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- Barak Shoshany has created a free open-source package that enables researchers to improve the performance of their scientific software with a C++17 thread pool for high-performance scientific computing 2024.06
- Brock University Physics Student Connor Wilson is the recipient of the 2024 Faculty of Math and Science Best MSc Thesis Award! 2024.06
- Brock Physics and the Canadian Association of Physicists are excited that on June 7, the United Nations proclaimed 2025 as the International Year of Quantum Science and Technology (IYQ), increasing public awareness of the importance of quantum science and applications.The research at Brock Physics is centered on developing quantum materials for industry and infrastructure, clean energy and economic growth. Keep an eye out for public activities here at Brock during this year-long, worldwide initiative. 2024.06
- Brock's latest TikTok features Physics students Sophie and Justus on how to create a pinhole camera to view the eclipse safely. 2024.04
- Brock University Department of Physics Chair and Professor Thad Harroun will be among a group of Brock experts leading discussions and educational exhibits around the solar eclipse during a free community event being held on campus Monday, April 8. 2024.02
- Barak Shoshany's expertise is tapped by BBC in articles on the possibility (with the Perimeter Institute's K.Mack) and on the dangers of time travel. 2023.11
- Current, past faculty among top two per cent of scientists globally. 2023.11
- Jasneet Kaur is awarded NSERC funding for an Atomic Force Microscope 2023.08
- Physics is well represented at the FMS Undergraduate Research Symposium 2023.08
- Barak Shoshany is the recipient of the 2023 FMS Teaching Award. 2023.04
- Brock Student Spotlight: Sophie, a Con-Ed Physics Major 2023.04
- Barak Shoshany talks about the significance of next year's total solar exclipse in the Niagara region. Hear his CKTB radio interview here. 2023.04
- Jasneet Kaur is inspiring the next generation of woman scientists. 2023.01
- Kirill Samokhin is one of the top 2% of scientists in their field by citations, and part of a delegation expanding Brock's global reach in Pakistan. 2022.11
- Have you heard? Physics... is for girls. 2022.08
- You can now visit the Physics Department virtually! 2022.04.04
- Latest on COVID: information dashboard (see the raw data), Brock's FAQ; Ontario regulations.
- New Brock research explores time travel paradoxes. 2021.12.15
- New Brock research explores time travel paradoxes. 2021.12.15
- David Grimes, Physics BSc ('75) named to the Order of Canada. 2020.12.01
- Bryn Crandles and Connor Wilson are top graduates of 2021, winners of the Governor General Silver medal. 2021.10.16
- Dr.Ivana Komljenovic-Metcalf receives the 2020-21 Distinguished Staff Award. 2021.03.05
- Prof. Bozidar Mitrovic is now a Professor Emeritus, after 38 years of service. 2021.03.01
- John A. Moore R.I.P. 2020.12.09
- David Grimes, Physics BSc ('75) named to the Order of Canada. 2020.12.01
- Ramesh C. Shukla R.I.P. 2020.11.09
- Take-home Physics labs have made the Brock News. 2020.11.12
- Collin Tower and Kraig Helmeczi earn Governor General Silver Medals at Fall Convocation. 2020.10.20
- iOLab online, our new data acquisition and analysis software is released. 2020.09.03
- Prof.K.Samokhin's paper is an Editors Suggestion at Phys Rev B, the second time in less than a year, 2020.06.29
- Physics courses during the COVID-19 pandemic are mostly online 2020.07.01
- Minor in Engineering Science launches. See how to apply at the link. 2020.03.01
- Physics department donates its idle computers to fight Covid19 via Folding@Home. 2020.04.13 (Thanks Tim Ribaric and Brad Saxton)
- CFI funding for a new SEM has been received, by F.S.Razavi, M.Reedyk, and D.Crandles. 2019.08.14
- Prof. K.Samokhin's paper is an Editors Suggestion at Phys Rev B, 2019.08.02
- WMO honours outgoing President David Grimes, a Brock Physics graduate (BSc '75), and a Distinguished Alumnus, after an eight-year term 2019.06.19
- Newsflash: A physics master’s degree opens doors to myriad careers. 2019.04
- Congratulations to Ivana Komljenovic-Metcalf on defending her PhD thesis!. 2018.12.18
- Michelle Przedborski receives the 2017-18 Governor General’s Gold Medal Award. 2018.06.08
- Brock PhD grad Drew Marquardt featured on CBC Windsor. Canada is experiencing a neutron shortage — here's why that matters. 2018.04.06
- Alicia Martin's thesis research is profiled in Research Matters and in Brock News. 2017.10.17
- Ashley Brauweiler (ref.), BSc'10, a CBC North’s on-camera meteorologist, is combining her love of weather with a degree in physics from Brock. 2017.09.08
- Prof. Shyamal Bose is appointed the new Associate Dean of undergraduate programs for Math and Science 2017.07.01
- Physics Today reports that Physics bachelors continue to snag good-paying, satisfying jobs 2017.05.19
- Prof. Mitrovic (Distinguished Teaching Award) and Prof. Harroun (Dean’s Distinguished Scholar Award) are honored at the Faculty of Mathematics and Science Excellence Awards 2017.01
- It's the 30th anniversary of the first Canadian high-Tc superconductor 2016.12
- Prof. Harroun is elected President of the Canadian Institute for Neutron Scattering (CINS); research into the role of Vitamin E is highlighted. 2016.10
- Michelle Przedborski's video is in the top 40 of NSERC-sponsored Science, Action! 2017 competition! Vote it up, people! 2017.02.02
