NSW AIP Physics in Industry Day 2006

Eighty physicists from University departments, government organisations and private companies gathered at the National Measurement Laboratory at Bradfield Park on the 27 th September this year for the fifth Physics Industry Day organised by the NSW Branch of the Australian Institute of Physics (AIP) and sponsored by CSIRO Division of Industrial Physics, AusIndustry and the National Measurement Institute (NMI).

Theme of the day and major topic addressed by all thirteen presenters of talks in the Lehany Theatre was “ Is manufacturing in Australia viable? ”, a question that was answered with a definite YES, if correct decisions are made regarding the kinds of manufacturing that are to be done in Australia. Various posters, including sixteen student posters, describing particular topics in Applied Physics research were displayed in the Foyer area outside the Lehany Theatre. An important part of each Physics Industry Day has been the Postgraduate Poster Competition for students who are reading for a M.Sc or Ph.D degree on a topic in Applied or Industrial Physics. This year there were sixteen entries, all of high standard. into this competition with prizes of $1,000, $500 and $250 available for first second and third prizes, respectively.

Read the full report here.

Photo Highlights of the Event:

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	Bill Stanton discussing his poster display
	The poster display of the CSIRO Division of Industrial Physics
	Graeme Melville NSW Branch Secretary in red shirt and Tony Wallis from Bishop Technology in grey suit in foreground.
	Paul Dastoor (University of Newcastle) with cup of tea. chats with Graeme Melville & Michael Lerch with back to camera;  Bob Harrison (ANSTO) and Scott Martin (CSIRO division of IP) are at left foreground with backs to camera.
	Industry Day discussion in the Foyer area
	Student poster competition prizewinners left to right (shortest to tallest; first to third) Aloysius SOON (Uof Sydney),  Dean CUTAJAR (U of Wollongong) and Serhiy  PYSARENKO (U of Wollongong)
	Olga Shcherbakova's poster in the postgraduate student competition
	Tony Murphy(CSIRO div of IP) and Kostya Ostrakov (U of Sydney) discussing Kostya's poster.
	Gerard De Groot (CSIRO div of IP) studying a poster
	Tony Wallis from Bishop Technology in discussion
	Participants and posters in the foyer area outside the Fred Lehany Theatre