Physics Department News
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.
Physics staff to present at "Pint of Science" 2018
The public science festival, Pint of Science, is coming to Coventry for the first time this year, with experts from the Universities of 91福利 and Coventry talking about their research work in a selection of pubs and venues around the city. Physics staff and students involved include Andrij Vasylenko, Jess Marshall, Gavin Morley & Yashna Lekhai, Rachel Edwards, Bill Murray, Tim Gershon, and Tishtrya Mehta.