Undergrad & MSc students presented at NWAPS Meeting
UBC Physics and Astronomy students had a strong showing in oral talks and poster presentations at the recent American Physical Society Northwest Section meeting at Washington State University, from May 14-16 in Pullman, Washington. While typically PhD students present during such a meeting, this year we had five young UBC PHAS students presented their work – all in their undergrad or MSc programs.
- Undergraduate student Darrick Lee (Engineering Physics), on his work during his co-op work term: Vortex-Bound States in Chiral d-Wave Superconductors
- Undergraduate student Jon Parnell (Physics), on his work during his co-op work term: Disorder and Defects in Graphene Band Structures
- MSc Graduate student Derek Fujimoto: A Belle II Custom Photomultiplier Tube
- MSc Graduate student Tom Prescott: Molecular beam characterization using a laser-cooled atomic gas target
- And MSc Graduate student Nathan Evetts: Cavity Cooling of Positrons for Anti-Hydrogen Production
We asked undergraduate student Darrick Lee about the opportunity present during the meeting: “This conference was an exciting chance to present the work done during my previous co-op term at the Max Planck Institute for Solid State Research in Germany. It was certainly a great opportunity to meet other researchers and students and to learn more about other fields of physics.”
We would like to congratulate these students for their outstanding research work. Next year Okanagan College in Penticton will host the American Physical Society Northwest Section meeting in May, and we are looking forward to another PHAS roadtrip and excellent presentations by our undergraduate and graduate students.
Below are some photos of the students:
