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A Message From Australian Institute of Physics NSW Branch (continued)
The nominated speakers for 2017 were:
visit to UNSW in 1975 of the British Nobel laureate, Professor
Paul Dirac, who was one of the greatest theoretical physicists
of the 20th Century. Professor Dirac gave five lectures which
were published as a book Directions of Physics. He donated the
royalties to UNSW for the establishment of the Dirac Lecture and
Prize, which includes a silver medal and honorarium. It was first
awarded in 1979. Congratulations to Professor Boris Altshuler as
the winner of Dirac Medal.
• Andrea De Lima Ribeiro, Macquarie University, Department
of Physics and Astronomy – Optical Remote Sensing of Water
Temperature
• Moritz Merklein, University of Sydney, School of Physics – A
chip integrated optical buffer based on hyper-sound waves
• James Diacoumis, University of New South Wales, School of
Physics – The Dark Frontier: A novel way to probe dark matter
physics in the early universe
This year’s AIP Industry Day on Thursday 9th of November
explored the (Return on Invention), transforming a brilliant
technical invention into a successful business and exciting
and challenging journey. Speakers at this event related their
experiences – past and continuing in their adventures taking
device-based technology products into the market. Speakers
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• Kai Wang, Australian National University, Research School of
Physics – How do we make camera for quantum light?
• Elette Engels, University of Wollongong, Department of
Physics – New Advances in Nanoparticle-Enhanced, Image-
Guided Microbeam Radiation Therapy
David James, Oncosil
Thomas Maschmeyer, USYD, Gelion
Mike Zimmerman, Main Sequence
Katie Green, CSIRO
Richard Savoie, Fledge
Puya Abolfathi, VisoSpace
Daniel Clarke, MQ & Fledge
Russell Connolly, Fluro4
Stephan Wagner, AusIndustry
Mick Withford, Modular Photonics
David Burt, CSIRO ON
Hajime Suzuki, Data61
• Trong Toan Tran, University of Technology Sydney, School
of Mathematical and Physical Sciences – Single photos from
flatland
The AIP congratulates all the AIP Postgraduate Presentation
for their outstanding lectures!
These awards have been created to encourage excellence in
postgraduate work, and all nominees who participate in the
Postgraduate Awards Day will receive a special certificate
recognising the nominee’s high standing.
This event was proudly supported by the Australian Institute of
Physics, The Royal Australian Chemical Institute and the Royal
Society of New South Wales.
This event was once again organised and led so professionally
by Dr Scott Martin. The Australian Institute of Physics thanks
Scott for his outstanding leadership to host and drive this event
for 2017.
I would also like to sincerely thank the judging panel for their time
and dedication in judging the presentations. The judging panel
consisted of:
Our thanks also go to the CSIRO for hosting this event and our
wonderful sponsors that helped to support the finances of the
2017 Industry day.
• Mr Stephen Foster – The Australian Institute of Physics New
South Wales Branch
Finally, I was privileged to host again the NSW Branch
Postgraduate Awards Day on Tuesday 14 November 2017
at the University of New South Wales. Each New South Wales
University was invited to nominate one student to compete for the
$500 prize and Postgraduate medal on that day.
• Professor Warrick Couch – Director of the Australian
Astronomical Observatory
• Dr Erik Aslaksen – The Royal Society of New South Wales
2017 will be viewed as a positive year for the NSWAIP and that
the initiative, team work and efforts of the Branch committee will
lead to further growth and development of the Australian Institute
of Physics in New South Wales in 2018.
These awards have been created to encourage excellence in
postgraduate work, and all nominees who participate in the
Postgraduate Awards Day also received a special certificate
recognising the nominee’s high standing. Once again, we would
like thank the generous support of The Royal Society of NSW
as the co-sponsor to award the Jak Kelly Scholarship prize of
$500 as a separate award category for this event.
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