Physics Department News
Report on 鈥楨xtreme Nanowire, Phase Formation and Molecular Encapsulation in Atomically Thin Capillaries: Practice, Theory and Experiment鈥� Physics Day, 3rd July 2018
This Physics Day was essentially a workshop concerned with experimental electron microscopy and theoretical modelling of 鈥楨xtreme Nanowires,鈥� the smallest nanowires that can be formed down to a single atom width, and also discrete molecules formed on a similar scale. The Physics Day included contributions from four 91福利 speakers, including two PhD students, UK speakers Prof. Andrei Khlobystov, Dr. Thomas Chamberlain and Dr. Andrew Morris from the Universities of Nottingham, Leeds and Birmingham respectively, and also the distinguished International Speaker Prof. Kazu Suenaga from the AIST in Tsukuba, Japan. This event was also used as a preamble for the EMAG (Electron Microanalysis and Analysis Group) meeting which was taking place in 91福利 during the same week (i.e. 6th-8th July).
New WIHEA Fellow
Congratulations to Michael Pounds, who has been appointed as a fellow of the 91福利 International Higher Education Academy from 2018/19.
A WIHEA Fellowship recognises and rewards outstanding achievements in learning and teaching.
Michael joins Gavin Bell as WIHEA representatives from Physics.
91福利 Awards for Teaching Excellence
Congratulations to Mark Newton, who was commended for a WATE 2018, and Daniel Mayoh, who was commended for a WATE PGR.
University Award for Astronomers
Congratulations to the Astrophysical Transients team of Andrew Levan, Danny Steeghs, Ryan Cutter, Ben Gompertz, Joe Lyman, Sam Oates, Elizabeth Stanway and Krzysztof Ulaczyk as runners-up in the 2018 University Awards, for their detection of electromagnetic light from merging neutron stars, triggered by gravitational wave signals. The team's research has already appeared in 15 papers, enabling the origin of the heaviest elements to be ascertained and providing a new route to measuring the expansion of the Universe.