| 8:45 |
Coffee and informal welcome session |
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| 9:00 |
Registeration |
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| 9:10 |
Greetings from the Faculty of Science |
Dr. M. Whitmore (Dean) |
| 9:15 |
Introduction to the Department of Physics & Astronomy |
Dr. K. Sharma (Associate Head) |
| 9:30 |
Testing Einstein's theory of special relativity |
Dr. G. Gwinner |
| 9:50 |
Refreshment break & assignment of experimental groups |
H. Matheson |
| 10:10 |
Physics experiments in small groups: |
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a) Video analysis of motion experiments |
Dr. K. Sharma |
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b) Materials at -200 C: and you thought Winterpeg was cold! |
Dr. J. van Lierop |
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c) Charge to mass ratio of the electron |
Dr. M Gericke |
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d) Medical physics with ultrasound |
Dr. D. Rickey |
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e) Physics on the fringe: measuring the refractive index of light |
Dr. P. Zetner |
| 11:30 |
Physics research lab tours |
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a) Time-of-Flight mass spectrometry |
Dr. W. Ens |
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b) Ultrasonics |
Dr. J. Page |
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c) Dynamic spintronics |
Dr. C.-M. Hu |
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d) Atom traps |
Dr. G. Gwinner |
| 12:30 |
Lunch & poster displays |
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| 13:30 |
Planetarium tour |
J. West |
| 14:30 |
Carrers in physics & the Canadian Association of Physicists |
Dr. S. Page |
| 14:45 |
Slide show: experimental results & discussions |
Dr. J. Fiege |
| 15:20 |
Prize draw |
Dr. J. van Lierop |
| 15:25 |
Concluding remarks |
Dr. K. Sharma |
