Welcome
Welcome to the homepage for the NSW Branch of the Australian Institute of Physics. The NSW branch aims to support physicists in education and research and promote all aspects of physics to the wider community in NSW. This is achieved through numerous activities including a series of scientific meetings and lectures inclucing the Youth and Women in Physics lecture series and Physics in Industry day, organization of and participation in physics conferences in NSW, education and outreach activities at all three educational levels and for the general community and assisting in the development of state and federal government science policy. For more information on our activities, please see our most recent annual report and the many links that follow below.
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Australian Institute of Physics, NSW Branch - Events for 2011 |
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DATE |
EVENT |
SPEAKER |
TITLE of TALK |
Meeting Report |
Tuesday 22 March
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1st General Meeting
Joint Event with the Royal Society of NSW
Talk will commence at 6:30PM
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Dr Ragbir Bhathal School of Engineering, University of Western Sydney
Venue: Slade Lecture Theatre, Physics Department ,Sydney University
| Searching for Nanosecond Laser Pulses from Outer Space
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March meeting report |
Friday 29 April |
Dirac Lecture
Joint Event with the Royal Society of NSW
Talk will commence at 11:00AM
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Lord Robert May
Zoology Department, Oxford University
Venue: Leighton Hall, Scientia Building UNSW
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Beauty and Truth: Their Intersection in Mathematics and Science |
Dirac lecture report
Video of the event is available here |
Tuesday 17 May |
2nd General Meeting
Joint Event with Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation
Special facilities ANSTO tour will commence at 5:30PM with Talk commencing at 7:00PM
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Mr John Carlson
Consultant, former Director General, Australian Safeguards and Non- Proliferation Office (ASNO)
Venue: ANSTO (directions)
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Nuclear Power for Australia- Outline of the Key Issues |
May meeting report |
| Monday 22 August |
Einstein’s Lecture at the Power House Museum
Talk will commence at 6:30PM
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Dr Stephen Fogwill
Head of Science at Tomaree High School
Venue: Power House Museum
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Powerful Medicine: Einstein would be proud! |
Einstein lecture report |
Tue 13 September |
Women in Physics Lecture Series
Talk will commence at 6:30PM
Entry Cost: $5
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Dr Tamara Davis
University of Queensland
Venue: Sydney Observatory, Watson Road, Observatory Hill
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The Dark Side of the Universe |
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Thursday 10 November |
Physics Industry Day
Registration Opens at 8:30AM
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Venue: CSIRO Materials Science & Engineering, Bradfield Road West Lindfield
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Materials Science in Industry.
Thinking INSIDE the Box: Innovation in Packaging
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Tuesday 22 November |
Postgraduate Awards Day
Annual Dinner
Postgraduate Awards Day will commence at 2:00PM
Prof McPhedran’s talk will commence at 6:30PM
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Prof Ross McPhedran
University of Sydney
Venue: Slade Lecture Theatre University of Sydney
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Some Useful Physics! |
2011 Postgraduate Awards Schedule |
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