Physics
Research Seminar Program 2010
Physics research seminars are held on Thursdays from 1:00pm to 2:00pm in Room P105 of the Physics Building, unless otherwise specified. If you have questions about any events listed, or wish to enquire about future seminars on particular topics, please contact the Research Seminar Program Coordinator.
Visitors are welcome and anyone is invited to subscribe to our mailing list to receive regular announcements about upcoming events.
Semester 1
| Date | Presenter | Title | Abstract |
|---|---|---|---|
| 11 Mar | David Green Oak Ridge National Laboratory, USA |
Towards a Nuclear Fusion Reactor | abstract |
| 26 Mar | Dr Steve Schofields University College, London |
Runctionalising Silican with Organic Molecules | abstract |
| 16 Apr | Assoc Prof Peter Greer University of Newcastle |
Medical Physics Research | abstract |
| 22 Apr | Ben Routley Honours Student University of Newcastle |
The Optical Modelling of a Near-field Scanning Photocurrent Mapping System | abstract |
| 22 Apr | Daniel Walton Honours Student University of Newcastle |
Calculating the Optical Properties of Solids from First Principles | abstract |
| 04 May | Elisa Sesa PhD Confirmation University of Newcastle |
A novel electrical model for the organic photovoltaic cells | abstract |
| 12 May | Prof Bruce King University of Newcastle Research Seminar for Undergraduates |
Analysing samples returned by a NASA spacecraft & Looking for effects of mobile phone irradiation on DNA | abstract |
Semester 2
| Date | Presenter | Title | Abstract |
|---|---|---|---|
| 22 Jul | Darmawati Darwis PhD Confirmation University of Newcastle |
Fabricating High Performance OTFT & OPV Devices using Ink-jet Printing | abstract |
| 22 Jul | Syahrul Ulum PhD Confirmation University of Newcastle |
Improving nanoparticle organic photovoltaic performance | abstract |
| 19 Aug | Krishna Feron PhD Confirmation University of Newcastle |
Nanostructed Organic Photovoltaics: an experimental and theoretical study | abstract |
| 19 Aug | Pejman Rowshan Farzad PhD Confirmation University of Newcastle |
Improvement of Linear-accelerator radiotherapy dosimetry with electronic portal imaging devices | abstract |
| 09 Sep LSTH | Dr John Holdsworth University of Newcastle | A New Scan Engine for Two Photon Laser Scanning Microscopy Glowing Stalagmites | abstract |
| 23 Sep | Honours Seminars University of Newcastle | Sam Legge Kimberley Birt Chris Nolan | abstract |
| 11 Nov 4.15pm | Daniel Walton Honours seminar University of Newcastle | Calculating the Optical Properties of Solids from First Principles | abstract |



