Student Public Presentations

for the Academic Year
2011-2012
(May 2011 - April 2012)
Date/Time Student Speaker Title/Supervisor
Still to Come:
Previous Talks:    
WEDNESDAY
April 4
1:30 p.m.
PAB Seminar Rm 22
MSc Public Lecture
Misha CHAVARHA
Western University

"Defects and magnetism in SrTiO3 single crystals and ultra-thin films on Si"

Supervisor: L. Goncharova

FRIDAY
February 17
2:00 p.m.
PAB Seminar Rm 22
PhD Public Lecture
Mohammed OSMAN
Western University

"Ozone Measurements and Transport"

Supervisors: W. Hocking / D. Tarasick

Thursday
February 9
10:00 a.m.
PAB 22 
PhD Graduate Seminar
Olga Lobacheva
Western University 

"Defects and magnetism in graphite"

Host: L. Goncharova

WEDNESDAY
February 8
11:30 a.m.
PAB 22 
PhD Graduate Seminar
Arash Abkari-Sharbaf
Western University 

"Magnetic Properties of Au25 Nanoparticles"

Host: L. Goncharova

FRIDAY
February 3
1:30 p.m.
Robarts, 2nd Fl. Fisher Conference Rm.
PhD Public Lecture
Matthew FOX
Western University

"Hyperpolarized noble gas magnetic resonance imaging and dynamic spectroscopy for investigation of rat models of lung inflammation"

Supervisor: G. Santyr

Friday
December 9
1:00 p.m.
PAB Seminar Rm 22
PhD Public Lecture
Ali HATEF
University of Western Ontario

"Quantum Coherence and Interference in Metallic Photonic Crystals and Hybrid Systems"

Supervisor: M. Singh

Friday
November 18
1:00 p.m.
PAB Seminar Rm 22
PhD Public Lecture
Dustin HAW
University of Western Ontario

"High power systems for dynamic field control and shielding in the MR environment"

Supervisor: B. Chronik

Friday
September 23
2:00 p.m.
PAB Seminar Rm 22
MSc Public Lecture
Zohreh NOURI
University of Western Ontario

"Fast-ion-beam laser-fluorescence measurements of
isotope shifts and hyperfine structure in Ti II"

Supervisors: R. Holt / S.D. Rosner

Tuesday
September 20
1:00 p.m.
PAB Seminar Rm 22
PhD Public Lecture
Maher AHMED SELIM
University of Western Ontario

"Study of electronic and magnetic excitations in the 2D Materials represented by graphene and magnetic Nano-ribbons"

Supervisor: M. Cottam

Monday
September 19
1:15 p.m.
PAB Seminar Rm 22
PhD Public Lecture
Tomas TREBICKY
University of Western Ontario

"Hyperthermal H2 induced C-H bond cleavage: A novel approach to cross-linking of organic molecules"

Supervisor: L. Lau

Wednesday
August 24
1:00 p.m.
Robarts, 2nd Fl. Fisher Conference Rm
MSc Public Lecture
Mathieu BOUDREAU
University of Western Ontario

"Hyperpolarized 129Xe Apparent
Diffusion Coefficient Anisotropy in an Elastase-Instilled Rat Model of Emphysema"

Supervisor: G. Santyr

Monday
August 22
1:00 p.m.
PAB Seminar Rm 22
PhD Public Lecture
Armin DEHGHAN
University of Western Ontario

"Validation and Application of Wind Profiler Measurements of Atmospheric Turbulence"

Supervisor: W. Hocking

Tuesday
August 16
1:00 p.m.
PAB Seminar Rm 22
PhD Public Lecture
Nan YANG
University of Western Ontario

"Microrheology and microstructure of polyvinyl alcohol-based physical gels"

Supervisors: J. de Bruyn / J. Hutter

Thursday
August 11
1:00 p.m.
Robarts, 2nd Fl. Fisher Conference Rm
MSc Public Lecture
Marcus COUCH
University of Western Ontario

"Regional Ventilation Mapping of the
Rat Lung using Hyperpolarized 129Xe Magnetic Resonance Imaging"

Supervisor: G. Santyr

Wednesday
August 10
9:00 a.m.
PAB Seminar Rm 22
MSc Public Lecture
Jaya KHANNA
University of Western Ontario

"Atmospheric temperature retrievals from Lidar measurements using techniques of Nonlinear mathematical inversion"

Supervisor: R. Sica

Monday
August 8
1:00 p.m.
PAB Seminar Rm 22
-- CANCELLED --
PhD Public Lecture

Iftekharul HAQUE
University of Western Ontario

"The study of Stark effect and proton trapping in photonic cystyals"

Supervisor: M. Singh

Wednesday
June 22
9:30 a.m.
PAB Seminar Rm 22
PhD Public Lecture
Stephen HUDSON
University of Western Ontario

"Structure and Strength: Anisotropic polyvinyl alcohol hydrogels and spider mite silk fibres"

Supervisor: J. Hutter

Tuesday
June 7
9:30 a.m.
PAB Seminar Rm 22
PhD Public Lecture
Wolf DAPP
University of Western Ontario

"Magnetic diffusion in star formation: From clouds to cores to stars to disks"

Supervisor: S. Basu