- Prof. T.Harroun is the 2016 recipient of the Faculty of Math and Sciences Excellence in Teaching Award. 2016.04.18
- Dr. David William Lepard, a former member of the Department. R.I.P. 2016.04.01
- Brock Institute for Scientific Computing has been renewed for another five-year term. 2016.03
- Brock physicists receive the Canadian Journal of Physics Best Paper Award for 2015 2016.02.25
- Prof. T.Harroun and Prof. D.Crandles 2016 Faculty of Math and Science Excellence Awards 2016.01
- We now have a Physics Blog! 2015.09.14
- An AIP survey finds that Physics graduates enjoy high earnings and intellectual satisfaction in their careers. 2015.07.03
- Prof. Santo D'Agostino receives Faculty of Mathematics and Science Excellence in Teaching Award 2015.06
- David Grimes (BSc '75) re-elected World Meteorological Organization President. 2015.06.05
- Congratulations to Jory Korobanik, a Physics PhD student, and the recipient of both Brock University Faculty Association Graduate Studies Award, and Harrison-Thompson Bursary Trust. 2015.04.20
- MSMP, a new international M.Sc. in Materials Physics has received final approval from Ontario Universities' Council! 2015.04
- Prof. Harroun wins the 2015 Graduate Mentorship Award, from the Faculty of Graduate Studies 2015.04
- Physics receives three of the 11 Faculty of Math and Science Excellence Awards 2015.02
- PacifiChem 2015 is holding a special Quantum Monte Carlo Symposium in honour of Prof. S. Rothstein. 2015.12
- Considering PHYS 4P62? Take a look at this message from Prof. Steuernagel. 2013.08.21
- Brad Van Oosten wins award for best poster demonstrating best use of high performance computing at Sharcnet Research Day. 2013.05.16
- Michelle Przedborski, our Ph.D. student, wins a prestigious Vanier Graduate Scholarship. This is Department's second Vanier in two years! 2013.03.28
- Drew Marquardt is in Brock News, for making good use of his W.Garfield Weston Fellowship in Entrepreneurialization. 2013.03
- Adjunct Professor Ole Steuernagel's groundbreaking paper on Wigner Flow is Editor's Choice and on the cover of this week's PRL. 2013.01.13
- Lee Rozema, BSc'08, is testing the Heisenberg uncertainty principle, and made the cover ofBBC Science & Environment News, 2012.09.07
- Michelle Przedborski, our Ph.D. student, fronts a performance by the pH Six in the Jubilee Court. 2013.07
- Maryam Taheri, our Ph.D. student, wins the best poster in Condensed Matter and the top Women in Physics award at the CAP'12 Congress in Calgary 2012.06.15
- Baldev Ahluwalia, B.Sc. 1993, is inducted into the Brock Athletics Hall of Fame on 2012.06.16
- Drew Marquardt, our Ph.D. student, wins a prestigious Vanier Graduate Scholarship. 2012.04.03
- David Grimes '75, head of Environment Canada's Meteorological Service, President of the World Meteorological Organization is now Brock's Alumnus of Distiction. 2012.03
- Aaron Slepkov, B.Sc. 1999, is a new Canada Research Chair in the Physics of Biomaterials @ Trent U., with a $500,000 start-up grant 2011.10
- Prof. B.Mitrovic is the recipient of 2011 Excellence in Teaching award! 2011.06
- Drew Marquardt, grad student, performs the 1100th NSERC-supported User Experiment at the Canadian Neutron Beam Centre. 2011.05.27
- David Grimes (Brock BSc in Physics, 1975, under E.R.Cowley), the head of Environment Canada's Meteorological Service, is elected President of the World Meteorological Organization. 2011.05.25
- Biljana Indovski and Maryam Taheri awarded funding to participate in the Perimeter Institute's Women in Physics Canada conference
- Congratulations, Prof. Bose! 2011.06.28
- Congratulations, Prof. Razavi! (2010-07-17)
- Physics team at the Science Soccer 2010
- Ph.D. in Physics to start in September, 2010
- Starting in 2010-11, PHYS 2P32, Digital Electronics will be offered every second year. Not offered in 2011-12.
- PHYS 5P74, Magnetism and Magnetic Materials, is to be offered May 10-21, 2010.
- A new course, PHYS 4P62, Modern Wave Optics: Optical Tweezers to Atom Clouds is offered in D3 for the first time. Photonics majors, take note!
- A new course, PHYS 5P74, Magnetism and Magnetic Materials, is to be offered May 10-21, 2010.
- CAP University Prize Exam is on Feb 2, at 1pm, and you need to pre-register at the Physics Office
- Reminder: PHYS/MATH 4P09, Solitons & Nonlinear Waves is offered in D3
- Frank Benko receives the Distinguished Service Staff Award for 2008
- Willard S. Boyle, a Canadian physicist, shares the 2009 Nobel Prize for his invention of CCD technology. 2009-10-06.
- Prof. Fereidoon Razavi is the 2008 Chancellor's Chair for Research Excellence
- Dr. Reinhard Kremer joins the Physics Department
- A workshop for highschool Physics teachers, June 4, 2008
- Prof. Edward Sternin receives the 2008 Distinguished Teaching Award of the Faculty of Math and Sciences
- High school enrichment program in Physics started (February, 2008)
- B.Sc. Honours degree in Physics with concentration in Applied Optics and Laser Technology started (September, 2007)
- Garry Timco receives the 2006 NRC Outstandi
ng Achievement Award
- Stuart Bell: Brock Physics student reaches for the stars
- Biophysics program started (September, 2006)
- Brock was host to CAP'06 (June, 2006)
- A note about first-year Physics courses
- Student Award Winners
- Departmental Seminars
- John Kamendy (CAST'02), Athlete of the Year, @ Universiade'03 in Korea
- Frank Benko named the Senior TA of 2004
A brief history of the Department of Physics
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