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TRU Virtual Physics Conference
Organizing Committee: Mark Paetkau (TRU), Brendin Chow, (SFU), Owen Paetkau (UofC), Dominique Trischuk (UBC), Patrick O'Brien (UofA), Pramodh Senarath Yapa Arachchige (UofA)
Invited Speakers
- Camille Belanger-Champagne, TRIUMF, Applied Physics. Particle accelerators’ role in building better electronic components.
- Matthias Danninger, SFU, Particle Physics, The Pacific Ocean Neutrino Explorer.
- Maria Drout, University of Toronto, Astrophysics/Astronomy.
- Eldon Emberly, SFU, Biophysics, Using neural networks to learn the folding of DNA inside cells.
- Frank Hegmann, University of Alberta, Exploring the ultrafast nanoworld.
- Alex Hill, UBC-Okanagan Astrophysics/Astronomy,The near and far universe with CHIME.
- Natasha Holmes, Cornell, Physics Education Research, The trouble with traditional labs: structure versus confirmation
- Robin Kleiv, TRU, Particle Physics. Doubly-heavy constituent diquark masses from QCD Sum Rules.
- Matthias Le Dall, Data Scientist, ScotiaBank, How a century-old theory is about to revolutionize the world (again).
- Richard Taylor, TRU, Acoustics. Loudspeaker Line Arrays for Acoustic Diffusion.
- Marie-Cecile Piro, University of Alberta, Dark matter: The hunt for the unknown.
Conference Format
Organizing Committee
From Left to Right: Brendin Chow (SFU), Patrick O'Brien(UofA), Dominique Trischuk (UBC), Mark Paetkau (TRU),Pramodh Senarath Yapa(UofA), Owen Paetkau (UofC)
Join us to explore research ideas and opportunities and to support our student researchers as they share the results of their research. Science students from all areas of Science will be presenting posters from projects completed through Honours, Directed Studies, Undergraduate Research Experience Award Program (UREAP), and other research programs.
When and Where
Date: Tuesday, April 14
Time: 12:30–2:30 p.m.
Location: Second floor, Science Building
SUPER is designed to inspire early-year science students by highlighting what senior students have achieved. First, second, and third-year Science students are encouraged to come discover the many research opportunities available to them throughout their degree.
Information for Presenters
