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April 2012 -Starry Sackville Nights - Venus and Mars- 4th in a series of Free public lectures and observing sessions Saturday the 14th at 7:30 pm - Room 113 Sir James Dunn Building
March 2012 - Marshview Middle School students test university Science Labs - news link HERE
- HONOURS PRESENTATIONS to take place Thursday March 29th and Friday March 30th at 3:00 pm in room 106 Sir James Dunn Building. A reception will follow on the final day.
February 2012 -Starry Sackville Nights -Orion - 3rd in a series of Free public lectures and observing sessions Saturday the 4th at 7pm - Room 113 Sir James Dunn Building
-5 Questions with Physics Professor Dr. Louise Edwards news link HERE
November 2011
-Dr. Louise Edwards delivers lecture on galactic astronomy at Moncton Museum. News link HERE
-On Tuesday the 15th at 1 pm Room 316 Dunn the Physics Department will be hosting a seminar by Mount Allison graduate Eric Ouellette entitled: From Mount A. to CERN: A PhD student's perspective on CERN, the LHC and ATLAS. Refreshments to follow.
October 2011 - Starry Sackville Nights -The Planets - 2nd in a series of Free public lectures and observing sessions Saturday the 15th at 8:30 pm - Room 108 Sir James Dunn Building
September 2011 - Annual Summer Undergraduate Research Fair a resounding success. News link HERE.
August 2011 - Starry Sackville The Life and Death of Stars - A free public lecture and observing session Saturday the 27th at 8 p.m. Sir James Dunn Building room 108
August 2011- Fourth Year Honours student Marisa Smith presents her research at the National Women in Physics Conference at the University of Waterloo's Perimeter Institute. For more information click HERE.
July 2011 - Mount Allison University Department of Physics welcomes Dr. Louise Edwards as new assistant professor.
May 2011 - Dr. David Hornidge awarded Paul Paré Excellence Award (Mount Allison University)
May 2011 - Dr. David Fleming and Dr. David Hornidge co-winners of this year's Mt. A. Physics Students' Society Professor of the Year
May 2011 - Marisa Smith awarded the 2011-2012 Varma Scholarship
April 2011 - Sarah Thomas and Marisa Smith awarded the 2010-2011 Anderson Prize
April 2011 - Ari Silburt awarded the 2010-2011 MacGregor Prize and the 2010-2011 Matthews Prize
2011/2012 PHYSICS SPEAKER SERIES
Winter 2012
January 24th 11:30 a.m. Dunn 406 Professor Jocelyn Bell Burnell - Pulsars and Extreme Physics
January 13th 2:30 p.m. Dunn 406 -Research Presentations
Dr. David Fleming, Dr. Louise Edwards and Dr. Robert Hawkes
January 20th 2:30 p.m. Dunn 406 -Research Presentations
Dr. David Hornidge, Dr. Mohammad Ahmady and Dr. Ralf Bruening
February 9th 2:30 p.m. Dunn 406 -CAP Speaker Thomas Gregoire
Topic: Looking beyond the Standard Model with the Large Hadron Collider (LHC)
February 17th 2:30 p.m. Dunn 406 -Duncan Middleton
Topic: First Study Of The Exclusive (e,e′pn) Reaction
February 27th 4:00 p.m. Dunn 406 Philippe Martel - University of Massachusetts Amherst
Topic: The Still Mysterious Proton or Measuring Proton Spin Polarizabilities with Polarized Compton Scattering
March 9th 2:30 p.m. Dunn 406 Jean-François Bisson - Université de Moncton
Topic: Optical properties of luminescent materials in and out of thermal equilibrium :
An indirect approach that generalizes Planck's law
March 22nd 2:00 p.m. Dunn 406 -Dr. Francis Leblanc of the Université de Moncton- Faculté des sciences
Topic: The Diffusion of the Elements in Stars
Fall 2011
September 23rd Dr. Rituparna Kanungo of Saint Mary's University - Department of Astronomy and Physics
Topic: Nuclear Halos and Skin : a new era in nuclear physics
October 14th Dr. David A. Clarke of Saint Mary's University - Department of Astronomy and Physics
Topic -MHD Simulations of Protostellar Jets.
October 19th Dr. Marcin Sawicki
Topic: Using time machines to study how galaxies made their stars.
November 4th Dr. Ian Short of Saint Mary's University- Department of Astronomy and Physics
Topic: Computational Modelling of Stellar Spectra: Red Giant Stars
November 9th Dr. Kimberly Hall of Dalhousie University - Department of Physics and Atmospheric Science
Topic: Study of Spintronic Materials Using Ultrafast Spectroscopy
November 18th Dr. Kevin Hewitt of Dalhousie University - Department of Physics and Atmospheric Science
Topic: Nanobiophotonics for molecular imaging of cancer markers.
November 23rd Dr. Francis Leblanc of the Université de Moncton- Faculté des sciences - to be rescheduled for Winter term -
Topic: The Diffusion of the Elements in Stars
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May 2011, Major Awards to Physics Graduates
Monica Emily Firminger - A Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada CGS-M Graduate Scholarship in Mathematical Finance at the University of Toronto and the Dr. R. N. Varma Memorial Gold Medal in Physics
Catherine Ngaire Hughes - A Natural Sciences and Enginieering Research Council of Canada CGS-M Graduate Scholarship in Quantum Computing at the Institute for Quantum Computing, University of Waterloo
Kevin MacKenzie Alexander - Marc E. Vallée Memorial Scholarship in Medical Physics
May 2008, Major Awards to Physics Graduates
Edmund Noel Dawe, winner of a National Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada Postgraduate Scholarhip in Physics and a Special Graduate Entrance Scholarship at Simon Fraser University.
Eric Alexandre Ouellette, winner of a National Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada Graduate Scholarship in Physics, the President's Research Scholarship and a Graduate Scholarship at the University of Victoria.
Denis Andre St-Onge, winner of a National Sciences and Engineering Research Council Postgraduate Scholarship in Physics and a Teaching Assistantship to University of Alberta.
Marc Edouard Vallee, winner of a National Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada Postgraduate Scholarship in Physics at McMaster University.
April 2008, University Prize Exam Success
The Physics Department congratulates Eric Ouellette on placing 9th in this year's Canadian Association of Physicists University Prize Examination. This examination is designed to challenge upcoming physicists and he has quite clearly proven his capabilities in placing so high out of 79 participants.
March 2008, James Hoyland named Physics Professor of the Year
The students of the Department of Physics honoured Dr. James Hoyland as the 2008 Outstanding Professor of Physics for his unique teaching style and dedication to his students. Dr. Hoyland received this honour at this year's Physics Banquet.
March 2008, Four Physics Students Win NSERC Graduate Scholarships
Congratulations to four of our physics students who won NSERC Graduate Scholarships. Eric Ouellette and Marc Vallee won NSERC-CGS's and Noel Dawe and Denis St-Onge were winners of NSERC-PGS's.
February 2008, Apics Undergraduate Physics Conference (AUPAC) hosted by U.P.E.I. Eric Ouellette was awarded the prize for second best oral presentation for his research at this year's Apics Undergraduate Physics Conference (AUPAC) held at the University of Prince Edward Island, February 8 to 10, 2008. Five other students from the department presented their research at the conference. Those students were: Patrick deNiverville, Joey Gallant, Denis St-Onge, Marc Vallee and Rory Woods. Next year's AUPAC conference will be held at the University of New Brunswick.
May 2007, Summer Research
There are ten undergrduate researchers in the department this summer. They are working on research projects in theoretical particle physics, solar energy, astrophysics, medical physics, material science, x-ray scattering and experimental subatomic physics. Congratulations to the seven students who won NSERC and university summer research awards: Noel Dawe, Denis St-Onge, Marc Vallee, Brian Crouse, Joey Gallant, and Eric Ouellette. Patrick deNiverelle is being funded by a Bell Fellowship and other students are being funded through faculty research grants.
May 2007, Convocation Honours Congratulations to our graduates from the 2007 Convocation. Two students won major graduate awards: Markus Baker (NSERC PGS to University of Victoria), and Ellen Milley (NSERC PGS to Univeristy of Calgary). Ellen Milley won the R.N. Varma Memorial Medal in Physics.
March 2007, Ralf Bruening named Physics Professor of the Year
At the 2007 Mount Allison Physics Banquet Ralf Bruening was honoured by current students as Mount Allison Physics Faculty Member of the Year. Ralf is noted for his generous individual help to students, his very approachable manner, and excellent undergraduate research opportunities in his group. Congratulations!
Feb. 2007: Mount A hosted AUPAC 2007 Go to the official AUPAC page for details! http://www.mta.ca/aupac
May 2006, Convocation Honours
Congratulations to our graduates from the 2006 Convocation. Four students won major graduate awards: Alma Bardon (NSERC PGS to U. Toronto), Ashley Faloon (McGill), Kyle Hill (Rhodes Scholar, to Oxford) and Vance Morrison (NSERC PGS to McGill). Kyle Hill won the R.N. Varma Memorial Medal in Physics as well as the Alumni Academic Achievement Award.
March 2006, Physics Professor of Year - Dave Hornidge At the 2006 Mount Allison Physics Banquet
Dave Hornidge was honoured by current students as Mount Allison Physics Faculty Member of the Year. Dave is noted for his generous individual help to students, his very approachable manner, and excellent undergraduate research opportunities in his group, which include on-site work at the Mainz Microtron in Germany. Congratulations!
December 2005, Kyle Hill Named Rhodes Scholar Graduating Honours Physics and Mathematics student
Kyle Hill is one of Canada 's 11 Rhodes Scholars for this year. Kyle is an author on 5 journal papers, has won first place in Canada in a research paper competition, is a gifted musician and active in student government, and has worked in a number of capacities as a teaching assistant and teaching intern. See more details in the university press release here. Kyle Hill, Rhodes Scholar.
March-April 2005, Mount Allison on Physics Journal Covers
Mount Allison research and teaching has been featured on several journal covers. In March-April 2005 the special physics education issue of Physics in Canada featured four photos from our teaching labs. The November 11 issue of Physical Review Letters featured an image by graduating student Alma Bardon to accompany an article (based on her research at NRC) on attosecond double ionization molecular dynamics. Most recently, the January 2006 issue of the Canadian Undergraduate Physics Journal has a cover image from our medical physics lab to accompany an article by 2005 graduate Andrew McDonald.
Oct. 2005, Mount Allison Makes List of Particle Physics Research Institutions
Mount Allison's physics department was recently added to the Particle Data Group, a list of the high-energy physics laboratories and agencies from around the world, published annually. See press release for more details.