Congratulations Aly! Aly Rahemtulla successfully defended his MSc thesis
Aly Rahemtulla successfully defended his MSc Thesis on December 15, 2014: "Local Atomic Motifs: Visualizing the Disorder of Amorphous Germanium".
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Fall 2014 Dean Scholarship Awardees
Congratulations to Mateusz Buraczynski, Dylan Cooper, Rebecca Frederick, Steven Large, Erin McGee and William Dawkins on being awarded the Dean's Scholarship for Fall 2014.
The Dean's Scholarship
The Dean's Scholarship is offered by the Board of Governors. Recipients are selected by each of the College Awards Committees. The primary academic criteria is placement on the Dean's Honours List for two consecutive semesters.
Professor Ralf Gellert talks about the historic comet landing
Professor Ralf Gellert is interviewed in Globe and Mail article on the Rosetta mission. Professor Gellert helped build the Alpha Particle X-Ray Spectrometer (APXS), one of Philae's 10 instruments.
Professor Emeritus James R. Stevens awarded medal commemorating the 100 years of the revival of Warsaw University of Technology
James R. Stevens, University Professor Emeritus, was awarded a medal commemorating the 100 years of the revival of Warsaw University of Technology "in recognition of outstanding merit for the development of the Warsaw University of Technology, supporting its activity, building the image and promoting the University". In his long and fruitful career at the University of Guelph, Jim has supervised seven faculty and students from the Warsaw University of Technology, who came to our Physics Department during 1991-1998 period as postdoctoral fellows or visiting scientists.
Martin Williams - Distinguished Professor Award for Excellence in Teaching F14
Congratulations to Dr. Martin Williams. He will be awarded the Distinguished Professor Award for Innovation in Teaching. at the Annual University of Guelph Faculty Association (UGFA) Teaching Awards & New Member Reception to be held October 16, 2014. The recipients of these awards are selected from nominations made by students and colleagues in recognition of their impressive contributions to University teaching and library services.
In Memory of Jackie Marsh
Jackie Marsh worked in the Department of Physics for 29 years as a Biophysics Technician at the University of Guelph. She passed away yesterday at the age of 82 from ALS.
- September 5th article on Jackie Marsh, Mississauga News: "Retirement workers do the challenge for resident with ALS"
PhysPhest 2014 Results
PhysPhest 2014 was held on the September 3rd. The top three speakers were selected by the general audience, the results are as follows:
- First place --- John Malcolm
- Second place --- Jonah Miller
- Third place --- Erin Shelton
The Department of Physics is extremely proud of your presentations!
Congratulations Ryan! John Ryan Westernacher-Schneider successfully defended his MSc thesis
John Ryan Westernacher-Schneider successfully defended his MSc Thesis on August 28, 2014: "Scaling Relations in 2+1 Dimensional Relativistic Turbulence / Electromagnetic Emission from Magnetized Two-Dipole Neutron Stars".
CPES Undergraduate Poster Session Results
The CPES Undergraduate Poster Session was held in the Science Complex Atrium.
From the CPES Undergraduate Poster Session Planning Committee: