning photograph in the University of Guelph Graduate Student photo contest. Her photo "Obersvatory at Sunset" won 2nd prize in the 'CAMPUS' category. Click below to be taken to the external page that features Christina's photos along with the other winners.
University of Guelph, Office of Graduate Studies Facebook Page - Photo Contest 2018
Jeffrey Roberts successfully defended his MSc. Thesis on August 21, 2018: "Simulating the Fluctuation-Induced Suppression of the Order-Disorder Transition in an Asymmetric Diblock Copolymer Melt".
Tash Zielinksi successfully defended his MSc. Thesis on August 21, 2018: "Finite-Size Effects Within the 2D BEC-BCS Crossover".
Tyson Schilbach successfully defended his MSc. Thesis on August 17, 2018: "Accretion Disk Contributions to the Diffuse Neutrino Background".
Michelle Dunlop successfully defended her Ph. D. Thesis on August 13, 2018: "High-Precision Half-Life Measurements for the Superallowed Fermi β+ Emitters 10C and 22Mg".