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Director's Message
Dear Colleagues,
I am pleased to announce that Physics Project Market Day will be held on Thursday, September 18th (Week 7). Academic staff – keep an eye out for an email about updating your projects and booking your poster board for this fantastic school event. Thanks to Associate Professor Cormac Corr for organizing what's always a highlight of our calendar!
Congratulations to Associate Director Education Prof. Ben Buchler and the entire Physics Education Centre team for what sounds like an outstanding AIP accreditation visit last week. Early reports suggest the committee was thoroughly impressed with both the quality of our students and our teaching programs. This kind of recognition reflects the hard work and dedication of so many across our school – well done to everyone involved.
Congratulations also to the team of the Heavy ion Accelerator Facility in the Department of Nuclear Physics and Accelerator Applications who are firing up the LINAC for the first run in several years. It's fantastic to see this important research facility operational again - a real testament to the expertise and dedication of the whole team. The experiments using the LINAC will investigate how new superheavy elements could best be created. (For those wondering what exactly the LINAC is, check out these videos)
Our new building continues to be a fantastic venue for bringing physics to the broader community. Last week we hosted the Marie Curie Public Lecture for the International Year of Quantum Science and Technology, with over 120 people in attendance, followed by the launch of ACT National Science Week on Friday. Special thanks to Dr Sean Hodgman for delivering a fabulous talk on quantum science at the Science Week event and for his help organizing the Marie Curie lecture here in Canberra. It's wonderful to see our staff and school playing such an active role in science outreach.
Don't forget that abstracts for the AIP Summer Meeting close August 15th. The meeting will be held at the School of Physics, University of Wollongong and you might remember we had the pleasure of hosting this meeting here at ANU last time around. Also on the conference front, ANZCOP 2025 will be held at the University of Auckland from December 8th-11th, with submissions due August 25th. Details for both conferences can be found below.
Finally, for those interested in industry connections, there's an NSSN Sensing Industry Connect event this Monday, August 11th, from 6-8pm at Badger & Co featuring Prof. Tim Senden as a speaker.
Jodie
Please contact me using the functional email director.physics@anu.edu.au but still use my Jodie.Bradby calendar for meeting invites. For in-person meetings, I am now using the Director's office. |
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New University Travel Training Sessions
- When booking travel for any type of University business, it is mandatory to use ATPI -
In response to the roll-out of the new travel approval and booking systems, a series of training sessions have been scheduled to support staff in navigating the new tools and updated travel policy and handbook.
Whether you’re a self-booker, travel arranger (organise travel for self + others), or delegate/approver, the training sessions are tailored to meet your specific needs.
Please 'read more' to register for a session. » read more
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2025 Early Career Researcher Conference
The 2025 Early Career Researcher Conference will be held at the University of Wollongong from November 4th - 6th November 2025.
Early career researchers and academics from all Australian institutions are invited to register and/or submit an abstract for the conference.
The conference is committed to championing and elevating the next generation of academics and researchers. It recognises outstanding research contributions, offers a space for cutting edge discussions and researcher development through expert-led workshops, mentorship, and collaborative opportunities with peers, senior academics, and industry professionals.
Please do not hesitate to contact annual-ecc@uow.edu.au for any questions or queries. » read more
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Fellowship To Study Forgetful Fusion Physics
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Congratulations to Dr Ed Simpson, who has been awarded a Future Fellowship to study nuclear fusion reactions.
Dr Simpson, who is from the Department of Nuclear Physics and Accelerator Applications, said fusion reactions are crucial in a wide range of areas, from astrophysics and material sciences through to medical applications such as cancer therapies.
“The vast majority of these nuclear applications rely on understanding low energy nuclear collisions, and Australia needs far great expertise in this area,” he said. » read more
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In Conversation With The 2025 Young Australian of the Year - Scientist | Aug 11 |
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The Australian National University, in partnership with the National Australia Day Committee, brings you an opportunity to meet and hear from winner of the Young Australian of the Year - Dr Katrina Wruck.
Opened by Professor Kiaran Kirk, Dean, ANU College of Science and Medicine.
Date: Mon 11 Aug 2025
Time: 11am-12pm
Location: Australian Centre on China in the World Auditorium » read more
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NSSN Sensing Industry Connect | Aug 11
Sensing Industry Connect is a networking event aimed at providing manufacturers, designers, developers, deployers or researchers of smart sensing a space to build valuable relationships.
This event is an opportunity for leaders, innovators and entrepreneurs in the sensing sector and related industries to meet new clients, suppliers and collaborators from across the sensing ecosystem!
Date: Mon 11 Aug 2025
Time: 6pm-8pm
Location: Badger & Co » read more
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MSI Seminar | Aug 11
The Mathematical Data Science Centre seminar series
'Paths forced to cross unusually high barriers'
Dale Roberts, Australian National University
Date: Mon 11 Aug 2025
Time: 1pm -2pm
Location: Seminar Room 1.33, Hanna Neumann Bldg 145 » read more
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RSC School Seminar | Aug 14 |
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The Australian Centre for Neutron Scattering at ANSTO
Prof. Elliot Paul Gilbert
Receiving neutrons from Australia's multi-purpose research reactor, OPAL, a suite of 15 neutron beams instruments utilise both the thermal and cold neutron beams, tackling problems across broad classes of materials, for the determination of atomic and molecular structure and dynamics, residual stress and neutron imaging.
Date: Thurs 14 Aug 2025
Time: 12pm - 1pm
Location: Bldg. 138, Lvl. 3, Seminar Room 3.105 » read more
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MSI Seminar | Aug 15
'Using less simplicies to compute Vietoris-Rips persistent homology'
Musashi Koyama, Australian National University
Persistent homology is a field of mathematics which seeks to understand the shape of space by keeping track of topological features over a filtration. Vietoris-Rips persistent homology is a frequently utilised type of persistent homology due to the ability to apply it to a wide variety of spaces. However, the large number of simplices used in the Vietoris-Rips filtration makes it difficult to apply it to the large datasets commonly seen in the greater scientific community. In this talk I will present a way to reduce the number of simplices used for computing Vietoris-Rips persistent homology. It will then be shown how one can further reduce the number of simplices used to compute Vietoris-Rips persistent homology.
Date: Fri 15 August 2025
Time: 11am-12pm
Location: Boardroom 2.48, Hanna Neumann Bldg 145
For further details please contact Vanessa Robins or Musashi Koyama |
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The Defence Industry Internship Program (DIIP)
The Defence Industry Internship Program (DIIP) provides Engineering and Technology university (undergraduate) students with direct connections to the Defence Industry by facilitating a 12-week (450 hour) paid internship in small to medium defence industry businesses across Australia.
These internships provide students with the opportunity to work with industry leaders on complex projects, using advanced technologies and support the development of valuable employability skills.
Applications close 31 August 2025 » read more
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Drugs, Batteries & Granny’s Cupboard: Chemistry In The Pub
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Chemists have amazing powers: they can save the environment, save lives, and make that smell that reminds you of your granny’s cupboard - which, it turns out, may just be the key to the origins of life! (The chemical, napthalene - not the cupboard)
Come along, grab a warming beverage and settle in to hear the extraordinary science going on in the ACT, that’s transforming our world, all related in a fun and inspiring way.
Date: Thurs 14 August 2025
Time: 6:30pm-8:30pm
Location: Smiths Alternative, 76 Alinga St, Civic
Get Tickets
Sponsored by the Royal Australian Chemical Institute and ANU Research School of Chemistry. » read more
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College Hot Desking In Physics
Finance, HR & RM Teams
Thursday Mornings
Lv2 Tearoom, Bldg 160 |
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Departmental seminars
Miss Luyao Wang - 22 August
Tunable Metasurfaces for Active Light Control
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Mr Fedor Kovalev - 27 August
Dynamic Metasurfaces: From Tunability to Parametric Modulation
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Professor Hiroshi Katsumata - 27 August
Engineering Thin Films for Future Optoelectronics with Eco-Friendly Semiconductors: Light Emission, Detection, and Energy Harvesting
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Know your administrators...
Nikki Azzopardi, Belinda Barbour & Petra Rickman » read more
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Know your HDR Convenors...
A/Prof Vanessa Robins
Dr Michaela Froehlich
HDR Convenors
Prof Vince Craig
Associate Director HDR |
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Know your Student Reps...
Aditya Babu, Victoria Bashu, Jessica Wierbik, Hendrik Heimes & Elizaveta Melik-Gaykazyan
hdrsreps.physics@anu.edu.au |
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LGBTIQA+ Ally Training
Upcoming Ally Training
August
- 4 September
- 15 October
- 13 November
- 20 November » read more
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The ANZCOP 2025 | Call For Papers is Now Open!
The conference will be held at the University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand, from 8th to 11th December 2025.
Submission Deadline: 25th August 2025 » read more
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MSI | Topological Methods For Time-varying Data: Theory And Applications (Top Time) Workshop
Topological Data Analysis (TDA) is a research area at the intersection of Algebra, Topology, Geometry, Statistics and Machine Learning.
Date: Mon 27-Fri 31 Oct 2025
Time: Mon 9am-Fri 5pm
Venue: Seminar Rooms 1.33 & 1.37, Hanna Neumann Building 145
Register » read more
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McMichael Award - Applications Open Now
The impacts of climate change are escalating.
As the world experiences more extreme weather events and increasing disparity, there is a need for global leadership to protect the health of the environment and of global populations.
The McMichael Award and Fellowship Program will create and foster a global network of future leaders for a flourishing world. » read more
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