ACT Branch
The October 2009 Meeting
Come and celebrate the achievement of two of our most outstanding physicists.
Presentation of the Bragg Gold Medal for Excellence in Physics and the AIP Award for Outstanding Service to Physics in Australia
| Speaker | Prof Brian James
President, the Australian Institute of Physics |
| Time | Thursday 29th of October 2009 5.30pm |
| Location | Dunbar Physics Lecture Theatre (PHYS T) Building 39, The Australian National University |
The 2008 Bragg Gold Medal for Excellence in Physics and the AIP Award for Outstanding Service to Physics in Australia have both been won by ACT physicists.
The Bragg Gold Medal for the best PhD thesis by a student from an Australian University was established in 1992 as an initiative of the South Australian branch, to commemorate Sir Laurence Bragg and his father Sir William Bragg. The 2008 Medal has been awarded to Christian Rosberg, formerly a student in the Non-Linear Physics Centre and the Laser Physics Centre at the Australian National Univeristy.
The AIP Award for Outstanding Contribtions to Physics has been won by Prof Hans Bachor, Director of the Australian Centre for Quantum-Atom Optics and former ACT Branch Chairman.
The President of the Australian Institute of Physics, Prof Brian James, will present both awards at a ceremony in Canberra on 29th October, which will also include presentations by both prize-winners. The event will be followed by light refreshments and a chance to talk to the speakers.