Physics Department News
2nd year Postgraduate Poster Day
Thanks to all those who attended the 2nd year PhD poster session this Monday. Congratulations to Pabitra Biswas (Superconductivity and Magnetism), Te Nguyen (Nano-Silicon) and Jennifer Harris (CFSA) who won prizes for their posters.Photos of the event can be found on the following link:
Warwick Postgraduate Poster Competition 2010 Congratulations to Philip Petcher
Congratulations to Philip Petcher from the Ultrasound group who won 1st prize for the best Science faculty poster at the Warwick PG poster competition, held in the Wolfson Resear Exchange this week. The link to the poster can be found here and the link to the competition can be found here
Freezing light in a quantum doughnut
Research led by the 91影视破解版 has found a way to use doughnut shaped by-products of quantum dots to slow and even freeze light. Watch PhD researcher Andrea Fischer and Dr. Rudolf A. Roemer explain quantum doughnuts here
Pettifer Prize Winners 2010
The prize for the best First Year Physics student is presented each year, named after, and in memory of, Dr Robert Pettifer. The winners of the Pettifer Prize for 2008/09 were Samantha J Parr and Mark S Skilbeck. The presentation was made on 18th March 2010, by Dr Pettifer's wife, Mary Pettifer.