Welcome to the Australian Institute of Physics - President's blog
I use this page for my monthly 'Physics in Australia' bulletins and for other occasional physics news. It complements the AIP's site at www.aip.org.au.
Comments and other ideas are very welcome!
Brian James,
President, Australian Institute of Physics
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Welcome to my special bulletin for National Science Week 2009.
There are over 650 events being held around Australia during Science Week, which runs from 15-23 August, and many of them have a focus on physics. National events include a speaking tour by theoretical physicist Lawrence Krauss and the Big Aussie Star Hunt.
I’ve listed the National [...]
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Welcome to my monthly email to people around the country with an interest in physics, as we remember the first moon landing 40 years ago. In August, Christine Charles, the AIP’s 2009 Women in Physics lecturer, is busy talking to school students and the public in Queensland, Victoria and Tasmania. The IYA lecturers are also [...]
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Welcome to my monthly email to people with an interest in physics.
July activities from the Australian Institute of Physics include Reinhard Genzel talking on black holes and galaxies in the Canberra and Perth,
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Welcome to my monthly email to AIP members. This month AIP activities include Ziggy Switkowski on nuclear energy, Bryan Gaensler on radio polarimetry and John Mainstone on science in Queensland. Public lectures cover wind energy with David Wood and solar energy with Martin Green, and I also list some significant events coming up in July [...]
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Welcome to my monthly email to AIP members.
Coming up in May: plasmas, orreries, musical wind instruments and particles in AIP events around the country.
Astronomy features at the Sydney Writers Festival and in talks in Sydney, Melbourne and the ACT. And there are teacher development courses covering nanotechnology, astronomy and astrophysics. All these and more below.
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Coming up in April: acoustics of wind instruments and the opening of a new photonics institute in Sydney; Brian Schmidt explains the universe from beginning to end; and the gaseous holes of galaxies in Melbourne. And dozens of astronomy events.
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This month discuss optical illusions in Canberra; and film special effects in SA; there’s a physics in-service for teachers in Melbourne; and a workshop on undergraduate teaching in Canberra.
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This is my last newsletter as AIP President. The AIP AGM will be held in Melbourne on Thursday 12 February (details below), after which we will have a new executive committee. Next month Brian James, who will become AIP President, will bring you all the news and events.
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Welcome to a much anticipated year for physics in Australia. Not only is it the International Year of Astronomy, but there are also several significant astronomy projects starting in Australia. We have a physicist as Australia’s chief scientist, another as chief defence scientist, and two physicists will serve as senior advisers to President-elect Obama.
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From Cathy Foley (AIP President)
Welcome to my December blog.
The highlight of upcoming events is of course the AIP Congress, starting on Sunday in Adelaide. I hope to see you there!
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